Rotman Design Challenge 2012

It has been a long while since I've posted.
Grad school will do that to you.

I wanted to share a little OCADU Masters of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation genius.
It came second place at the Rotman Business Design Challenge. It lost by 2 points out of 500!!! OCADU also took 3rd place with a great initiative called Branch Out. The most important part of the process was the learning (it was awesome to go through this again) and that we won for the most disruptive innovation... which in the end is the real cherry on top.

See the 2nd place presentation here

and for more about the Rotman Design Challenge.

Here was the submission video. I look like a freakin' Mrs. Potatoe head.. but otherwise its fine :)

Future of Financial Services

Hi Readers. This may seem like an odd one... because it is. Its a link to my trends work for my foresighting class. I needed my QR code to go somewhere.... yes QR code. Who'd of thunk?
http://www.thecurrencyofthefuture.com/The_Currency_Of_The_Future_video.html

http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-brands-reward-loyalty-infographic

http://castroller.com/Podcasts/Spark/2363173




http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2010/09/27/cellphone-wireless-mobile-money-transfer-m-pesa.html

http://www.google.com/wallet/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/rogers-sets-sights-on-banking-business/article2155009/



http://www.microlending.ca/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/e-a-hanks/is-micro-lending-the-futu_b_75700.html
tp://www.microcreditsummit.org/papers/Plenaries/Latifee.pdf

http://www.kurtosys.com/blog/?p=697



http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-sarkozys-happiness-index-is-worth-taking-seriously-1790323.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/25/happiness-index-government-policy

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness

http://www.scotiacapital.com/English/bns_econ/forecast.pdf

http://www.morganstanley.com/views/gef/

Celebrate achievement!

I am no world champion... but I feel as though I have been training for a life time to finish this freakin' independent study and its done.
It will be posted soon.

Celebrate!

Eye Spy - a great observing technique

wiki link

THE independent study TRUTH

http://peasisill.tumblr.com/post/3009429504