Connectivity technology changing how we live

January 25, 2006 | article by Ken Thompson in Mobile Devices (23)

12 percent of US newlyweds last year met online.

One of the Ten Trends to watch in 2006, according to the McKinsey Quarterly (Jan 2006), is the transforming impact on people’s behaviour of technological connectivity.

“We are forming communities and relationships in new ways: 12 percent of US newlyweds last year met online, more than two billion people now use cell phones and we send nine trillion e-mails a year.”

For a quick summary of all ten trends

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Complex adaptive systems and virtual team collaboration

July 16, 2005 | article by Ken Thompson in Book Reviews (37)

Leading complexity thinkers apply biological principles to enterprises: The Biology of Business is a set of essays by ten researchers and practitioners in Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS).

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