On our respective journeys heading toward a world where the internet is at the heart of connection, communication, commerce, work, play, education, healthcare and so much more, it’s an incredible delight to come across a site like the Ideas Project, described by them as, “…an entirely new way to connect with some of the most visionary and influential thought leaders in communications technology and their disruptive ideas. A project of Nokia, hosted at www.ideasproject.com, IdeasProject brings together these important big thinkers to contemplate the big ideas that matter most to the future of communications, joining them up through video clips, links, articles, podcasts and dynamic maps to push the boundaries of Web navigation and the thought process itself.”
Top thought leaders in a variety of spaces are brought together — aggregated, really, since it appears most media is hosted elsewhere — and there are big ideas for you whether you’re in a Fortune 100 corporation or are a startup.
At Minnov8, we’re constantly hunting for internet and web-centric resources that will help you persuade and motivate your colleagues, investors, bosses, (or spouses if need be), that this ‘internet thingy’ is actually the greatest shift any of us will live through in our lifetime. To get a taste of what the Ideas Project is offering with innovation ideas, here are two videos you might find as interesting as I did…
1) If you’re a startup or leading a consumer brand, venture capital investor Christine Herron sees a large trend of both startups and leading-edge consumer brands taking advantage of the deep Web and the social media becoming connected. Like a small-town doctor, today’s emerging companies can better serve consumers by knowing both what they need and where it’s needed, through the consolidation of online identities, consumer behaviors, and social personas.
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2) Don Tapscott, is a guy I first came across in the late 1990’s when I read his book, Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation. Tapscott is chairman of the business strategy think tank New Paradigm (now nGenera) and also authored another book I enjoyed, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, which explained the business and social impact of the first generation to come of age in the digital age.
In this video, Tapscott sees the Web becoming a tool for innovation as institutions recognize its potential to connect worldwide communities of problem solvers.
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