In order to understand where we are heading in higher education, we need to know where we are coming from. The first formal education was established in Greece by Plato and Aristotle about 2,400 years ago. The first formal university was the University of Bologna about 1,000 years ago. Today, if we look at the University of Bologna or any other university, most of them look the same. Iconic buildings that most people recognize, respect and some aspire to attend. Moreover, if

Every organization today is being exposed to an external changing environment that is challenging their industry or might be going through many internal technological changes and or implementation process. There are new technologies being launched, new software, new ways of consumer interaction, new channels of communication, e-commerce, social media, reviews and new multi-industry companies playing against us that did not use to. These are just some examples to mention that

Most entrepreneurs know the main challenges they face today, have to do with people, technology and innovation budget restriction. To be more specific, hiring people is a challenge that everyone has, big corporations, NGO´s, transnational companies, mid size business, government and entrepreneurs are not the exception. As a matter of fact, the ability to hire and retain skilled workers is something that has become more of an art than a science for many hiring managers or owne

Drones in the news are becoming a frequent subject. However, the industries we constantly read about are more related to military, logistics and distribution, photography and now we are starting to get a lot of consumer electronic products related to drones. What about other industries that are having an impact with this technology and how they might benefit while impacting other companies in the process. since, high costs and technical limitations kept the uses of drones rel

One of the industries that has taken advantage of statistics is insurance. Today, we get our prices for life, cars, medical, education insurance based on what groups of numbers we represent. When applying for an insurance, you get questions like, how old are you, male or female, do you smoke, how frequently do you drink, do you have kids, are your parents healthy, etc, and each of these questions has a statistical meaning and a probability for the company. All these means tha

2007 was a pivot year for human behavior and triggered a set of companies, products and innovations in different industries, that started the change of humans as we use to know them. Most of the products introduced in 2007 were technology related to helped us to discover new needs we did not know we had, to solve services that provide us with more time and to solve issues that would make our lives easier. Let me first start with one of the most iconic products. the first iPho

I am not sure if chefs around the world are concerned for the 3D food technology being developed and improved every single day. However, I am more interested in understanding how consumers or foodies would feel or how fast would this technology be in every home or more important everywhere. As a matter of fact, I do not think that you may traditionally consider the following as technology, for the main reason that most of us consider those as granted and provided by nature, h

In 2017 the companies that have filled for bankruptcy protection program are: Toys-r-us, The Limited, Wet Seal, BCBG, RadioShack, Payless Shoesource, Gymboree, True Religion, Perfumania, Vitamine World to mention some of the well know retail brands. if we consider 2016 some retails that filled chapter 11 were Aeropostale, Pacific Sunwear, Sports Authority, and American Apparel. If you look at the brands you would probably put yourself on a traditional shopping mall in the US.

The past two years, Virtual Reality (VR) has been on the news from Facebook Oculus, Samsung VR headsets, Playstation VR, just to mention some companies that have been at the forefront of this technology or at least the ones that have gotten more attention to it. Even though the technology was first invented in 1957 and was patented until 1962 was first introduce as "The Sensorama" a heavy machine that allowed users to immerse with multi-sensory technology. This had a viewing

Crayola has been around since 1885. It has been a key product for most kids in their imagination and artistic development. The company is a privately owned company and does not offer an annual report to the public. Financial information is considered proprietary. However there are some numbers to consider from their website. Crayola produces nearly 3 billion crayons each year, an average of twelve million daily. In addition to making crayons, Crayola makes 600 million Crayola

How many agencies or suppliers you receive each week selling you a new solution to help you on your digital strategy? In a changing industry and competitive environment, It is very common for companies to try to step ahead and try to be a forefront runner in technology, since everything now seems to be resolve by new tech tools. The first thing to set is the strategy. In today world, many companies are buying and investing in new cloud software that is presented by many agenc