This week at office hours was a wide-ranging discussion centred around the positioning of product and companies. We explored the idea that putting yourself in the shoes of other people is key in selling products and indeed in having effective problem-solving approaches. Read more
Category: Education
Comment on: UK universities forced to innovate in fight for survival
Institutions focus on local business, skills and students to secure their future In the Universites section of the FT, by Bethan Staton in London and Chris Tighe in Newcastle July 29 2020 Education will adapt to the needs of the boarder economy, it always has. Students are making in investment in time and money, they […]
Office Hours @cammakespace
A new group has started in Cambridge, it meets in Cambridge Makespace and is called Office Hours. Office Hours is a group of active business managers willing to share experiences, improve skills and learn.We discuss strategy, business models and value propositions, yes, but also the day-to-day nitty gritty stuff like how much should I be […]
Why Makespace is Unique
Makespace Cambridge Limited is a community workshop. It is volunteer run, open 24/7, a hackspace, a makerspace, a meeting place, and educational venue.Makespace was created by enthusiasts as an accessible workspace filled with tools to make and play in an environment that encourages learning. Since its launch in 2013 Makespace has attracted 1,000members drawn from […]
Life long learning; How do you do it?
Life long learning; How do you do it? The Internet – There is a wealth of online resources out there to help you learn. Listen to podcasts,download eBooks, take online course or join forums to discuss and get help from others. Ask at work–Good employers will support you as you up-skill. Employees with professional training […]
Life Long Learning
Life Long Learning Lifelong learning is the “ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional. Why is it important? We are living longer. Most people will have many jobs in several sectors over a lifetime. The training and education you started with is unlikely to be sufficient over your career. Modern […]
Creativity is not a passive activity.
Creativity is not a passive activity. It is a wonderful time to be involved in technology. I mean technology in a very broad sense, that is the way some objective is accomplished. It can be a tool or gadget an approach or methodology or even a way or organising a set of components. The proliferation […]
Encouraging participation from industry and academia
Open Source Hardware: Opportunities and Challenges, June 2016 The development community and hardware industry need to, as the paper states, ‘more vigorously’ collaborate in the open source ecosystem. Encouraging participation from industry and academia Interoperability is the first step to motivating contributes to OSH from both sides – making components work together easily will make […]