Steven Flinn is founder and CEO of ManyWorlds, Inc., which is a pioneer of machine learning-based solutions for enterprises and the market-leading provider of visual UX software for collaborative systems. Mr. Flinn has extensive consulting experience at the intersection of strategy, decision science, and technology with Global 1000 enterprises, as well as selected high-impact startups. He has been awarded over 40 patents in the field of machine learning and its applications, and is the author of The Learning Layer (Palgrave Macmillan 2010), which predicted, and established the imperative for, applying machine learning-based capabilities in the enterprise, an imperative that is now widely accepted and a reality. Prior to ManyWorlds, he was a Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Strategy at Royal Dutch Shell. His education includes graduate degrees from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business and Stanford University’s School of Engineering.
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The Learning Layer : Building the Next Level of Intellect in Your Organization
The author draws on his experience and expertise as a Senior Global Executive, CIO, Strategist, Scientist, and Inventor, to provide an in-depth look at the ‘learning layer’ a new business phenomenon that merges people and systems into a whole new operation and how it will transform the performance of any organization.
ISBN: 978-0230103016k
Palgrave Macmillan; 2010 edition, 204 pages (August 18, 2010)
The only sustainable edge is to learn faster by working with others. This book explores in very compelling terms the learning layer that all companies will need to stay competitive. Do not delay in buying and reading this path-breaking book – it may save your career and your company.
This book explores the fundamentals of how humans learn and think, and applies them systematically to define a means by which organizations can better innovate and grow. By describing a real-world system for engineering innovation, Flinn captures a means by which businesses can harness the entrepreneurial creativity of individuals and systematize it. The Learning Layer is a must-read for any leader seeking to instill their organization with this potential.
As always, Steve Flinn has his eyes on technology’s frontier, exploring the possibilities that may define our future. In this book, he considers adaptation — advances that promise to bring people and systems closer together so that they can learn in tandem. He offers a compelling framework for how this ‘learning layer’ might transform organizations. Anyone interested in the Internet’s evolution or its potential impact on next-generation business will benefit from Flinn’s reflections.
The Learning Layer is a thorough and detailed examination of how people learn and how organization can use technology to enhance organizational learning to drive sustainable competitive advantage. It provides valuable insights into how organizations can unlock latent knowledge, talent, and innovation to produce outstanding performance and is an essential read for all business leaders.
The Learning Layer describes so well the new challenges and opportunities in knowledge management and information technology today. Most impressively, it provides a framework for how to address those challenges by integrating learning into the ‘fabric of business’ in effective and measurable ways. Mr. Flinn has done a superb job of capturing and processing thoughts on adaptation and learning that many of us have observed but not been able to codify.
… the vision is compelling” “…essential reading for CIOs
…the learning layer’s infinite capacity exactly fits Sir Arthur Clark’s contention, ‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’
. . . Steven D. Flinn explores, in very compelling language, how to transform an organization’s ‘zombie’ IT system into an adaptive and dynamic expertise network.
This book comes highly recommended.