December 16, 2009

Underneath the hyperbole, a shift like never before: the Shift Index Complete Reports

Over the last six months, I have posted a number of times on my experiences at the Deloitte Center for the Edge working on the Shift Index.

First it was the highly anticipated launch. Then it was the inaugural, US-based, macroeconomic report. Finally, just last month, the Center launched the industry-level report. Now in one blog post, I am including both reports in their entirety - powered by Scribd.

First, the 142-page macroeconomic report:
Deloitte Center for the Edge Shift Index for the US by John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison

Then the industry-level report:
Deloitte Center for the Edge Shift Index: Industry Perspectives by John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Lang Da...

December 3, 2009

That's what I was born to do

"I was born to be a basketball player and the only thing that I can do and that I am better at than basketball, is being a father and a husband, but other than that, that's what I do." Allen Iverson

Well said Allen. You, I, we are human. And those kinds of statements really highlight what matter most. Each of us is born to do something and to do it very well, but that something will never be more important than each of us being a good husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or friend.