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  • Accelerating Innovation, Mobility, research

    Repairs, Tweaks and Choice - Mobile Phones

    05.09.08 | Stuart | Permalink | Comment?

    18 months ago I bought my daughter a Nokia n73 in India as a birthday present. At the time it was about the coolest phone I could get for her with a 3mpx auto focus camera etc. She’s a torture test user. The first keyboard lasted one year before the whole joystick and keypad underpinnings […]

  • Accelerating Innovation, Brand Futures, Knowledge Innovation, Scenarios & Futures, Storytelling, Strategic Foresight, research

    Emerging Market - Research to Action

    05.08.08 | Stuart | Permalink | Comment?

    A few years ago my brother gave me a book Investment Biker. Written by Jim Rogers a VC who took a motorcycle on a tour of the world and then from what he learned made investment decisions. I think we’d both like to follow that dream and ride around the world that way. I […]

  • Accelerating Innovation, Mobility, research

    Prince A950 — My China Phone - Think Different

    05.07.08 | Stuart | Permalink | Comment?

    I’m sure many will ask me why buy the “China Phone” hadn’t I seen enough? Will you ever use one? The answer is simple. It’s a learning sample, an artifact to share, and something I can get a physical reaction and response to from others. Plus it cost me just over $100. And you can […]

  • Mobility, general, research

    From the Mouths of Kids - Mobile Insight

    05.06.08 | Stuart | Permalink | Comment?

    I made three new friends while in the Dharavi Slum in Mumbai. At first they just tagged along and then as we stopped at various mobile kiosks, photo booths they caught on to my interest in mobile phones and what was being used.
    These three kids were some of the smartest I’ve ever met on my […]

  • Accelerating Innovation, research

    The Emerging Indian Middle Class

    05.03.08 | Stuart | Permalink | 3 Comments

    I made my first visit to the Dharavi Slum yesterday. Often described as Asia’s largest slum it remains central to Mumbai’s development and thriving economy. I have a few stories and themes that I want to weave together.

    I cannot help having the stark contrast in mind when we define the US middle class. Recently the […]

  • Scenarios & Futures, Storytelling, Strategic Foresight, research

    Get Out and Learn

    03.26.08 | Stuart | Permalink | 2 Comments

    Yesterday I wrote a post over at the Supernova ConversationHub. Later after speaking with Dina (we plan learning journeys) I was left with a couple of stories about learning experiences I have had while growing up, and reflections.
    At school, many many years ago I remember being taken to a General Motors plant (to see cars […]