Perpetual Innovation

Category: Refractive Thinker

  • Human + Artificial Intelligence! RT Book(s) Release

     Book(s) Release Today Thurs, June27th ! ! ! … Human +
    Artificial Intelligence … Special promotion price!     $1.99 !

    Today is the BIG launch of latest Refractive
    Thinker®     book, an Anthology with a dozen authors, including yours
    truly!  Today we welcome Vol XXV: Artificial Intelligence The
    New Frontier of the Digital Age—    the 27th volume in the #1
    International Best Selling series for and by doctoral scholars from around the
    globe.

    Refractive Thinker eBook for the
    USA. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7QR183G

    For the next 24-48 hours, we will
    once again offer a special rate of $1.99! That’s the whole book, not individual
    chapters!

    Please buy a copy and share the
    news with your networks to help us with our book launch today. If all goes well
    we will reach one or more #Best-Seller lists. The printed copies will be able
    to promote best seller status when released in a week or two.

    I co-author Chapter 2 with my very
    first Doctoral mentee, and the Chief Refractive Thinker, Dr. Cheryl Lentz: Synergy
    of Human +Artificial Intelligence: Delphi and the genius of crowds.     Congrats
    on your successes (& failures) Dr. Cheryl!

    Dr Cheryl and I promoted the
    concept of “Regenerative Dynamic AI” where we provide prompts for readers to
    regenerate key components of our book with the best available GenAI at that
    future time. AI is changing at light speed, so readers can expect to have far
    better results than we did when they regeneration in a month or a year.
    Additionally, we wanted to instruct GenAI engines to provide links to dynamic
    sources, like statistical databases and Wikipedia where information is
    continually updated. And, of course, how do humans make the best use of
    artificial intelligence and real-time research using Delphi. Many results from
    the chapter with four GenAI engines has been spun off to DelphiPlan.com (aka
    ScenarioPlans.com). Issues of intellectual property, copyright,
    teacher-student-plagiarism are all addressed in the Synergy of Human +
    Artificial Intelligence    .

    * I also
    have another book out today! *

    Rapid Planning with Regenerative
    AI    . This Regenerative Dynamic AI approach to research and planning became
    the generative idea behind two AI-assisted workbooks related to Rapid Planning
    in my Perpetual Innovation™ series. One day in May I created most of the zero
    (0th) edition, Perpetual Innovation™: Rapid
    Strategic Planning and Regenerative AI    . With formatting and
    updates, the 1st edition is now updated in paperback and released in
    eBook. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D85GMW7F
     ($2.99)

    With GenAI it is now possible to do
    Rapid Strategic Planning in a fraction of the time compared to olde workshop
    methods. Instead of 3 or 4 planning sessions, I believe it is now possible to
    condense and compress the planning process into 1 rather-intense session. But,
    it does require changing the way we work, the way we think, and the way we
    plan. The Workshop-Workbook is a follow-on companion to the Rapid Strategic
    Planning and Regenerative AI     workbook focusing on the strategic planning
    workshop for an organization. The main goal for this planning effort is to
    complete a SWOT analysis including key potential strategies/initiatives. The
    workshop workbook provides examples for several types of local organizations: a
    local construction-related business, a charity, a chamber of commerce, a
    regional Economic Development Commission, and a local chapter of a service
    organization.  Expect the Workshop-Workbook to be release in a few days in
    paperback and Kindle ebook.

    These Regenerative AI books will be
    a great addition to the Perpetual Innovation™ line of books starting with
    intellectual property and now moving into Nonprofit: Nonprofit Planning &
    Impactful Donor giving (2022); and Club Management (2023).

    Refractive Thinker® eBook for the
    AI edition in the USA. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7QR183G

    For the next 24-48 hours, we will
    once again offer a special rate of $1.99!  Please buy a copy and share
    with your networks to help us with our book launch today. If all goes well we
    will reach one or more #Best-Seller lists for the printed copies to promote
    (released in a week or two).

    Thank you for joining us on our
    best-selling campaign. We appreciate your support!

    Elmer Hall

    #RefractiveThinker #GenAI #RegenerativeDynamicAI #PerpetualInnovation #DelphiPlan #ScenarioPlans

    References

    Hall, E. B. (2024). Perpetual
    Innovation™: Rapid Strategic Planning and Regenerative AI (1st ed.).     ISBN:
    979-8326692061 Amazon.com/dp/B0D5BMXZWT eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D85GMW7F

    Hall, E. B. (in press). Perpetual
    Innovation™: Workshop-Workbook on Rapid Strategic Planning and Regenerative AI.
    ISBN: 979-8329307740

    Hall, E. B. & Lentz, C. A.
    (2024). Synergy of Human +Artificial Intelligence: Delphi and the genius of
    crowds.  In C. A. Lentz (Ed.), The refractive
    thinker:      Vol. 25. Artificial
    Intelligence: The New Frontier of the Digital Age    . (pp. 27-68) Las Vegas,
    NV: The Refractive Thinker®
    Press.  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7QR183G

    … Nonprofit
    Books from 2022 & 2023 …

    Hall, E. B. &
    Hinkelman, R. M. (2022). Perpetual Innovation™: Strategic planning for
    nonprofits and the art of impactful giving: the gift of giving, the art of
    caring    . ISBN: ‎ 979-8842614615 Amazon.com/dp/B0B7Q1J4G6/

    Hall, E. B.
    (2023). Perpetual Innovation™: Club management workbook focusing on the most
    impactful giving.     ISBN: 979-8859024810 Amazon.com/dp/B0CGXHB31Y

  • The Refractive Thinker Brain Teaser Game App by Dr. Cheryl Lentz — Kickstarter

    The Refractive Thinker Brain Teaser Game App by Dr. Cheryl Lentz — Kickstarter

    Interesting game idea. Having fun while you learn…

    Or just having fun, that can be okay too!:-)

    I think it would be cool to create RT Teasers for each volume of the Refractive thinker books. (maybe starting with the next one). I could see Profs using it with articles and books that students were (supposed) to read. Have a little fun with it. This isn’t really a question, just a comment.

    I hope this project makes the goal, ’cause I can’t wait to see it.

    ‘via Blog this’

  • Innovation: Social Irresponsibility: Energy, cost of carbon

    Check out the workings for markets in Carbon…


    Cap n trade, tax and trade, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

    • Australia does Carbon Tax and shift.
    • Texas sets up a Carbon Exchange.
    • California has a huge lift in the prices of Carbon allocations (CCA) because of the down time of a nuclear power plant.

    Overall, the price per ton of carbon is now at between $8 and $23.


    Anything above free, is probably a very good thing for the true costs of energy.


    SustainZine: Social Irresponsibility: Energy, cost of carbon

    Coming soon to an eBook store near you: Social Responsibility by the www.RefractiveThinker.com. 

  • Social Irresponsibility: Energy and the cost of carbon

    These are all part of a dramatic change in the way that we view carbon emissions.


    There are three things that are prominently in the news about carbon emissions and addressing them in June of 2012. These are all part of a dramatic change in the way that we view carbon emissions.

    1. Australia is opening up a Carbon Tax at $23 per ton. They are adjusting from the mistakes of Europe when they started cap and trade at too low a price. Undermining the whole process.
    2. In the meanwhile, Texas is opening a market for carbon. The Oil capital of the US is also the largest Wind producer of electricity.
    3. California credit allowances jump in price dramatically.
    Generally there are three ways to address the issues associated with externalities caused by carbon emission (and greenhouse gas emissions)

    1. Voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR). Look at Shaklee corporation and Microsoft. Shaklee, a health and nutrition company, is the first company to be certified climate neutral in April 2010. In the meanwhile, Microsoft intends to be carbon neutral by the end of 2013.

    2. Cap and Trade exchanges. Texas and California.

    a.   Texas is opening a market for carbon. “Bad joke, or perhaps an oxymoron”, right?  Nope, it is the Texas Climate & Carbon Exchange. The Oil capital of the US that produces about 1m barrels of oil per year is also the largest Wind producer of electricity (producing about 6.5m GHw/hr in 2010, nearly twice as much as Kansas). This is one of several exchanges, with the most notable one in the us operating in California.
    b.   This headline from Reuters: “California carbon allowances (CCAs) for delivery in 2013 closed at $16.75 per tonne on Thursday, up $1.10 from one week ago on a growing belief that the shutdown of a California nuclear power plant will boost carbon emissions due to higher fossil fuel use.” A 7% jump was followed by $20+ call options that anticipated future CCAs rising aggressively in the future.

    3. Tax Mechanism.
    “The carbon pricing scheme will impose costs on big polluters, which will result in higher end prices for certain products. Treasury estimates that an average family will pay $9.90 more per week in the first year of the scheme’s introduction.” But 9 out of 10 households will get some level of reimbursements “ through personal income tax cuts and increases in pensions and allowances, as well as other measures”. This will already take effect from May-June 2012. Check out the Household Carbon tax estimator for Australia:  

    a.   What is the Carbon Tax? (Australia):  http://www.carbontax.net.au/category/what-is-the-carbon-tax/ A $23 per ton initial tax on heavy polluters.
    c.   Discussion (Australia). Australia is one of the worst (developed countries) for carbon footprint per capita. Unlike Canada (cold) this is partially because of the sprawl of the country and the abundance of fossil fuels. The tax is directly on the producers of carbon (starting with coal) and this tax is applied directly to those impacted. Those households impacted can spend the money any way they want.  The more accurate costs of dirtier energy (coal and oil) will serve to shift prices to cleaner energy.

    So, what does this mean? It means that in lots of places and within lots of organizations (and governments) there is a movement toward addressing carbon emissions. Even the glacial movements in the US are starting gain speed, much like the melting glaciers themselves are.


    A market mechanism like Australia’s seems like an good approach. There is not a massive initial gift of credits to the coal-burning companies. The government doesn’t take all the money and run. The market is given an opportunity to improve the costing to accommodate the externalities of fossil fuels.


    Let’s see how that plays forward? 


    Coming soon to an eBook store near you: Social Responsibility by the www.RefractiveThinker.com.