Tools for Thought: A Pattern Language for Productivity

There are so many down-to-Earth suggestions on the Tools for Thought blog that I won't quote any directly in this space.  Rather, I'll just point you in the right direction:

Tools for Thought: Explorations in thinking and doing

The site is the work of Andre Kibbe, and it features concerted focus on simple solutions to the 'complexities' of modern work and productivity.  Featured categories include:

• A Pattern Language for Productivity
• Creativity
• GTD (Getting Things Done)
• Lifestyle Design
• Productivity
• Technology
• Thinking Operations

Highly recommended.

McKinsey: 8 Business Technology Trends to Watch

The McKinsey Quarterly's latest edition (20 December, 2007) features an article on "emerging trends...transforming many markets and businesses."
Authors: James M. Manyika, Roger P. Roberts, and Kara L. Sprague.

Article links (free registration required):
McKinsey Quarterly article [text]

McKinsey Quarterly article [audio]

Article summary:

Managing relationships
1. Distributing cocreation
2. Using consumers as innovators
3. Tapping into a world of talent
4. Extracting more value from interactions
Managing capital and assets:
5. Expanding the frontiers of automation
6. Unbundling production from delivery
Leveraging information in new ways:
7. Putting more science into management
8. Making business from information