Category Archives: Idealized Design

About Business and Product Development

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Skip Walter

The transformation of business is continuing to accelerate as we begin a new century.  We were barely understanding the Industrial Age when the widespread usage of computers in business moved us into the Information Age.  The rapid doubling of processor … Continue reading →

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The One to One Future

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Skip Walter

I hate buying clothes, particularly business suits.  But I have added a lot of weight, so it is time to get a new business suit.  But still I delay.  Then, Greg, a neighbor who is the Men’s Clothes Purchasing Manager … Continue reading →

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Kids Say the Darnedest Things

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Skip Walter

As I was writing a previous blog about Russ Ackoff, I remembered the many wonderful interactions I had with Russ. While we were working on the Idealized Design of the University, Russ and three of his graduate students came up … Continue reading →

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Russ Ackoff on An Idealized Design for a University

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Skip Walter

In 1986, while managing Digital Equipment Corporation’s ALL-IN-1 $1B per year office automation development efforts, a colleague sent me a copy of Russ Ackoff’s Creating the Corporate Future (1981).  To paraphrase Russ’s famous introductory lectures on how he came across … Continue reading →

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Synthesis versus Analysis

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Skip Walter

When I do consulting work for a client, sooner or later I’m asked “what is this process you are using?” Often, this is a polite way of saying that they would rather have a nicely laid out, step by step … Continue reading →

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