Hayden Vink: Life In The Fast Lane

Viewed two great presentations today.

Firstly, a fantastic presentation by Alan Cooper called “The Wisdom of Experience“. It clarifies his position on Agile programming, and the (still vital!) role of interaction designers. There are some excellent points about managing software projects, pitfalls etc. as well.

Next, an interesting presentation by Alex Osterwalder on “Business Model Innovation”. In it he provides some good examples of companies who have been particularly successful at redefining their business models, and then goes on to provide a method/tool (the “Business Model Canvas”) that can be used to help companies do this.

If you pay close attention to both presentations, you’ll see that both feature a smartly-dressed guy that Alex refers to as “Eric”. I’m guessing this may not be his real name, but based on today’s experience I’m starting to think he shows up in all the good presentations . .