Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy

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A Vision and Guide to the New Economy

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Traditional Ideas spun for the out-dated dot com generation.

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Great read of the future

Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy
Stan Davis , and Christopher Meyer
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Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer look at how three factors in the wired world--speed, connectivity, and intangibles--are driving the increasing rate of change in the business marketplace. Citing examples that include Mercedes-Benz automobiles, Otis elevators, and even Amazon.com, Davis and Meyer interpret how development in these three areas is causing the boundaries of other formerly distinct categories to blur. Once business tended to be either products or services. But what about a box that tracks your car if stolen? You are buying a product--a piece of electronics--but are actually receiving a service--the ability to track a stolen automobile. The distinction between buyers and sellers is also blurring; for example, in grocery stores vendors buy shelf space from the retailer but also sell their products to the store. Even the distinction between work time and home time is blurring with the development of Internet-powered home offices, where time can be used more flexibly. According to Davis and Meyer, blur should be embraced because it will only increase. The authors wrap up with 50 ways to add productive blur to your business and 10 ways to adapt to blur in your personal life. --Elizabeth Lewis

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How do you see the world clearly when it's changing too fast for most of us to comprehend? Actor Jay Gregory's smooth, calming narration of Blur makes the blurring lines between production and service seem as simple and logical as a tape measure. This is an age in which you don't just sell a product to a customer, you have to be prepared to sell him an upgrade in six months. In other words, no product is ever the end product. Gregory makes this sound reassuring rather than frightening. If you're in business, you've got a blueprint for success. If you're an investor, this is the roadmap to the companies best equipped to profit off the rapid-fire economic shifts. (Running time: three hours, two cassettes) --Lou Schuler

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A Vision and Guide to the New Economy.......2006-03-09

This is a vision and possible reality of where our economy is headed. New factors are being driven by speed, connectivity, and intangibles. In other words, customers want it now, are looking to companies that fulfill broad desires, and demand an uplifting experience out of it. I appreciate their definition of an economy. "An economy is the way people use resources to fulfill their desires." One day we may see reference to the Value 500 instead of the Fortune 500 as the customers become more unified and knowledgeable. They offer 50 ways to adapt to this new paradigm. "Seek novelty forever."

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Not to the point.......2003-10-08

The authors did start with some new interesting ideas but as I kept reading, I somehow could not relate those ideas to the instances provided in the book. The examples provided are not particular to BLUR scenario but are general in nature and applicable to existing models too.

If you read the 60 points of BLUR summarized in the last section, you can skip reading the entire book.
Overall OK but lacks strong correlation to subject idea.

Traditional Ideas spun for the out-dated dot com generation........2003-06-16

I have found that this book was a weak and uncreative attempt to brand "BLUR" as a modern innovation of conducting business when it has simply re-spun and devalued traditional business practices into a dot com unsustainable ideal. This book preaches that there is little need for the tangible bottom line for the intangibles of business out weigh the value of the actual assets. That may be partially true; however, what actually happens when that model is embraced is uncontrollable corruption in the market. If you are a beginner in the business world and have trouble reading, you will find a few good business ideas and examples within the double spaced, trivially written text. However, as it was published in 1999 most of the ideas are now a BLUR of the past. There are better books out there. Don't waste your time.

Personal Review.......2002-03-14

Authors Davis and Meyer bring forth their definition of BLUR. They give their perspective on the three ideas of Blur; speed, intangibles and connectivity. Very interesting view about their view regarding people and "BLUR". Actually, could have gone directly to the end of the book where they listed their top 60 ways to blur business and self.

Would recommend this book to anyone in business. Good information about how we should stay connected.

Great read of the future.......2001-05-05

The authors of Blur adeptly share their view of the quickly approaching future of business. Their speculations are built on three forces, speed, intangibles and connectivity, which they revisit throughout the book from many perspectives. One of the breakthroughs of this book is the idea of "offers," inextricably linked products and services. I found it interesting to try to come up with my own examples of offers, though the authors provided ample explanation and illustrations of their points.

In this new marketplace, the authors suggest organizations should take the "bacterial approach" - breed quickly, mutate often and let the environment decide your fate. In other words, create offers through combinations and mutations, put them in the marketplace and see whether they are accepted or rejected by the market. This is fascinating advice, and it seems sound.

This book not only addresses organizations of the future, but also individuals. The authors suggest that individuals market and invest in themselves as "free agents," putting their loyalty and effort toward their professions, rather than toward their employers. Connected individuals and their knowledge are becoming key organizing units - not the organization. Organizations must prepare for this.

Blur suggests a strategy for succeeding in this new marketplace by using "economic webs." The convergence of speed, intangibles and connectivity are allowing real goods and services markets to behave like financial markets. The authors suggest they should be handled similarly, with real time pricing, deregulation, symmetric product knowledge and future-focused valuation.

This book is an enjoyable and informative look at the present and future of business. Unlike some futures texts, which only take the present and exhibit it, this book has real, new ideas and strategies for taking our organizations and ourselves into the future successfully.

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Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy.(Review): An article from: Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business
Raquel Benbunan-Fich
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Author: Raquel Benbunan-Fich
Publication: Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1998
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Volume: 34 Issue: 3 Page: 295(3)

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Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy

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Stan and Christopher Meyer Davis
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The book begins with an extended introduction and theoretical framework. Contributing authors have written chapters that add to both the framework and the practical consequences of knowledge management. These chapters suggest many lessons learned that will find considerable use in practice. Some of these chapters include an investigation of the "do’s and don’ts" virtual learning based on real-life cases, the use of design teams for group learning, the role of language and the creation of common ground between company and client, culture as a dynamic and non-linear constructed concept, innovation and knowledge management and more. The book offers an exceptional range of contributions within a developing paradigm. Within this context, the book illustrates why and how of knowledge management is important for companies.

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U.S. National Economic Policy, 1917-1985
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Title: ADI's paradox: excellence in search of acceptance. (austempered ductile iron)
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Title: In search of design freedom.(2006 Excellence Awards)
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In search of excellence: leadership challenges facing companies in the new South Africa.: An article from: SAM Advanced Management Journal
Pieter A. Grobler
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From the supplier: The reintegration of South Africa into the international community is exerting pressure on South African companies to implement organizational and cultural changes to achieve global competitiveness. This requires leaders who are willing to meet the challenges facing an economy in transition. The biggest challenge business leaders face is managing their companies effectively while implementing needed changes at the same time. One of the major issues that they have to examine is the role of their organizations and the business sector in general in the country's reconstruction and development efforts. The unique problems and conditions of South African companies require leaders who can develop an inspiring vision for their organization, transform their employees into a cohesive group, imbue them with enthusiasm and create a culture that will make employees want to identify with the organization and its values.

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Title: In search of excellence: leadership challenges facing companies in the new South Africa.
Author: Pieter A. Grobler
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M.K. Raina , and Ashok K. Srivastava
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Title: India's Search for Excellence: A Clash of Ancient, Colonial, and Contemporary Influences.
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The literature of business: a source for fund raisers. (includes excerpts from books What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School; In Search of ... An article from: Fund Raising Management

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The literature of business: a source for fund raisers. (includes excerpts from books What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School; In Search of ... An article from: Fund Raising Management
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Title: The literature of business: a source for fund raisers. (includes excerpts from books What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School; In Search of Excellence) (Administration)
Author: Arthur Makar
Publication: Fund Raising Management (Magazine/Journal)
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Peer-to-Peer, Grid, and Service-Orientation in Digital Library Architectures: 6th Thematic Workshop of the EU Network of Excellence DELOS, Cagliari, Italy, ... Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Peer-to-Peer, Grid, and Service-Orientation in Digital Library Architectures: 6th Thematic Workshop of the EU Network of Excellence DELOS, Cagliari, Italy, ... Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Peugeot 607: Buscando la excelencia.(TT: Peugeot 607: in search of excellence.)(Evaluación): An article from: Epoca
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Title: Peugeot 607: Buscando la excelencia.(TT: Peugeot 607: in search of excellence.)(Evaluación)
Author: Carlos De Miguel
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Research versus 'real-search': a candid look at restructuring and an alternative path to excellence.: An article from: Phi Delta Kappan

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Research versus 'real-search': a candid look at restructuring and an alternative path to excellence.: An article from: Phi Delta Kappan
Fredric Cohen , and Lynn Seaman
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From the supplier: Sixteen high school teachers noted for their excellence in instruction were observed to identify the correlates of effective teaching. These included confidence in knowledge of subject matter, sense of humor, attention to individual differences, good explanations and active learning.

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Title: Research versus 'real-search': a candid look at restructuring and an alternative path to excellence.
Author: Fredric Cohen
Publication: Phi Delta Kappan (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1997
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The Search for Digital Excellence
Judith Gebauer , Amir Hartman , Malu Roldan , and James P. Ware
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The Search for Digital Excellence takes on the nuts and bolts of electronic commerce--how it can be used to attract and keep customers and how it can benefit the company that uses it. A key point of the book is one that should not come as a shock to anyone who understands any form of business, but that many--if not most--Web practitioners tend to forget: e-commerce success--let alone excellence--is not a matter of technology. It's a matter of building worthwhile relationships within the company and between the company and its customers.

The authors discovered, however, that the approach to building those relationships is different in an electronic environment than it is when dealing face to face, by telephone, or by catalog. They expound and expand upon five key principles of e-commerce success: (1) Competitive advantages are more difficult to achieve and harder yet to maintain.
(2) Technological solutions will not put you ahead because your competitors can use them as easily as you can.
(3) Traditional long-range planning must give way to constant self-questioning and the search for unpredicted, emerging opportunities.
(4) Isolation is deadly, while networks of positive relationships--even with competitors--are essential.
(5) Companies must focus online technologies on core competencies while engaging noncore competencies only with extreme caution.

The research behind this book has been distilled into plain language and is presented with a commonsense approach to forging lasting e-commerce success. --Elizabeth Lewis

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Okay book.......1999-12-08

I used this book for class. I thought this book was good but it kind of rambled at times. Very informative though. Good source of info for people embarking on e-commerce.

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