Academia
Frame Changers #80: Response Time Expectations
[Hat tip to Eran Brown for the cartoon concept. As a minor clarification, the report in question was not 45 pages long. :)]
Frame Changers #78: Almost Successful
Frame Changers #73: Canned Justifications
[Canning = soliciting donations for charity using a can. It is a common fundraising technique amongst college students, and a major source of revenue for THON, a student-run Dance Marathon at Penn State that raises funds to fight pediatric cancer.]
Frame Changers #69: Memorandum of Misunderstanding
[A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is an agreement to collaborate on projects of mutual interest. Unfortunately, for some research institutes and universities, the number of MoUs is, by itself, a metric of success rather than the emergent projects and impact.]
Frame Changers #59: UN-American Engagement
Frame Changers #57: All For One Goal (Not Task)
[The Three Musketeers’ motto, All for one and one for all, needs some clarity. Venture teams’ motto should be: All for One GOAL and one for all TASKS.]
Frame Changers #53: Jatrophied Dreams
[Jatropha, an extremely hardy plant that provides oil for biofuels, was romanticized as the silver bullet to poverty alleviation and energy security. After billions of dollars and millions of livelihoods were compromised, the dream collapsed. Lets invest in research first and agree that there never were, and never will be, one-stop solutions and silver bullets.]
Frame Changers #52: Big Data; Small Problem
[Data collection, aggregation, and digitization is extremely difficult in low-resource settings. As Big Data innovators find practical ways to analyze and utilize the data, an emphasis on reliable ways of collecting data is just as important.]
Frame Changers #48: Startup Mania
