Lubna Dajani

Lubna Dajani and Peter Dorrington explore some of the darker aspects of corporate empathy - and how the unscrupulous hope to use it to further their own commercial interests at the expense of their customers and society at large.

Customers are seemingly happy to trade their data for more online choice and convenience, clicking 'accept all' without a thought. But should customers and companies care more about about this Faustian pact?

The frontiers of collaborative innovation are shifting "from optimizing within a complex system to adapting between complex systems." While greater cognitive diversity of team members boosts the quality of innovation breakthroughs, it also intensifies the difficulty of collaboration. Transdisciplinary (TD) collaboration-often the most diverse and disruptive form of innovation-includes hidden barriers that can undermine the achievement of impacts targeted. In this paper, we identify cognitive… Show more

The frontiers of collaborative innovation are shifting "from optimizing within a complex system to adapting between complex systems." While greater cognitive diversity of team members boosts the quality of innovation breakthroughs, it also intensifies the difficulty of collaboration. Transdisciplinary (TD) collaboration-often the most diverse and disruptive form of innovation-includes hidden barriers that can undermine the achievement of impacts targeted. In this paper, we identify cognitive barriers to TD project launch, as well as mobilization activities shown to boost the likelihood of TD success. The benefits of these collaboration boosters include: a) growing the team's psychological resilience and flexibility for navigating unknowns and adversity; b) uncovering top opportunities, risks and leverage points in the collective field-of-effect; as well as, c) architecting narratives which translate complex experiences into meaningful explanations and contributions-as well as, attract and energize others to join the TD learning journey. Show less

We all need to pay closer attention to who knows what about us
With identity now defined as much by your online purchasing habits as the documents in your wallet, we need to pay closer attention. Most people think of identity as age, gender, experience, culture, and location. For the purpose of this piece, I’d like to invite you to think a little deeper about what your own identity means in a future where technological change is creating new opportunities.

Contributing Author : Chapter 8 The Allternet - where people places and products are connected, aware and addressable at any given time...

This paper is a call for the technological provision of homecare to be seen in the wider context of the development of the Internet, and the connected benefits that it brings to the elderly citizen. Recent discussions on the Ubiquitous Web at MobileMonday New York 6 considered the social, technical and economic effects that the Ubiquitous Web will bring about. This paper highlights those effects relevant to in-home care. The imminent convergence of Web 2.0 technologies with personal health… Show more

This paper is a call for the technological provision of homecare to be seen in the wider context of the development of the Internet, and the connected benefits that it brings to the elderly citizen. Recent discussions on the Ubiquitous Web at MobileMonday New York 6 considered the social, technical and economic effects that the Ubiquitous Web will bring about. This paper highlights those effects relevant to in-home care. The imminent convergence of Web 2.0 technologies with personal health monitoring, affordable broadband fixed and mobile communications, and distributed data storage has the capability to deliver vast improvements to the in-home care environment. The advent of tools such as life logging, voice-based search and low-cost sensory monitoring enrich this convergence, and can generate significant social improvements for the elderly. Show less

Autumn is an enchanting time of year. The earth is dressed up in breathtaking colors, wrapped in luminescent blue skies and crisp air. Twinkling lights, crackling fires, holiday stories and jingles warm peoples’ hearts with a sense of renewal and the spirit of giving. Oh, and let’s not forget the wish lists and shopping sprees. Speaking of wish lists, last week my seven-year-old daughter handed me a double tall sheet of paper. It was meticulously taped together, packed with pictures and words… Show more

Autumn is an enchanting time of year. The earth is dressed up in breathtaking colors, wrapped in luminescent blue skies and crisp air. Twinkling lights, crackling fires, holiday stories and jingles warm peoples’ hearts with a sense of renewal and the spirit of giving. Oh, and let’s not forget the wish lists and shopping sprees. Speaking of wish lists, last week my seven-year-old daughter handed me a double tall sheet of paper. It was meticulously taped together, packed with pictures and words. My eyes were immediately drawn to the glittery heading “Nina’s Christmas Wish List for Santa.” My face lit up with a heartfelt smile as I thought of how wonderful it is that my daughter still believes in old St. Nick. Show less