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Ethnographic (Inductive) Opportunity Analysis

Posted in Analytic Induction, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Public Anthropology, tagged , on October 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Tomorrow TheAnthroGuys are giving a presentation about our core competency: Analytic Induction that gets practiced in search of opportunities to “add value“. This is a rather clunky way to express what we do but we are still sharpening our ‘laser focus’ so bear with us.  Once we reach Gladwell’s 10,000 hours, I’m sure it will sound better.   [...]

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Practicing Anthropology in the Shelves: Designing Academic Libraries via Ethnography

Posted in EM/CA, Entrepreneurs, EthnoPraxis, Public Anthropology, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Practicing Anthropology in the Shelves: Designing Academic Libraries via Ethnography Presentation at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia PA Organizer: James Mullooly (CSU-Fresno) Chair : Henry Delcore (CSU-Fresno) Session Date & Time:  12/04/2009, 04:00:00PM – 05:45:00PM Room: Room 408, Session ID #:  5311 Session Title: Practicing Anthropology in the Shelves: Designing Academic [...]

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Is Skynet Watching?

Posted in Entrepreneurs, TECH TIPS, tagged , , on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Is your head in the clouds? How about your data? Worse yet, is it in his?—> Software as a Service (SaaS), sometimes referred to as “Cloud Computing”, was the topic of a recent meeting I attended.   Ian Duffield, COO of Decipher, Inc. Survey Reporting and Data Collection lead a discussion revolving around the implications of [...]

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“Point Forward” not Back

Posted in Analytic Induction, Creativity, Entrepreneurs, EthnoPraxis, Innovation on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Wow, if you ever wondered what Practicing Anthropologists do for the world, visit the Point Forward site today. I found out about this firm’s web site by following a Google add link that was on my own LinkedIn page – yes apparently the whole “targeted advertising” thing actually works from time to time.  I was [...]

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Twyla Tharp on the Subject of Motivation and Creativity

Posted in Entrepreneurs, Innovation on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s amazing how motivating dance can be. I found this clip on 43 folders

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Ethnography in Industry in Fresno

Posted in Entrepreneurs, Public Anthropology, tagged , , , on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Not only was the Ethnography in Industry class designed by Hank Delcore the first Tri-College initiative on the Fresno State campus (combing students and faculty from the Colleges of Social Science, Business and Engineering) but the news story about this initiative was the most read (clicked) news article on fresnostatenews.com Link to article: http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2008/03/TriCollege.htm Link [...]

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Entrepreneurs: Are they Ferengi in Disguise?

Posted in Analytic Induction, EM/CA, Entrepreneurs, tagged , , on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Are entrepreneurs actually Ferengi in disguise? Ferengi, the sniveling money grubbers of Star Trek (pictured here) seem to me to be motivated by one principle above all else: PROFIT! Conversely, entrepreneurs seem to be motivated by a different principle above all else: VALUE! The important question then becomes: Is there any difference between PROFIT and [...]

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