What is this life if, full of care…

…We have no time to stand and stare….No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass..

A poor life this if, full of care….

I am feeling poetic today thanks to William Henry Davies. Actually it has been bubbling for a while. The book, SAP Nation, and months of discussions and presentations around it have steeped me deeper into enterprise technology world than ever before.

It is a world of complexity, posturing, dense slides, packed calendars…and in the end, slow progress.

My antidote to that is to stop and admire momentum and simplicity wherever I see it, often in places ignored in the media and analyst world .

I have started a series on New Florence called The Internet of Humble Things – and have posted on Paint Stores,  Kiosks in Post Offices, Mirrors in Cars, Office Supply stores. No they will not make the front page of the Wall Street Journal or Wired magazine, but each represents a quiet march of progress and innovation. 

I hope readers take time to similarly “smell the roses” in their worlds. Lots of good things are happening in so many places at low cost and low hype. Please send me nuggets from your own time to reflect. And hopefully it will make you question things in enterprise life which make little sense but we keep perpetuating.

From my side, look forward to more on the Internet of Humble Things. I like to let my mind drift from the complexity and routine. It inspires my innovation books. It also gives me the inspiration to ask the tough questions I often do on this blog.