Enterra Insights

Month: June 2008

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Looking for Jobs that Last

As the U.S. moves into the height of its presidential campaign season, the economy has taken center stage. Stones have been thrown at the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) because detractors

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Poverty and Progress in Peru

When one thinks about emerging market tigers around the world, I imagine that Peru is not the first country that pops into one’s mind. Peru, according to The Economist, is South America’s

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Revolution or Ruse in Rice Production?

Science involves the search for understanding and truth. It’s about generating hypotheses and then testing them to either prove or disprove them. Although we are used to seeing competing theories debated, we

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R&D in the Intelligence Community

This past April I wrote a blog entitled Happy Birthday DARPA that focused on an article celebrating that agency’s 50th anniversary. DARPA has been a remarkably successful agency with a notable number

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IBM and Global Voluntary Service

A New York Times article a couple of months ago detailed an innovative IBM program that sends some of its most promising employees overseas to provide pro bono services in developing countries

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The End of Intervention?

In a recent post, I focused on a column by Roger Cohen [Turning the World Upside Down]. In that post, I quoted Cohen on the subject of international security. He wrote about

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Doing Business in Iraq

The news yesterday that over 50 innocent people were killed in a suicide attack in Baghdad reminds us all how dangerous a place Iraq remains. Yet there is also good news. The

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Changing the World from the Edges

As I have noted in previous posts on innovation, many of the most interesting ideas come from the edges of various disciplines, especially when those edges butt against the edges of other

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