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Archive of entries posted on March 2010

Inspiring Talk by Venky Narayanamurti at Science Gallery

25 March 2010, 12:58 am

I went along this evening to a pretty full lecture theatre in Trinity College’s Science Gallery to listen to Venky Narayanamurti of the Harvard Kennedy School speaking on the subject of science, technology and society. He is a man clearly passionate about his topic and spoke with conviction, vigour, animation and not a little humour. [...]

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Society’s Grand Challenges: What Is The Role of Science and Technology?

20 March 2010, 1:12 pm

Professor Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard Kennedy School Director of Science, Technology and Public Policy will speak on “The Role of Science and Technology in Meeting Societal Grand Challenges” in the Science Gallery’s Culture of Science lecture series at Trinity College Dublin.

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Will We Ever Learn?

17 March 2010, 1:10 am

Anyone involved in IT project management will probably have had the misfortune to have been involved in or to have known a project that failed. Careers can be destroyed; recriminations fly; blame is apportioned by everyone to everyone else; relationships break down; trust is damaged, and people who were friends become strangers. That’s the human side, which is often ignored in the dynamics of projects. If organisations know the causes of project failure – people, technology, project management – then why don’t they learn the lessons so that they don’t fail again in future?

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Social Media: Creating Collaborative Conversations – Your Help Needed

13 March 2010, 12:05 pm

I am preparing a talk for CIOs on the topic of ‘Social Media – Creating Collaborative Conversations’. I’d like to hear from people who have made the corporate leap into social media in their organisations or who have views or expertise to share on the subject. Questions you might consider include: What advice would you [...]

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