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Visit our Frequently Asked Questions section on how to get involved in research today! Explore our faculty by their areas of interest, to find your best match.
For future research opportunities, check the Tufts Summer Scholars Program and the Laidlaw Scholars Program.
For further postings on research opportunities and the most up-to-date information, look for announcements on the bulletin boards in the first floor of the Psychology building.
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Clinical Research Asst II - Treatment & Etiology of Depression in Youth Lab
A full-time Research Assistant (RA) position is available within McLean Hospital's Treatment & Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory, directed by Christian Webb, PhD (Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School).
Research Coordinators are responsible for managing and coordinating the clinical studies as members of the research team within the Depression Clinical and Research Program, the Outpatient Psychiatry Division of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Marcus Autism Center, in conjunction with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, is offering two-year fellowships in five scientific subspecialties.
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Working on an NIH-funded study of emotion regulation in everyday life across adulthood.
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The WAVE Fellows program provides support for undergraduate students, who are underrepresented in STEM and intent on pursuing a PhD, to conduct a 10-week summer research project under the mentorship of Caltech faculty.
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This NSF-funded SROP provides 10 weeks of intensive mentored research experience in a Dept. of Psychology or affiliated lab
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Q: Matching url using Android intent-filter pathPattern I am trying to match a url using android:pathPattern.
When I tap a deeplink like "https://www.myhost.com/ABcTaed", I want my app to handle url ended with "ed".
In my AndroidManifest.xml. I have this <data android:scheme="https" android:host="myhost.com" android:pathPattern="/.*ed"/>.
With these urls work fine:
https://myhost.com/MgZMjed
https://myhost.com/NhANked
https://myhost.com/OiBOled
https://myhost.com/PjCPmed

But when the letter "e" is repeated in any place after "/" is not working.
My pathPattern syntax is wrong? What am I missing?
I was checking this question:
Matching file name using Android intent-filter pathPattern
But I don't see an answer that works with my case.

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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by jackal, Dec 10, 2003.
I had a site on a shared ip and I purchased and installed a cert for it. All works ok.
I then changed the ip on the second site and then reinstalled the Certificate.
it pulls up the index.html from the first site that was on the shared ip with its own ssl.
Will this clear itself out or is there something else I need to do?
It seems that the SSL VirtualHost of the second domain still retains the old IP. You can delete the second SSL host from WHM, then reinstall it making sure it uses the right IP. Or you can edit the IP in httpd.conf directly and restart Apache, I think that would suffice too.


We caught up with talented photographer and maker, Natascha van Niekerk, to find out all about how she makes her stunning images. Read on to find out more.
I am a Fine Art Photographer and Maker. I live in the beautiful village of Nature's Valley, South Africa, with my husband and our two dogs. We are surrounded by the most incredible forests, mountains, lakes and sea - it is from here that I dream up, and produce, all of my print sets.
How did you get started on your creative journey?
I completed my degree in Photography in 2004, after which I worked as a freelance photographer. I also taught photography for a number of years. I always wanted to pursue fine art photography, so we decided to take the plunge a few years ago and moved away from the city - I now spend my time outside exploring our beautiful earth, which is why you'll notice my work is deeply inspired by the area we live in.
Usually I start my day early walking our two dogs in a section of indigenous forest surrounding our property. After that I tend to do admin-related tasks first - so, emails, marketing and so forth - and I'll then spend the rest of the day with production and packing orders.
How did you begin selling your images online?
Even when I was still studying for my degree in Photography, I wanted to sell my images as wall art. But it's quite a tough industry to break into, so I freelanced as a commercial photographer for a few years while building my portfolio before finally taking the plunge to sell my work full-time about three years ago.
This gorgeous gallery wall display of Natascha's 'Foraged Series'.
I am completely inspired by nature and always find endless possibilities in the simplicity and intricacies of plants, trees, flowers and the natural landscape.
At the moment my favourite room in our home is the open plan kitchen / lounge area that leads onto our deck. I love it because it has high ceilings and large doors that let in plenty of light. It also overlooks our forest garden.
'Tree & Palm Set' from the Mansion of the Sky series.
That sounds lovely! What is your favourite furniture item in your home?
Definitely the beautiful prints I have bought from some very talented local artists! I love supporting other makers, and although our home has a good selection of my own prints too, it brings me much joy to have these stunning pieces in my home.
Do you have any favourites from your own collection?
My favourite print series from my collection currently are the 'Everlasting' print series, the 'Foraged' print series and also the 'Mansion of the Sky' series.
Add an instant 'Everlasting Gallery Wal' to your home with this beautiful set of 5 prints.


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FIFA Fast Facts
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Updated 2:38 PM ET, Wed January 2, 2019
Gianni Infantino FIFA president
(CNN) Here is a look at FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), international soccer's governing body and organizer of global tournaments including the World Cup. The US Justice Department is conducting an ongoing criminal probe of the organization, investigating allegations of widespread bribery, fraud and other offenses.
Other Facts:
When FIFA was founded in 1904, there were seven member countries: France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The United States joined the Zurich, Switzerland-based organization in 1913.
There are 211 member nations.
FIFA's six confederations represent different regions of the world: UEFA (Europe), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (New Zealand and South Pacific island nations) and AFC (Asia).
In addition to the World Cup, which takes place every four years, FIFA organizes the FIFA Club World Cup, which began in 2000. Seven men's teams participate: winners from each of the six confederations, plus the winning team from the host country. A similar tournament for women's teams was proposed in 2015.
May 21, 1904 - FIFA is founded in Paris, to promote international football (soccer) tournaments.
1905 - England, which has its own Football Association dating back to 1863, becomes a member nation. The British initially resisted joining FIFA.
1913 - The United States Football Association, now called the United States Soccer Federation, joins FIFA.
July 13-30, 1930 - Uruguay hosts the first World Cup. Thirteen teams compete and Uruguay wins the tournament, defeating Argentina. Team USA places third.
1975 - Joseph "Sepp" Blatter of Switzerland joins FIFA as director of technical development programs, serving under President João Havelange of Brazil.
1981 - FIFA's executive committee names Blatter general secretary of the organization.
November 16-30, 1991 - China hosts the first Women's World Cup. Team USA defeats Norway in the final match.
June 8, 1998 - Blatter is elected president of FIFA, defeating Swedish soccer stalwart, Lennart Johansson.
May 21, 2001 - A company closely affiliated with FIFA, International Sports Media and Marketing (ISMM) is declared bankrupt in Swiss Court. ISMM was the parent company of International Sports and Leisure (ISL), which sold World Cup television rights and negotiated corporate sponsorships. FIFA brings charges against ISMM, claiming company executives diverted a $60 million payment from a licensee and deposited it in a secret bank account.
June 11, 2001 - Blatter faces a reckoning in the wake of the ISMM collapse, as officials from Europe's soccer leagues demand he answer 25 questions about his ties to the company and the future of FIFA.
July 7, 2001 - During a FIFA meeting in Buenos Aires, Blatter delivers a lengthy report about the impact of the ISMM bankruptcy on the organization and he pledges to usher in a new era of transparency.
February 28, 2002 - Farah Addo, vice president of the CAF confederation, tells the Daily Mail he was offered $100,000 to help Blatter win the election in 1998 but he turned the money down. He says 18 other officials accepted payments from Blatter's associates in exchange for votes. Blatter fires back that the allegations are baseless, with a statement on FIFA.com.
March 7, 2002 - FIFA's executive committee authorizes an internal investigation into the organization's finances.
May 3, 2002 - In a review not released to the public, FIFA General Secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen claims there is such widespread corruption within the organization, criminal charges may be warranted, according to the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper reports five top officials demand Blatter step down. He vows to fight the charges.
May 10, 2002 - Members of FIFA's Executive Committee file a formal complaint against Blatter with Swiss authorities. Blatter issues a statement in response, "I remain unperturbed by the prospect of a possible investigation."
May 29, 2002 - Blatter is re-elected FIFA president, defeating a reformist challenger, Issa Hayatou of Cameroon by a wide margin, 139-56.
May 31, 2002 - FIFA's Executive Committee withdraws its complaint against Blatter. Zen-Ruffinen, the author of the report alleging criminal misconduct, resigns.
October 6, 2004 - The Executive Committee approves a code of ethics.
June 9, 2006 - FIFA establishes an ethics committee to address allegations of bribery, match fixing, betting and other illegal practices.
September 12, 2006 - The Daily Mail reports FIFA Vice President Jack Warner conspired with his son, Daryan Warner, to illegally sell thousands of World Cup tickets. Daryan Warner pleads guilty in 2013 to money laundering and wire fraud for his role in the ticket scam. He forfeits $1.1 million.
September 15, 2006 - Former Olympic champ Lord Sebastian Coe of England is appointed chairman of FIFA's new ethics committee. Coe says in a statement, "Inspiring young people into sport is a personal passion of mine. To do this, we must protect and promote the ethics and morals of sport for future generations."
October 23, 2006 - FIFA's Ethics Committee holds its first meeting. In a statement, Blatter says the group will enforce a revised code of ethics. Blatter says soccer's exploding popularity "has also attracted some of the dangers and vices of our modern society, including corruption, doping, racism, illegal betting and other forms of cheating."
December 6, 2006 - The Executive Committee declines to take disciplinary action against Jack Warner for World Cup ticket sales but issues two recommendations:"The Executive Committee expresses disapproval of vice-president Jack A. Warner's conduct and reminds him to exercise the requisite level of care in ticketing matters in the future and to strictly abide by all directives. Jack A. Warner should, in particular, ensure that his son, Daryan Warner, does not abuse the position held by his father."
October 20, 2010 - Two members of FIFA's Executive Committee are suspended after a British newspaper reports they offered to sell their World Cup votes.
November 18, 2010 - FIFA confirms the suspension of four additional officials for suspected ethical breaches.
November 29, 2010 - Ahead of the vote for the host countries of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments, the BBC reports three senior FIFA officials who will participate in the selection process took bribes from International Sports & Leisure during the 1990s. One of the officials, Ricardo Teixeira, is the former son-in-law of former FIFA President João Havelange.
December 2, 2010 - The winning bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals are announced. Russia is named host of the 2018 tournament and Qatar is selected for 2022, winning out over the United States, Japan and Australia.
May 24, 2011 - Chuck Blazer, an American member of the executive committee, accuses FIFA officials Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam of bribery. He alleges the two gave money to members of the Caribbean Football Union to cast ballots for Bin Hammam in his campaign to become FIFA's new president.
May 29, 2011 - FIFA suspends Warner and Bin Hammam as it launches a probe into the alleged vote buying scam. According to a statement, FIFA's Ethics


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Conjure House.
Conjure House is the latest novel from Gary Fry and is published by Dark Fuse Publishing. The striking cover art hints at what lies within, suggesting another venture into Cosmic Horror and indeed that's exactly what the reader will get with a tale of ancient horrors resurfacing in the present day.
There's a lot more to it than that though, a whole lot more. As well as being on one level a thoroughly enjoyable horror story, with some well constructed set pieces, Conjure House is also an exploration of some fairly weighty topics; the nature of perception, the pursuit of omniscience and whether it's science or art, intellect or emotion, the head or the heart that best allows an understanding of the universe we live in, of what we are - of why we are.
Deep stuff indeed and fitting that the small village in which the story unfolds is called Deepvale. (On the subject of names, I have to admit to getting quite excited at reading a novel where the main character shares my christian name (I need to get out more, I know) but some of the gloss wore off when I realised that "Anthony" was probably chosen in order to be shortened to "Ant" - with all the insignificance that variation carries with it). The theme of perception is probably the strongest to run through the book, a new twist on the story of the four blind men describing an elephant giving rise to imagery and symbolism that becomes increasingly significant as the story progresses.
The four main protagonists are nicely drawn characters but in reality they are little more than devices to explore the science v art debate, being a psychologist, a musician, an artist and a writer. This isn't a problem once you accept what their role in developing the narrative is, that narrative being more of a fable rather than an attempt at gritty realism. Gary has a very distinctive voice, easily identifiable. It's cerebral, intellectual - (and any of the other words my thesaurus has listed against "scholarly") - and sometimes I've had problems with that, not because I don't understand some of the longer words - even though that has been known to happen - but rather when it seeps into the voices and thoughts of the characters in the story. This does happen on occasion within Conjure House but the narrative flows along at such a rate that it's a minor quibble. (Another minor quibble, but one that took me out of the story is that Lisa, the writer, a writer of horror screenplays, doesn't recognise the word Cthulhu. I rationalised this away by assuming that within the novel Cosmic Horror was a reality and therefore the fiction of, say, Lovecraft didn't exist (much like characters in soap operas don't watch soap operas) but that's not the case as Paul, the musician, has appropriated the name for his band. As I say though, a minor quibble).
The psychology theory in no way overwhelms or distracts from the narrative though, in fact blends in to it perfectly, enhancing it to produce a quality piece of writing that will stimulate both emotion and intellect. It's a rare skill to be able to combine the two but Gary has it in abundance. I enjoyed Conjure House very much and it definitely gets an opposable thumbs-up from me.
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North American Lake Monsters.
The Condemned.


you had been cured of that.
bite off the ends of the fingers when you could not stand it.
so tiny they were invisible.
wanted to put on, if they would fit his foot, and they did.
I'm a sucker for the time travel poems returning to our youth digging up lost treasure giving perspective to our lives. I liked how the dolls in the poem blurred/transformed into human consciousness. Then towards the end of the poem it's as if a forbidden fruit is eaten and we are suddenly aware of a new reality, and we're the better for it. These are just a few thoughts after a couple readings. I read it tomorrow and will find a different truth. lol.
Makes me wonder what exactly are "things" and how do they really belong to us. Nice.


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By StillGagging - 26/05/2017 12:03
Today, a man came into the library where I work with a bag. He told me the bag was full of bugs he found in and around his toilet, and demanded that I help identify them. He then added, "They might be parasites. They're all over the bathroom, but I got the toilet ones here." FML
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Hi! OP here! These comments are really making me laugh! Thank you! I told the man he couldn't have the bugs in the building, which resulted in him yelling at me saying I was "no help". He didn't want a real "bug professional" to look at them, because it would cost too much money. I ended up getting my manager, who (thankfully) made the man (and his "pets") leave the building. You could say I was bugging out over the whole thing. Ugh.
By jennisyn - 02/05/2017 08:33 - United States - Newland
Today, I was happy to find flowers at my desk when I came to work. Then I discovered all the women received flowers, while the men received bonus checks. Yes, because women should be paid in flowers. FML
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This did happen on Wednesday, April 26, aka Administrative Professionals Day. It's a service company and it just burned me up processing bonuses for the men while the women got flowers. It made the ladies feel unappreciated. The work takes everyone. As for it not appearing until Sunday, there is clearly a lag in the time in uploading a FML and it being published.
By breedles - 10/12/2016 22:20
Today, my extremely inebriated boyfriend casually mentioned that he wished I had a penis. FML
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Hey guys, OP here. I love the comments xD This happened a couple of months ago, and actually, before this incident he did confide in me that he was bisexual, and as I am open minded and bisexual as well, we did do some experimenting with a strap on to see if I could satisfy him on that level. His comment was meant to suggest that because I didn't have a REAL penis, it wasn't enough for him, which was painful to hear, because obviously, there was nothing I could do about it and I was very invested in our relationship. He changed his stance on the matter when he was sober, but we did move out of a boyfriend girlfriend relationship and into more of a FWB relationship, and we're both happier now. :)
By unmarried - 04/05/2016 00:39 - Canada - Weston
Today, my fiancé received his divorce papers. Thanks to his procrastinating, his divorce is effective May 29th. We're supposed to get married on May 28th. FML


Over the last few years I have given a number of seminars on Technology-based Business Transformation. In these seminars, I examine how companies can leverage disruptive innovations to go after new business opportunities or to significantly transform themselves. Often, the transformations are needed because the business is in crisis, such as happened to IBM in the early 1990s or is the case with a number of media companies today.
The seminars are generally organized into three section. The first two focus on strategy formulation and execution respectively. The last section deals with the organizational and cultural issues involved in going through such a major transformation.
Many companies fail to adequately embrace a disruptive innovation not because they did not develop the right strategy, but because the strategy was essentially rejected by the organization, and was thus doomed to fail from its very beginning. The culture of the institution was not able to stretch enough to be able to implement the needed changes. This happens even when the very survival of the organization is at stake. It is as if a kind of institutional depression has set in.
We sometimes forget that disruptive innovations are indeed disruptive, not only in the marketplace but also for individuals and organizations. Much as we often talk about embracing change as a positive experience, change is in fact very difficult, even painful for many people. You are asking them to move into unknown, perhaps even unchartered territory. What will be the impact on their jobs? Do they have the required skills for whatever is ahead? How well will they personally do in the new environment?
When first launching a project based on a new technology or idea, you really don't know what lies ahead. You cannot answer lots of the questions people will have. Incremental changes are much easier, because you are essentially improving existing products and services while continuing to sell to and support a similar client base. But, with disruptive changes, the new products and services you will be working on are likely to be quite different from what you have done in the past. Since one of the reasons for embracing a disruptive idea is to expand your markets, it is possible that you will also be selling to different kinds of customers, requiring different sales and channel approaches.
A major part of my responsibilities at IBM over the past fifteen years with the company was to help organize company-wide efforts to bring emerging technologies to market, such as the Internet and Linux. Let me share some of what I learned in the process of organizing these disruptive initiatives along three main dimensions: governance, collaborations and marketing and communications.
One of the biggest challenges in launching a disruptive initiative is that there is generally no natural home for it within the existing organization. It is not just that what you are doing is new, but that the skills and support you need often cuts across multiple parts of the organization. A virtual or matrix organization, is often the most practical way to launch a new venture that does not naturally fit into any of the existing units of the company.
For both the Internet and Linux efforts we set up a relatively small virtual organization to coordinate the activities across IBM. Given that the overall objective was for each unit to start embracing the new technologies, the bulk of the actual execution was done in the units, not in the small, virtual organization.
The key functions of the virtual team included formulating the overall strategy, marketing and communications to ensure that the messages were consistent, overall coordination of the various activities across the company, and anything else that needed to get done for the initiative to succeed. The team included selected new developments, as well as a few dedicated sales teams to handle initial sales. With both the Internet and Linux, we said from the outset that the virtual team would be disbanded and its functions integrated back into the operational units once central coordination was no longer needed.
Linux and the Internet are examples of what we called Emerging Business Opportunities (EBO) in IBM. The name EBO is not used as much within IBM these days, but the innovation process continues, with Cloud Computing, and various Smart Planet efforts being among their latest manifestations.
Top management support is absolutely essential for initiatives based on disruptive innovations to have any serious chance of success. It is also critical to assign experienced, senior executives to lead the new ventures during their startup phase. In its early years, the venture is all promise with little immediate revenue, let alone profit. It needs to be carefully nurtured and protected until it has concrete results and marketplace successes and is thus able to better stand on its own.
One of the major reasons why breakthrough innovations have been very difficult for large, established companies is that they treat such efforts as they do any other projects. If the new venture is organized and managed based on typical business metrics, it will be buried within a much larger operational unit. It is then only a matter of time before the effort is forgotten and eventually terminated.
While obvious, it is important to keep in mind that when starting a new venture, your number one objective in the early stages is survival. Eventually you want to aspire to a lot more. But, it is hard to have a successful strategy in the marketplace if you don't make it past the first few months and years.
Staying alive is particularly critical for ventures based on disruptive technologies and innovations because at first, you don't really know what you are doing. You need to buy time so you can learn what it is you need to do, what kind of product or service the marketplace wants, whether the value of your brand helps or hinders you in this new space, and how eventually you will earn revenues and profits.
The strategy for survival is somewhat different for small, new companies than it is for entrepreneurial ventures within existing larger companies. With both, you have to get to market quickly and do reasonably well against the competition, especially if you are going after a hot new area. But, in a large enterprise, you also have to pay a lot of attention to other parts of the company, who can make your life difficult or worse if they view you as an internal threat; and who can provide invaluable assistance if they feel that they are a part of theexciting, new initiative.
It is thus imperative to reach out to other parts of the company, sit down with their management and technical leaders and see how the new innovation you are leading can help their existing business. You want to make them feel part of your virtual team if at all possible. It is hard for another part of the company to support your new efforts if they feel that it will compete with them for funds, senior management attention or customers in the marketplace. The more a unit feels part of the new initiative, the more they will support it and help it succeed.
For example, with both the Internet and Linux efforts, one of our biggest internal allies in IBM was the mainframe organization. The reason is that we worked closely with them to integrate mainframes with the Internet and World Wide Web by supporting the key standards, as well as porting Linux to run on mainframe virtual machines. The mainframe organization thus became a stakeholder and close ally in these emerging initiatives, especially in the early stages when you are fighting to survive and help is most badly needed.
Marketing and communications are absolutely critical to a new, disruptive initiative from the very beginning. First of all, you need to be able to explain what it is you are doing in simple terms, something that is easier said than done especially when talking about a new and potentially disruptive initiative. Often, the people leading the venture underestimate how important it is to develop clear, simple messages and how much work it takes to do so. They are then frustrated that many of their key constituencies do not understand what the new venture is about.
It is very important to focus communications efforts on internal audiences as well as external ones. If the employees of the company do not understand the new initiatives, it is hard for them to support them. Considerable attention must therefore be payed to internal communications and education so people understand the overall strategy, and their own role, as well as that of their unit in helping it succeed. Often, one of the most effective ways of explaining the strategy to employees is through outside communications. People will believe what they read in newspapers, magazine articles and other external sources more than they will be in internal company communications.
For a company with a well known brand, a disruptive innovative initiative represents an excellent opportunity to re-energize and re-vitalize their overall brand image. It is often one of the most important reasons for embracing the initiative, but only if the marketing and communications are carefully managed.
For example, in the mid 1990s, we used our Internet strategy to significantly transform IBM's brand. We badly wanted to infuse the brand with the key qualities people were associating with the Internet, e.g., open, innovative, dynamic, youthful. Given that IBM was emerging from a near-death experience, we needed to re-position the brand as being part of the future instead of the past, and prove to the world that IBM gets the Internet and all the massive changes it was ushering into the business world and society in general.
After much work, we came up with what became our e-business strategy, focused on leveraging the Internet for business value. e-business was embraced by the whole company and played a key role in transforming both IBM's overall strategy, culture and brand image.
There are many reasons why disruptive innovations fail. A surprising number do so not because the company put together a flawed strategy, executed it poorly, or the market was not ready. They fail because proper attention was not paid to the organizational and cultural changes required so that the institution and its people will embrace the innovation and work hard to make it succeed. In the end, these human elements of innovation are likely to make the most important difference between success and failure.
Great posting! I think you should also take into account the culture of company to be ready to innovate.
Great post, Irving. You are always prescient. However, I do wonder how you jump ahead in the calendar. This page is dated January 31, but today is January 29.
"We sometimes forget that disruptive innovations are indeed disruptive..."
I find it incredible when sometimes people will tell me that their company is well aware of the disruption and that they can deal with it. Well, probably not. Disruptive technologies disrupt!
You can see the train wreck ahead of you, and you will still slam into it. That's what few people/companies realize.
Look at all the companies and people disrupted by PC technologies. IBM barely survived, it had to reinvent itself from a computer company to a computer services company.
Often, you can't change fast enough, you can't downsize fast enough, you can't change your company culture fast enough, you can't shift to the new business model, you slam into the train wreck. That's what's happening to many media companies and there's not a whole lot they can do, or will be able to do. The Internet is a media technology and that's where the disruption is being seen.
And the dirty little secret is that, now, every company is a media company. Every company is in the path of disruption, whether it makes diapers or publishes newspapers.
I'm a ardent believer of your ideas, from outside US.
I have red your post and I can follow a lot your positions but I fully disagree with the results of some IBM transformation.
You wrote an excellent post on last january'2009: "leadership in a time of crisis". Virtual and matritial organisation are being a disaster in IBM. This is just the big barrier against the leadership, against the innovation, against the smarter talent. This type of organisation is working in favour of the operational management, all the time the top managers asking for results, asking for figures, asking for short time business.
Do you know what is the friction index in a organisation ?. Anyway, IBM organisation has a terrible friction index !!, So, it's time to change that organisation and maybe..... some people on top.
I'm interested in the marketing and communication part. It's good to know and confirm that both internal and external communication are important to the survival and business of corporations, also it's effective to use an external to build an internal communication, like the case shared. I am impressed by the innovation and strategy IBM has made in the past decade. Thanks for sharing the post. Great post as always.
I completely agree with you that "Often, the transformations are needed because the business is in crisis"
I have understood from my own experience that organizational structure will change and become more virtual in the future. Nice to read your detailed post on this topic.


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Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong
Chris O'Dowd as David Walsh
Guillaume Canet as Medecin Michele Ferrari
Jesse Plemons as Floyd Landis
Lee Pace as Bill Stapleton
Denis Ménochet as Johan Bruyneel
Edward Hogg as Frankie Andreu
Dustin Hoffman as Bob Hamman
Elaine Cassidy as Betsy Andreu
Laura Donnelly as Emma O'Reilly
Writer (book)
David Walsh
Danny Cohen
Valerio Bonelli
Rated R for language.
Ever wonder why we invest so much time and money cheering the highly repetitive exploits of comic-book superheroes these days? My guess is that all too often, real-life heroes can't help but eventually disappoint. They are only human after all. And humans are deeply flawed, as likely to commit selfless acts of kindness as they are self-serving crimes of cruelty.
Nowhere is that truer than when it comes to our sports idols. All you need to do is to turn on FX's deeply addictive series "The People vs. O.J. Simpson" to be reminded of that fact.
But the movies have always preferred the upbeat "you can do it!" exploits of underdog athletes. From the pigskin propaganda of 1940's "Knute Rockne, All American" to the recent portrait of Olympian ski jumper Eddie the Eagle, theater screens often double as inspirational posters that bolster the belief that anyone can achieve the impossible if you only believe in yourself.
Alpha dog tales? Not so common. That is why "The Program," about the steroid-induced rise and public plummet of road-racing cyclist Lance Armstrong, at least attempts to stand out from the swarm of unlikely competitive triumphs caught on film.
British director Stephen Frears, who exhibited an acutely honed insight into the private lives of public figures with 2006's "The Queen," at least fully embraces the dark side that seems inevitable with a money-making enterprise built upon expectations of ever-escalating feats of physical endurance that break records, draw crowds and encourage corporate sponsors. But he also strips away the usual gears that propel these types of biopics and turns "The Program" into a doping horror story where Dr. Frankenstein and his monster are one and the same.
For a while, such a brash approach is refreshing as it eventually ends with Armstrong's notorious confession to Oprah Winfrey in 2013. But the flashily photographed enterprise too often becomes a blur of sound bites and slick aesthetics akin to a Nike commercial. All the stylish montages of Lance's open-faced lying can't disguise "The Program's" inherent weakness: Anyone who has kept tabs on the news in the past two decades is already aware of these supposed revelations about this seven-time winner of the Tour de France, from his professional triumphs to his personal failings.
The script by "Trainspotting's" John Hodge, based on the book "Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong" by Irish sportswriter David Walsh, uses the framework of a detective yarn with the reporter assuming the role of a sort of righteous Javert. Comic actor Chris O'Dowd brings his likable every-geezer sensibility to this intrepid seeker of the truth that no one who worships Armstrong, especially his fellow sports journos, wants to hear. But how many times do we have to watch him juggling dishes at family dinner time while taking an important phone call?
At least Ben Foster as Armstrong is the perfect clenched-jaw specimen, both outwardly and inwardly, to embody this megalomaniac win-a-holic. But there is not much nuance in his Lance, just naked ambition, an implacable belief in his powers of persuasion and the need to succeed at all costs by cheating the system.
Instead of opening with the Texas-born Armstrong dealing with his parent's divorce or getting a Schwinn for his birthday, we are immediately plunged into the early '90s as the racer attempts his first European competitions. After falling behind, he quickly learns his foreign rivals are supersizing their performances with an assist from the so-called Italian pope of dope, doctor and coach Michele Ferrari (injected with a rather carefree, snake oil-salesman approach to breaking the rules by French actor Guillaume Canet).
Meanwhile, personal details are left by the side of the road. Armstrong meets his first wife and, boom, they are married and she is never seen again. At one point, three youngsters—presumably his children—join him on the victory stand. Celebrity friends of Lance ranging from George H. W. Bush and David Letterman to Robin Williams and one-time fiancée Sheryl Crow are briefly namechecked. And there is a meta moment when he and his teammates discuss who will star in the movie version of his life, with Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal as possibilities.
The most dramatically compelling scenes arrive early when a 25-year-old Armstrong is diagnosed with testicular cancer just as his career is taking off. After bravely conquering the disease following grueling treatment, he dedicates himself to reaching out to other cancer patients and giving them hope through his Livestrong Foundation and its ubiquitous yellow wristbands. He pays visits to hospital wards, encountering one young boy so weakened by his illness he can only gaze and wanly smile upon the biking god.
But seconds later, the cyclist is seen doubling down on his resolve to win at any price, exploiting other riders on his team and forcing them to undergo the same dangerous drug regimen as he does. Meanwhile, it is observed that his status as a cancer crusader and philanthropic spokesman proves to be a mighty shield against any speculation or criticism. Hence, the birth of St. Lance.
It might have made a more interesting counterpoint to Armstrong's maliciousness to better utilize an intriguing secondary character, the impressionable Mennonite-raised racing rookie Floyd Landis (Jesse Plemons, whose Bowery Boy mug also graced "Black Mass"). But he exists mainly to represent the many who kept quiet—although Landis eventually blew the whistle. Meanwhile, a dowdy Dustin Hoffman briefly materializes as a promotions mogul who had much to lose from Armstrong being caught.
"The Program" takes some commendable swerves away from the expected. But by speeding to the finish, it lags behind as an illuminating depiction of one of the more enigmatic sports figures of our time.