Six Myths about Ontologies: The Basics of Formal Ontology
The world is flat leadership book review
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2. Countries -> Companies -> Individuals
1.0 -1492 to1800 Countries globalize Large to Medium
2.0 - 1800-2000 Companies globalize Medium to Small
Steam engines, Railroad, WW1&2, phone, radio, TV
3.0 2000-Present Individuals collaborate/compete globalize
Small to Tiny
3. 1. Collapse Berlin Wall 6. Off shoring
2. Netscape IPO 7. Supply Chains
3. Workflow Software 8. In Sourcing
4. Uploading 9. Informing
5. Outsourcing 10. Steroids
4. Communism ends
Collapse of the Berlin Wall
Other markets begin to open trade freely
5. 4 years after invention of internet
Away from PC toward internet society
# Internet users doubles every 53 days
Windows 95
Excessive supply fiber optics
Communication prices drop
6. For the first time people could work together
from different locations
New program coding and hardware
7. People begin uploading information to the
internet
Created a global market for collaboration all
over the world
Communities collaborating online
Blogging
Wikipedia
8. Y2k – India
Programmers & Engineers work for less money
Not about saving money but innovation
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10. Wal Mart – repeatable systems become science
Just in time delivery
Suppliers become alliances
IT Streamlined
11. UPS now using innovative solutions beyond
shipping acting as part of “your” company
UPS facilitates Toshiba laptop repairs for 3
day turn-around
Nike – filling orders from warehouses that are
staffed and operated by UPS
UPS now manages pizza supply delivery for
Papa John’s
12. Google is "now processing roughly one billion
searches per day, up from 150 million just
three years ago". -Thomas L Friedman
14. 1. Pre 2000, all flatteners were independent of one another. Around that time all
ten of these flatteners started to work with each other and reinforce one
another.
2. This reinforcement created a new business model that involved horizontal
interaction of value and collaboration. We are learning how to work effectively
around this.
3. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Russia, India, China, Eastern Europe, Latin
America and Central Asia opening up their economies to the world. They added
their intellectual property to the marketplace and will influence politics and
economics.
15. •Pay based on merit, not geography or degrees
•Traditional work places become virtual
•Staying employed means you must stand out
•Employers have larger workforce than ever
•The USA is not ready
•More communication then ever
16. 1. Education – Mathematics, Engineering and Science
2. Parents – Tell your kids
3. Flexibility -Keep learning new skilIs
4. Government insurance & benefits replace employer
5. If you have a great business idea don’t wait because it will
either be done to you, or for you
6. How? Character still matters – we have to be better than ever
at building relationships – trust is the key
Notas do Editor
The Fall of the Berlin WallNetscape went public away from being a pc toward an internet society which brought more people together than ever before.Workflow software that enabled us to interact over the internet meaning we would be could do business with anybody in the world. Uploading – Allows companies to sub contract work to third parties ability for people to add information to the internet creating a global market for collaboration all over the world.Outsourcing – Allows companies to sub contract work to third partiesOff shoring – Relocating business processes from one country to the otherSupply chains – Companies like Wal-Mart who put repeatable systems into organizations so they run more efficientlyIn sourcing – Delegating operations to a third party so service appears seamless Informing – Availability of information by internet search enginesSteroids – Evolution of wireless and voice over the internet, cloud computing , file sharing
These technologies are making the world even flatter. How we are communicating is more complex and easier than ever. We have access to more people, information, suppliers than ever before. Some is managed by society. Hash tags being used by organizations and at conferences to pull updates together including real time on site micro blogging, virtual chat discussions real time on twitter