What drove all that innovation and sparked a revolution?
Visit the Engelbart Academy to learn about his prescient
Vision for a brighter future, his Pivotal Strategy for designing that future, and his
Call to Action
for reaching our highest collective potential
in business and society in the midst of accelerating change — now more crucial than ever!
“The complexity of challenges
we face
is outpacing
our ability to
solve them” ...
"Core challenge:
Getting smarter at getting smarter!"
— Doug Engelbart
Accelerating change poses both a dire threat and golden opportunity! Our Mission?
To explore how teams, initiatives, and organizations can create ever more brilliant outcomes,
leading to a more
brilliant world.
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See Also: Doug Engelbart facts for kids Kiddle Encyclopedia | Nov 14, 2023 | Staff “Early in his career he decided (1) he would focus his career on making the world a better place; (2) any serious effort [in this pursuit would require harnessing] the collective human intellect of all involved; (3) if you could dramatically improve how we do that, you'd be boosting every effort on the planet to solve important problems – the sooner the better; (4) computers could be the vehicle for dramatically improving this capability.” Related Articles: Computer mouse Facts for Kids | History of personal computers facts for kids | the Mother of All Demos | Keyboard facts for kids | Turing Award facts for kids |
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“What Would Doug Engelbart Do?” Ask Organizers of a
“How Engelbart Predicted the Future of Computing” -
with Steven Johnson - Hidden Heroes 
IT Day Japan: Can IT save the worsening
Nice piece on Collective IQ and
Nice piece on Networked
Engelbart's epic 'manifesto' turned 60! 
Engelbart's epic Demo turned 55!
