Archive for June, 2007
« Previous EntriesGlasgow Airport: new phase of coordinated attacks?
Saturday, June 30th, 2007The Glasgow Airport incident, which certainly looks like a terrorist attack at this point, makes one fear we may be entering a new phase of terrorist activity.
Instead of the thwarted simultaneous attacks on airliners in 1995 and 2006 and 9/11, could we be facing widely dispersed attacks in a limited time frame that would create […]
London bomb a reminder anyone everyone can play role
Saturday, June 30th, 2007It was an ambulance crew tending to its primary responsibilities who first detected the smoke in a parked Mercedes and thereby avoided an horrific explosion. That’s a reminder that anyone, not just the police, may be the one to detect a potential terrorist attack in the making.
However, to do that we need the kind of […]
Anoto: possible answer to part of the passport mess
Thursday, June 28th, 2007My son and I were ensnared in the passport mess earlier this month when I belatedly remembered that we’d need them to join my wife at her conference in Vancouver.
Unlike many of the people who did what they were supposed to, and applied months in advance, we actually got ours (BTW, a shout-out to the […]
Book W. David Stephenson as a speaker
Thursday, June 28th, 2007“W. David Stephenson is one of the most forward thinkers I have met in many years.He is on the cutting edge and far exceeds ‘out of the box.’ His topics are relevant and timely. He will keep your attendees on the edge of […]
One internet job survives the bust
Thursday, June 28th, 2007reprinted from The Boston Globe,June 26, 2001
By W. David Stephenson
More than 100,00 Internet jobs have been eliminated since December 1999, but one new category is expanding: the corporate “i-manager.”
Charged with coordinating company-wide internal and external Internet initiatives, the mere creation of this position shows that a few leading companies such as DuPont, General Mills, and […]
Get (electronically) smart, Massachusetts!
Thursday, June 28th, 2007(some of the suggestions in this op-ed are laughably primitive, viewed from today’s perspective, yet the advantages of an aggressive net-based state government remain)
Boston Sunday Globe, November 29,1998
by W. David Stephenson
Consider the benefits if the Commonwealth were to pioneer a far more comprehensive and advanced form of Internet interdependence and synergy, with on-line electronic commerce, […]
Web 2.0 services
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Web 2.0 devices and apps — wikis, blogs, social networking, etc. — and, equally important, the attitudes they foster:
collaboration
empowering employees
partnering with suppliers and customers
have the potential to transform organizations.
W. David Stephenson is an acknowledged thought leader in the exciting field of Web 2.0, especially as it affects government services, and Stephenson Strategies is on the […]
Homeland Security Services
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Stephenson Strategies is known for homeland security strategies that:
use technology creatively
empower individuals
create win-win situations that simultaneously improve security and meet business goals such as reducing errors, streamlining supply-chains, and empowering employees by providing them with actionable, real-time information.
In particular, W. David Stephenson has pioneered creative use of personal technologies […]
Crisis Management Services
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Crises surprise many companies, forcing them to improvise on the spot. Many trigger a “bunker mentality:” senior executives avoid the media, employees and the public, hoping problems will blow over.
They won’t blow over.
Stephenson Strategies has years of award-winning experience handling crises for companies in industries as diverse as chemicals and food products. We are ready […]
Freenet Effect
Thursday, June 28th, 2007reprinted, with permission, from Telephony,December 2, 2002.
by W. David Stephenson
The ad-hoc Wi-Fi “freenet” movement is just the kind of development that validates the FCC Spectrum Task Force’s recent report, which urges new development of technologies that use spectrum more efficiently. The big question is whether major telecom players will find profitable common ground with […]
