Over the last five years, the public and private sectors have introduced a plethora of initiatives aimed at bridging the digital divide and bringing computers to underserved markets.Intel launched the World Ahead program in 2006, a sweeping initiative to.
Topics: Leadership

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Any blogger worth his or her salt has a Google Alert set to the title of their respective blog.  Today I was referred to a brand new course at UC Berkeley on Disruptive Leadership.  The abstract is below.Managers work in a world where expectations are..
Topics: Leadership

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I guarantee that everybody reading this blog takes for granted the wealth of information at their fingertips. Looking for something? Google it.But for the billions of people in the developing world that don’t even have a mobile phone, what do they..
Topics: Africa, emerging markets, ICT, india, Information and communication technology, Mobile, mobile phones, question box

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As I mentioned in my last post: A Measure of Success,  I had asked Thomas Thurston to write an article for Disruptive Leadership giving further insights into his research on disruptive innovation.  He delivered faster than I expected. Enjoy.One of the..
Topics: Leadership

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One of the things that I love about blogging is meeting fascinating people that have a common interest in disruptive leadership topics. Last week a gentleman by the name of Thomas Thurston got in touch with me after he read A Lesson Learned.  Thomas had.
Topics: Disruptive Leaders, Emerging Markets, Leadership, Strategy

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