Tag Archives: innovation

China: empires come and empires go … and come back again

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Jane Fritz

The New York Times is running a 5-part series on China, and it makes for fascinating reading and plenty of thinking. The first article, this past Saturday, was entitled “The Land that failed to fail”. The second article appeared almost immediately … Continue reading →

Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Travel | Tagged China, empires, Eurocentric history, history, innovation, lessons from history, longterm view, New York Times, perspectives, travel | 13 Comments

The end of eating?

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Jane Fritz

The other day, as a group of us grappled with the important question of the meaning of life (hey, someone’s got to figure it out!), a young colleague suggested that humans have evolved into far more complicated beings than was … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Odds and Ends | Tagged business, Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, eating, fulfilment, full meal replacement, happiness, innovation, IT, no cooking, Soylent, technology, U.S. | 14 Comments

Sorry, but why do people keep saying that Donald Trump is the leader of the free world??

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Jane Fritz

As most people around the world grow increasingly concerned about the erratic tweets, threats and general behaviour of the new president of the U.S., it interests me – actually, it astounds me – that in the midst of articles and … Continue reading →

Posted in Just wondering | Tagged Donald Trump, ethics, free world, immigrants, innovation, leader of the free world, leadership, moral authority, politics, science, Trump | 4 Comments

Privacy, security, and cybersecurity: what’s it all about

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Jane Fritz

This has been Homecoming Weekend at our local university, the University of New Brunswick (UNB). It’s been a glorious early fall weekend for alumni to gather and reminisce. Yesterday morning, as part of the festivities, an enthusiastic crowd of computer … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Odds and Ends | Tagged business, cyber physical security, cybersecurity, Fredericton, hacking, innovation, Internet of Things, IT, IT security, New Brunswick, phishing, pricavy, public WiFi, security, smart cars, smart refrigerators, UNB | 2 Comments

Nurturing our students, ensuring our future

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Jane Fritz

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend our university’s annual Computer Science Research Expo, which is a day filled with student poster sessions, student and faculty research presentations, and industry panel discussions. I hadn’t had the luxury … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business | Tagged business, computer science, education, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, future, innovation, IT, students, teachers, teaching | 6 Comments

Musings of a former retiree

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Jane Fritz

I’ve had the unusual opportunity this year of finding myself interrupting a happy, fruitful retirement – 5 years in – to return to work for a year. I thought it might be useful to any of you who are presented … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business | Tagged business, empowerment, enlightened management, entrepreneurs, expectations, fulfillment, innovation, resources, Retirement, satisfaction, status quo, stress, workplace | 4 Comments

Réflexion sur l’entrepreneurship au Nouveau-Brunswick

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Jane Fritz

Note again: With apologies to non-French readers, this is another exercise in French. If any of my former students or IT colleagues read the final paragraph of this post and think I am referring to them as “old students”, “anciens” … Continue reading →

Posted in Practicing French | Tagged Accreon, Bulletproof Solutions, business, Caris, CyberPsyc, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, français, French, ICT, innovation, inspiration, IT, New Brunswick, perseverance, Populus Global Solutions, PQA Testing, private sector, public sector, Q1Labs, Radian6, Remsoft, UNB | 4 Comments

Celebrating a life through quilting

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Jane Fritz

One never knows when inspiration is going to strike. And one never knows what will spark that inspiration. Today’s unexpected spark was a exhibition of quilts by Solveig Wells. This was a special display of quilts; it was organized by her … Continue reading →