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A Quantum Leap of Faith

A blog post by Gregg Tong was featured Jul 13, 2011
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A Quantum Leap of Faith

Blog post by Gregg Tong Jul 8, 2011
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Is there a shortcut on the road to nowhere?

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Typically Typical Am I

Blog post by Gregg Tong Mar 29, 2011
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A cubists view of business improvement...

Blog post by Gregg Tong Feb 10, 2011
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My Android Phone is taking me Back to the Future

Blog post by Gregg Tong Nov 10, 2010
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George Selecman is now a member of MRT PLUS Oct 21, 2010
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Measuring Up

Blog post by Gregg Tong Aug 31, 2010
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How is Open Innovation like throwing spaghetti on the wall?

Blog post by Gregg Tong Jul 6, 2010
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Innovation is blind...and Unilever's CEO sees quite clearly

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Gregg Tong

A Quantum Leap of Faith

Is Quantum Physics a religion?  There are many similarities.  Quantum physics tries to explain the nature of the universe, the ultimate answer to the question of where do we come from and how does it all work?  Both are filled with deep mystery and require tremendous faith to reconcile its concepts with our everyday…

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Posted by Gregg Tong on July 8, 2011 at 3:00pm

Gregg Tong

Is there a shortcut on the road to nowhere?

In the 1980s the business drumbeat sung to the tune of "better, faster, cheaper."  In the 1990s, the Internet augmented this cadence to "free, perfect and now."  Who knows, what tomorrow will bring, maybe it'll be "superior value, available everywhere, just when you need it.".  

What I do know is that in order to get there, we'll all be looking for the same thing, a shortcut.  Take a…

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Posted by Gregg Tong on June 2, 2011 at 12:30pm

Gregg Tong

Typically Typical Am I

Out of 7 billion human entities on the planet earth, National Geographic recently crunched the numbers and defined the demographic profile of the world's most typical person.  Surprise, it's me!  Well, I may be about 14 years older than the real Mr. Typical, but I have just about all the other qualities (except…

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Posted by Gregg Tong on March 29, 2011 at 1:30pm

Gregg Tong

A cubists view of business improvement...

“Innovation” is a nebulous term that business pundits bandy about with reckless abandon.  Perhaps at one time it held a narrower and truer meaning, but years of human handling have converted it to almost a non-word through years of misapplication, like a child’s use of the word “fairness.”  Many people treat innovation as if there was an objective innovation detector that lights up and audibly…

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Posted by Gregg Tong on February 10, 2011 at 12:10pm

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My Android Phone is taking me Back to the Future

Marty McFly and Doc Brown just recently celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the hit movie, Back to the Future. To mark this occasion, I recently focused my column in… Continue

Posted by Gregg Tong on November 10, 2010 at 5:40pm — 1 Comment

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Dan

Getting started.... 3 Replies

Hello to all!I'm a LSS BB with a new initiative to "lean out the NPI process". For years, in other job functions I was unsatisfied with the PS process. In particular our projects took soooo…Continue

Started by Dan. Last reply by Dan Oct 26, 2009.

 
 
 

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