links for 2009-11-09

• Center for the Edge
  Part of Deloitte LLP, helps senior executives make sense of and profit from emerging opportunities on the edge of business and technology. What is created on the edge of the competitive landscape—in terms of technology, geography, demographics, markets—inevitably strikes at the very heart of a business. Our mission is to identify and explore emerging opportunities related to big shifts that aren’t yet on the senior management agenda, but ought to be. While we’re focused on long-term trends and opportunities, we are equally focused on implications for near-term action, the day-to-day environment of executives.
  (tags: innovation trends change)
• John Seely Brown: Chief of Confusion
  Visiting scholar at USC and the independent co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge. In a previous life, the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Deeply involved in the management of radical innovation and in the formation of corporate strategy and strategic positioning of Xerox as The Document Company. Today, Brown is Chief of Confusion, helping people ask the right questions, trying to make a difference through my work- speaking, writing, teaching.
  (tags: questions change)
• Six Social Media Trends For 2010
  (tags: social-media social-networks trends)
• Managing with the Brain in Mind
  From Strategy+Business: Neuroscience research is revealing the social nature of the high-performance workplace.
  (tags: neuroscience teams-high-impact)