Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonaire
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Ter
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canary Islands
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos Island
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote D Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Ter
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
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Guam
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Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
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India
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Iran
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Isle of Man
Israel
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Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
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Korea North
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Kuwait
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Liberia
Libya
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Lithuania
Luxembourg
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Madagascar
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Maldives
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Malta
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Mexico
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Moldova
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Mongolia
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Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nambia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherland Antilles
Netherlands (Holland, Europe)
Nevis
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau Island
Palestine
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Poland
Portugal
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Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saipan
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San Marino
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Singapore
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Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
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Sudan
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Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tahiti
Taiwan
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Wake Island
Wallis & Futana Is
Yemen
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
THE ENTERPRISE #OFFICE SUITE #MINDSET
Practical in that it has improved productivity and efficiency in a way that is tangible in that it's always immediately visible
Why does enterprise thrive with Office?
The instant visualisation of work done gives personal instant gratification
What is it used for after it's been used?
Reduce staffing levels
Maximizing the company's human assets
Save time
"What is Office Suite for?"
Is Office for Hololens being built to integrate with other computers?
Makes it possible to instantly show others the work done for further personal reward/kudos
Hololens amplifies this significant psychological effect
COLLABORATION
Threshold barrier negated by mutually supportive tribal/ collective/ agreement mindset
Leads to exponential need for Hololens
Each individual participant in a collaborative meeting needs a Hololens
Collaboration is becoming increasingly more important in the corporate mindset
Legal services related to M&As
Resolving personal and group conflicts
Creating shared understanding and contexts inside which teams can operate
MEETINGS
The power of introverts (Microsoft Research)
Hololens memorable meeting/events make future meeting/events something to look forward to rather than something to avoid
Hololens meetings turn meetings into memorable events
Running effective meetings
Are meetings a waste of time?
Thinking Fast & Slow (Microsoft Research)
M&As
Preliminary discussions "in the round" showing broad-view mutual expectations
Management of extremely complex negotiations, visual file handling and easily navigable multi- layered research
Easy to see deep file management
#Psychological #Barriers
The Psychological barrier ... "I'll look silly wearing this in front of others who will take the micky"
Greatest barrier is the threashold barrier.
Setting myself up for ridicule (see the use of blutooth cell-phone headsets)
Why Collaborate?
Collaboration
In the context of the company
In the context of the stakeholders of the project in hand
Leading to conclusions
Leading to actions
Meetings
A meeting of minds
Psychological Benefits
Making work more fun reduces stress and reducing stress makes for a fitter more effective and economically efficient workforce
Internal group gratification, assurance and sense of being at the cutting edge of Cool as well as the cutting edge of technology and the cutting edge of Advantage
Extreme Focus in a close mutual environment for clarity of joined up thinking and post-event jointly felt satisfaction, creating and maintaining camaradary
Peer pressure instantly converted into peer possibility
Harnessing tribal tendencies for joint effort
Turning work into pleasure, serious business problems and decision making into serious games for change
The power of Collaborative Synergistic Lateral Thinking in a dynamic, unique and exciting environment
NEGOTIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Parties to a complex situation can see through the complexities and focus on problem solving
Gives each participant alternative and empathic perspectives in a way not possible before.
Having a central point where all parties can step into various scenarios and see situations from other parties viewpoints...
The Hololens immersive environment focuses attention and concentration on possibilities for all of the parties (nullifying egos) .
Hololens central focussing can lessen the influence of dominant personalities by maintaining concentration on the issues.
PRESENTING
Hololens as a presentation tool levels the playing field for presenters.
As a presentation tool Hololens does something that PowerPoint can't...
...while the narrator can focus on enrolling and engaging participants in the possibilities of the subject matter.
The focus of attention is entirely on the subject matter and not on the presenter.
The presenter becomes a narrator and the need for personal confidence and presentation skills become less necessary
Hololens makes it easier for anyone without those skills to make powerful presentations
- It maintains an extremely deep focus of attention by the audience on the presentation material...
STRATEGIC THINKING
Communicate a well-articulated philosophy, mission and goal statement throughout the organization. Individuals and groups need to understand the broader organizational strategy in order to stay focused and incorporate it into their own plans and strategies.
Reward people for evidence of thinking, not just reacting; wherever possible, organizational culture should encourage anticipating opportunities and avoiding problems, and discourage crisis management. For example, managers are rewarded for being able to quickly generate several solutions to a given problem and identifying the solution with the greatest long-term benefit for the organization.
Promote a future perspective for employees by incorporating it into training and development programs; teach people what strategic thinking is and encourage them to ask “why” and “when” questions. When a manager suggests course of action, their boss can ask them to consider what underlying strategic goal this action serves, and what the impact will be on internal and external stakeholders. Consistently asking these two questions whenever action is considered will go a long way towards developing strategic leaders.
Provide information to your leaders on the market, the industry, customers, competitors and new technologies that influence your business. One of the key prerequisites of strategic leadership is having relevant and broad business information that helps leaders elevate their thinking beyond the day-to-day.
Connect managers with a mentor. One of the most effective ways to develop your strategic skills is to be mentored by someone who is highly strategic. The ideal mentor is someone who is widely known for his/her ability to keep people focused on strategic objectives and the impact of their actions.
Keep people informed on what is happening internally. Effective strategy requires information shared across boundaries; cross-functional teams can work on strategic organizational issues, and the results of their thinking and efforts should be published and shared throughout the organization.
Encourage managers to set a regular time aside for strategic planning (alone and in meeting with others). A strategic approach takes time. Make it a regular part of their job.
HBR Article on importance of Developing Strategic Thinkers Throughout Your Organization
WELCOME TO THE CORPORATE THINK TANK
On Think Tanks .org
Opinions on Think Tanks
Think Tank Techniques
Corporate think tanks
Close Linking to AI
Hololens can act as a way of popularising systemic thinking and thus dramatically improve corporate effectiveness
A way of creating an 'arcade' might be to target large management consutancies who could loan Hololens headsets to meeting members
Hololens is already being offered on a day-hire basis
COLLABORATIVE BRAINSTORMING
Collective thinking, when the focus of attention of all participants can be made to be powerfully compelling and emersive
Why Group Brainstorming Is a Waste of Time
Negative effects of group brainstorming
Should be proveable to be dramatically more effective compared to current standard brainstorming, (worth researching)
The power of collaboration and focused visual attention on an object
LIKELY ENTERPRISE USER DEMOGRAPHICS
Senior personnel carry disproportionately high responsibility for managing, planning and strategic decision making
The effects of increased complexity in the workplace can effect stress levels and become detrimental to problem solving and decision making
Complexity in the enterprise can become overwhelming if systems to cope with it are not put in place.
Mindmap user demographics survey (published 2016) Pages 15 - 17
Mindmap users are corporate leaders, decision makers and planners and are typically senior managers in the 45-55 age group
Managers with responsibilities for decision making increasingly seek out collective input and collaborative discussion
Decision making and problem solving are becoming more and more complex
Project managers
How can the ROI of Hololens be MEASURED?
PRODUCTIVITY
How can I justify the expense?
How will it benefit the business?
The "I want one" emotions are interupted by questions
What's the compelling argument I can make to the FD?
If Hololens is an enabler what does it enable that's new or markedly better when using it?
We know hollow lens is cool but what else is it (besides being cool)
#INTERNAL #STAKEHOLDER #POLITICS
Internally the investment in Hololens needs to be perceived as a hard-nosed shrewd business decision.
All major purchases have to be perceived as such but in the case of Hololens the decision is highly likely to be scrutinised more due to its novel nature.
For wide usage sales will be improved by thinking through, at Macro and Micro levels, the potential alternative initial reactions from conservative decision makers
Hololens could in some cases be the excuse they've been looking for to justify new investment in hardware.
...Preferably in the form of a memorable repeatable mantra that can be backed up with links to to evidential papers or even hard copies
Senior management has to be utterly convinced of a clear ROI before they can justify expenditure on what many will maybe perceive as an unproven quite expensive tool
In this case its "coolness" could easily work against it
Highly specialised use (eg. for medical training) might be a first port of call but....
Many corporations are running with outdated, slow and inneficient hardware
If Hololens were to be partly used to replace existing computers - (positioned as a next generation hardware upgrade), then a higher uptake might be expected.
Smart Cities & Construction
Agility
Rapid testing of concepts and maintaining tight feedback lines of communication throughout the stakeholder infrastructure
To win, they need to be agile
Agile in the sense that they need to be ahead of the competition
Being faster with generating new ideas
Moving faster than the rest with the idea to product cycle
Getting products to consumers faster and thinking through the whole cycle in varying contexts
being ahead means being quicker with innovation
Organisations are in the business of winning
Commercial Suite
Why Microsoft HoloLens
Microsoft HoloLens hardware
Introducing the Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition
Microsoft Brings Holographic Technology to Life | Microsoft HoloLens
Microsoft HoloLens Apps
Product evangelists will need much more than extreme enthusiasm at the watercooler.
They will need citable clear evidence of business advantages;
As many positive ROI reports from disperate management departments would be helpful...
if only to be able to suggest that a Hololens "Pool" would extend the number of HPDs (hours per device) which in turn might make it easier to arrive at a more quantifiable ROI
Presentation and meetings facilitation
A presenter can add audience participation items to the presentation during a meeting - the whole of which can then be accessed by delegates later.
Presents information in a new way enabling a unique combination of #3D #presentation and meetings facilitation
Hololens as a 3D presentation tool is very compelling
Advantage are numerous including simplifying complexity and having all present being immersed in and focused entirely on the subject matter
#Lack #of #distraction #from the #possibilities #central #to #discussion points should make meetings far #more #productive (hard research would be helpful)
MARKETS
Managemant Consultancies
Creative Knowledge Workers
Project Management
Financial and Legal services
Construction
Management Consultancies
Collaborative brainstorming, problem solving and breakthrough thinking advantages are ideal for this market where strategic thinking and the creation of new ideas is of immense value.
Business and Management Consultants,
Macro and Micro Project Management
Highly complex projects can be seen in there entireity yet instantly viewed from micro perspectives
Represents a major breakthrough, enabling easily navigable visual organisation of complexity.
Hololens simplifies complexity
Expressing and storing mean and understanding in a more readily accessible
Designing (conceiving of) new services and products
Solving problems
Designing business and organisational strategies
Microsoft Office Suite Cross-over/overlap with Hololens
Niche markets can obviously be picked off with "low hanging fruit" prioritised but the mass market is surely current Enterprise Office Suite users
Whatever percentage of enterprises that are running ancient hardware are targets for next gen/next phase of computing
Many corporations are running very old destop PCs
Hololens as a next generation addition to (if not progression from) Desktop PCs
The story is around a #technological #leap #forward that's totally #compelling as an #investment
Office is used across multiple markets
The #proven #advantages of Office Suite need to be shown to be dramatically improved by upgrading to a #combination #of #Hololens #& #Surface
Work done using Office suite products often culminate at some stage in bringing stuff to the table at a meeting
#TRAINING & #EDUCATION
Central focussing through the compelling immersive Hololens environment makes information stick
Learners come away from training and coaching sessions with deeper memories and understandings
CORPORATE THINK-TANKS
For corporate ground-breaking through senior management #ideation gatherings to explore new possibilities
Xprize community thinktanks
Hololens immersion for group focussing
Sit round a virtual boardroom table
Holographic folders on a virtual table
#Sphere created #by #
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#icrosoft #and #Hololens #logos #and #images #are #copywrite #of #Microsoft