Employee internables – Attracting and rewarding a healthy, active workforce
A few weeks ago, I met with an HR manager for a rather large company. We had a talk around what attracts young employees today and the future of collective agreements. It was an interesting discussion with questions, speculations and ideas that ended up with just how much employers could – and should – know about the day-to-day health of their employees, and how technology can change the working relationship. Continue reading
It’s the end of the world as we know it
Do you remember that old R.E.M. song from 1987? It’s been in movies like Independence Day and even if the future vision of that movie is anything but promising, we are standing in the middle of a shift of technologies that will end the world as we know it. Continue reading
Medellin: From the world’s most dangerous city to the world’s most innovative
Measuring success by how many underprivileged people you serve or what difference you make in society, not by how much profit you make for the owners, is central to a social business. As it shrugs off the legacy of an extremely violent past, the city of Medellin, Colombia is now home to a thriving social entrepreneurship scene that is helping to reshape the character of the city. Continue reading
Leadership equals sharing: The 50-lunch challenge
Leadership is a changing notion in a Networked Society. Leaders have to provide stability in a world that is changing faster than ever, but at the same time must inspire teams to change themselves more quickly than the market. Moreover, we’re working in an environment that is still challenged by some pretty traditional issues such as gender bias. Continue reading
Welcome to the wearable world!
Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report, has many telling predictions, but one that caught my attention the most was that IoT devices will outnumber mobile phones in less than two years. So we’re now heading for a world where the smartphone is no longer the most common device we use to connect to the Internet. Chief among the drivers of that IoT growth are consumer electronics. Continue reading
Connecting the beautiful game – Soccer’s 5G goal
I grew up in Asia and Africa. There, soccer, what we knew as football, was irrepressible. Everyone was a fan. It was also the great equalizer – not just confined to green manicured stadiums, but played everywhere. After school, a bunch of us would challenge neighborhood rivals to a friendly match. We played on the city roads, front yards, in abandoned fields, we even played on the beach. Continue reading
Microweather: The surprising future of microwave links in weather forecasting
Today we feature a guest blog from Jan Hederén, Strategic Tracker, PDU L5G, Product And Architecture, Development Unit Radio at Ericsson.
It might come as a surprise to many, but the mobile network system can offer substantial improvements to weather information gathering. To put the concept to the test, Ericsson and partners have conducted a pilot MicroWeather study showing that microwave links can offer accurate hyper local information about rain. Continue reading
Rural Australians go from next to nothing to high speed broadband access – bridging the digital divide
Today we are pleased to feature a guest post from Emilio Romeo, Ericsson Country Head Australia & New Zealand.
Connectivity in developed countries is something many of us take for granted; however even in a prosperous country like Australia there are some people who still don’t have good access to broadband. But this is changing, and I’m pleased to say that Ericsson is a key partner.
The necessity – and danger – of connected vehicles
I am the proud owner of a connected vehicle. True, it just connects to my smartphone via Bluetooth and not directly to the internet. But I would still say that it is a connected vehicle because I can control some of its central functionality via my phone.
Correlated cargo and cloud capabilities – What cloud strategists can learn from the cargo industry
The transformation to a cloud-centric world affects both technology and business models. The nature of this shift can come across as a bit overwhelming, but you can simplify it for yourself by learning from the cargo industry transformation to visualize what we are likely so see as a result of the cloud wave that is hitting the market with full force right now. This analogy will help you see the full industrialization force put in play with cloud.
