I was at TAG’s Georgia Technology Summit last week and enjoyed hearing a variety of presenters (thanks Appcelerator for the ticket!). Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics (which I just ordered) did a great job talking about mass collaboration. The last speaker of the day, Michael Gelb, outlined a nice approach to innovation including a little method to better achieve goals:
Very smart indeed.
I’ve seen a couple variations on the ‘t’:
– timely
– time-boxed
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