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The Common Mistakes Futurists Make

Small Business Labs

This term was coined in the late 1990's and in the 2002-2005 time frame it was a very hot trend.  But like many trends, it's back in more mature forms and this time may really be the next big thing.  Overestimating the near term impact of new technologies. I often tell people trends are easy, timing is hard.

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Green Gift Giving: Soda Stream Review & Giveaway!

Eco-Office Gals

The energy required to make water bottles in the US only, is equivalent to 17 million barrels of oil (Container Recycling Institute, 2002). million tons of greenhouse gas emissions were produced in the process of replacing the 134 billion bottles and cans not recycled in 2005. Also, an estimated 4.7 Tweet this giveaway.

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Bioteams Part 4: The Team Organization Zone

BioTeams

T his article was originally published in 2005 by Ken Thompson and Robin Good. The boundary and the processes form a unity – you cannot have one without the other. The two half arrows outside the circles represent all forms of communications between the living system and its external environment. Introduction. Maturana, H.,