Reinventing liberal democracy in the age of intelligent machines: a talk

[slideshare id=239806582&doc=conwayhallslides-201206081152] Transcript of my talk at Conway Hall Ethical Society of London, and London Futurists. Let me start with the word “democracy”. If you think that you are citizens living in a democracy you are mistaken. You, I, are citizens in a constitutional republic – or monarchy, as is...

How to design “digital nudges”

[slideshare id=43348029&w=476&h=400&sc=no] With one of my clients I experimented with ideas from the 2008 book by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein "Nudge". My client was a B2B company active in internet radio technology and selling its product mostly through its website as SaaS. Their challenges were many, including the...

Digital transformation: what is it, and how to do it

[slideshare id=35332745&doc=transformdisrupt-140531072814-phpapp02] What is "digital transformation", and how to execute it for success? This deck explains how the success of internet startups to disrupt markets, together with four major technological drivers (big data & analytics, social & mobile, crowdsourcing & crowdfunding, and smart devices) are ushering a new era of...

Reinventing the business in the age of digital

[slideshare id=32883506&doc=reinventing-the-business-140329075026-phpapp01] This deck explains how a business integration approach can be applied in the era of digital transformation. Twenty years ago I used to apply the same approach in business re-engineering, with clients in several industries who wanted to automate their processes. At that time the challenge was to increase...

Crowdsourcing and AI: the original vision of my startup

[slideshare id=31887300&doc=workchanges-140304060624-phpapp02] I put together this presentation last year, to explain the original concept and vision for Cypsel, my startup. I tried to solve the problem of putting together ad hoc teams to solve problems. The original idea was diluted in the process of developing a product and ended up...

10 Equations that rule your life

[slideshare id=29907472&sc=no] I posted this presentation on SlideShare in order to connect everyday experience and mathematics. My intention was to use curiosity in order to present mathematics as relevant to everyday life. By juxtaposing pictures of people and snapshots of mathematical formulas I aimed to suggest semantic pairs where the...

Digital Killed the Book?

[slideshare id=15657032&style=border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px&sc=no] Digital killed the book from George Zarkadakis In my presentation that went viral in SlideShare I present highlights of the "Salon Model", a concept that aims to decode the social aspect of reading books. My "big idea" is that although we (usually) read books...