Derek Rector, Diamax President, Founder Diamax & CSIA Reinvent The B2B Buyer's Guide PostedNovember 22, 2019 AT 9:49 AM I've heard a lot of people say that 5 years is a lifetime in tech, that if it takes more than a couple of years to get the details right, you've missed your market. I don't agree with that notion at all. Really innovative, truly disruptive products often arrive years before the market is ready for them. It takes an enormous amount of evidence and evangelizing to persuade people to abandon the certainty of the familiar for the possibility of the better. It takes ... Read More
Derek Rector, Diamax President, Founder Milieu Helps NAE Improve Ethics Education Worldwide PostedNovember 19, 2019 AT 2:53 PM The NAE uses Milieu to equip university educators around the world to teach ethics to future scientists and engineers. Diamax migrated the Online Ethics Center from Case Western University to the National Academy of Engineering in 2007 and has supported it with digital strategy and knowledge management technology ever since. Diamax redesigned the OEC and upgraded it to Milieu in 2014, enabling the NAE to greatly expand its resource collection and to build a community of science and engineering ... Read More
Derek Rector, Diamax President, Founder Welcome to Milieutopia PostedSeptember 20, 2019 AT 1:25 AM Milieu is the product of a digital journey that began in the late 80's. Over the years I've realized that technology can't replace the knowledge and wisdom of people with deep experience. We can extend and amplify knowledge within an organization to increase innovation, build resiliency, or improve competitiveness, but we can't replace years of experience with knowledge repositories, search tools, or models. Milieu is about getting you to a person who can help you ... Read More