How to Succeed

Mark Van Name is a sci-fi author, entrepreneur and tech guy. What is interesting about Mark is how he got to where he is today, the path is not straight. Mark went from a computer science degree to writing code to reviewing hardware and software as a profession. Along the way, or more like during the process, [...]

A Dubai State of Mind

I have lived in Dubai for 11 years and I have seen many changes. There has been exceptional growth and there has been an exceptional reset. But there is no question in my mind that Dubai is a very interesting case study of success. Of course the term success is open to many different definitions. And of [...]

Are We Listening or reading?

Today the difference between good and AMAZING can be reduced to one thin, the experience. Of course a lot goes into the experience BUT the fact of the matter is that experience counts for pretty much the whole enchilada So whether we are professors or burger flippers we need to be thinking about the product we [...]

Looking for education innovation

There is a lot of noise out there today and too much of it revolves around innovation that is not innovation at all. Mark Hurst of Good Experience spends a lot of time looking at the experience we have in a retail and even education environment and has tapped into 3 examples of innovation on the [...]

It is all about the experience

We hear and read a lot about how our social, political and economic environments are in an unprecedented state of change. As we address the change around us we often think about cuts, re-deployment, product delivery, those things we tend to be able to monetize. I think we are being distracted from the one thing [...]

Design Thinking.

A conversation with Mark Dziersk VP Design Brandimage. Design is the great underdog in today’s business/cultural/social and political environments. For some fraught reason people seem to think that if the idea is good, if you are good, then things will simply come together and workout. NO, this is a dream world that does not exist. [...]