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Using Delphi Method for planning… including Scenario Planning and Horizon Plans.

ByDel Phi

This site discusses and tracks the use of Delphi-type methods in doing all kinds of research: academic, theoretical and real-world. Businesses can use the Delphi method to identify key issues, develop scenario plans and/or do horizon planning. Strategic Business Planning that use similar methods as those used by Delphi Method. A strategic planning workshop for strat plan development uses a modified SWOT planning situational analysis method, for example. But the Delphi Method works best for…

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Google has gotten more fast-track patents than any other company.

ByBizMan

Google has gotten more fast-track patents than any other company – The Washington Post: Google has gotten 875 fast track patents (about $3.5 million dollars extra in patenting fees $4k extra per app), that is 14% of all such rapid track patent processing in the USA. Prioritized examination. The plan from Google’s perspective is to get the patents as quickly as possible. (You don’t really own a patent until issued; you can’t really enforce/assert it…

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BIG BP payout settlement of $18.7

BySustainMe

BP to Pay $18.7 Billion to Settle Deepwater Horizon Spill Claims http://www.wsj.com/articles/bp-agrees-to-pay-18-7-billion-to-settle-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-claims-1435842739 Put a huge amount of the BP litigation behind it. This would be the same as all the profits that the company has made since 2012. However the payment schedule is 1.1 million dollars per year. Yes, BP was pretty irresponsible back then. But it still makes one wonder what if it were not such a big company that can afford to make…

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Sixth mass extinction is here, researcher declares.

BySustainMe

Sixth mass extinction is here, researcher declares: Ouch. It looks like we need to clean up our collective acts. With 41% of amphibians and 26% of mammals on a course for extinction if we don’t change our ways. “To history’s steady drumbeat, a human population growing in numbers, per capita consumption and economic inequity has altered or destroyed natural habitats. The long list of impacts includes: *Land clearing for farming, logging and settlement *Introduction of…

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Prepare to have your mind blown as bridge is 3D-printed over Dutch canal – AOL.com

ByBizMan

Prepare to have your mind blown as bridge is 3D-printed over Dutch canal – AOL.com: Like (printing) a bridge over troubled waters. There’s some really KQQL additions in this technology. First, it is thinking outta the box. Taking the printer out of the box allows it to build endlessly using robot technology. So the plan is to build the bridge as you go. ‘via Blog this’

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Apple Loses Patent Infringement Suit, Ordered to Pay $533 Million | Rolling Stone

ByBizMan

Apple Loses Patent Infringement Suit, Ordered to Pay $533 Million | Rolling Stone: It seems apropos that Rolling Stone would have a great report on the iTunes (Apple) law suit loss to the tune of 1/2 billion dollar$. The loss rules that Apple did infringe on the 6 patents related to the storing and accessing of songs, videos and games. In the suit that might well be called the the Apple vs. the Troll, the ruling…