The Hawthorne Effect is alive and well

Research shows that LED lighting generally improves working conditions in the office and on the shop floor. Control over the lighting, however, matters most.
Read the rest on my blog post at All LED Lighting, LED Lighting in the Workplace: Hard to Measure

When cool is too cool

As states, cities, and towns replaced their traffic signals with energy-efficient LED lights, they discovered an underappreciated feature of the old systems : the heat melted snow and ice.
You can read more in my blog post on All LED lighting: Of Light, Snow & Ice

New blog community for developing and deploying applications on the cloud.

New blog community for developing and deploying applications on the cloud. I'll be a regular contributor

Develop in the Cloud - Keith Dawson - Welcome to Develop in the Cloud

When a bank suffers a major IT disaster,...

When a bank suffers a major IT disaster, it can get ugly really fast. A failure during a software upgrade at RBS led to a four-day outage. The CEO did say that he was sorry and that it wasn't caused by the bank's outsourcing program. And, besides, he said, it was CA's fault.

Read more at Better Bank Systems - Karl Hakkarainen - Passing Blame on Core System Failures

Innovation & Agility in Boston

The Boston area is using the rich set of programs at the area's educational institutions, a deep bench of entrepreneurs, young and otherwise, and a little help from the state (mostly in the form of simplified regulations) to launch and support high-tech, bio-medical, and social startups.

Read the rest in my Business Agility blog post, Innovation & Agility in Boston