Doug Engelbart was a prominent pioneer of the Information Age, whose visionary research beginning in the 1960s and 1970s spawned more breakthrough innovation, repeatedly, than probably any lab of its kind, before or since. His success was rooted in a profound vision for humanity, and in what he considered his most important breakthrough of all – a comprehensive innovation strategy that informed and continuously refined his research agenda.
Now we have assembled some of his key lectures, interviews, and video tributes, and invite you to peruse, sample, study – learn from the man himself, in his own words, how he saw the future, what he thought was so important to pursue, why it's still so important to your organization and society today, a strategic approach for accelerating progress, including the paradigm shifts that will be needed, and where to find the points of greatest leverage to fully realize our highest potential on a global scale (all in the face of rapidly accelerating change, of course).
Now you can watch the best of Doug Engelbart presenting his strategic vision and hopes for humanity in a guided tour through his Bootstrap "Paradigm Map". Each video is queued up to begin with the Intro or Overview, and a table of contents is provided so you can sample specific topics.
Since Doug's strategic vision is multi-dimensional, and relational rather than linear, it helps to watch him presenting in multiple contexts for the interplay of concepts to become clear. For more on the presentation format, see Doug's Bootstrap "Paradigm Map" page.
If we had to pick one for a TED Talk, this would be it.
Lemelson Prize Event
(6 min)
Doug summarizes his career and 'unfinished revolution' in his acceptance speech upon receiving the 1997 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which "honors outstanding inventors dedicated to improving our world through technological innovation."
CONTENTS:
A New Paradigm for Humanity's IQ
(6 min)
Summarizing Doug's career, seminal achievements, and 'unfinished revolution', produced in 2013 by the Computer History Museum and Logitech, Inc. in celebration of his life's work.
Includes footage from his 1968 demo
and a 2002 interview.
CONTENTS:
Doug's Call to Action (9 min)
A tribute video produced in honor of Doug's 2009 NMC Fellow Award by the New Media Consortium. Using footage from a 2002 interview about Doug's strategic vision, including short clips from the 1968 demo; no slides used but great coverage of key topics, excellent overview or
intro to Doug's thinking.
CONTENTS:
Visionary Leaders of the Information Age - Doug Engelbart
(20 min)
Futurist Marc Doyle interviews Doug Engelbart using slides from his
"Paradigm Map" leads with a brief intro and historic footage
(skipped over in this excerpt). Produced 1995 by JCN Educational Network.
See
Doug's slides.
CONTENTS:
Here Doug unfolds his strategic vision using his Bootstrap "Paradigm Map", including fifteen 'tiles,' each representing a different paradigm that will need to shift to realize the organization's full potential. Depending on the audience, he spends more or less time on selected topics. For complete slidedeck and navigation instructions, see Slides section of our Bootstrap "Paradigm Map" resources portal.
1. IBM New Paradigms Symposium
Doug presenting at the 1995 IBM Symposium on New Paradigms for Using Computers. This video is a digest of all the speakers, including 4 minutes of edited highlights
from Doug's presentation.
CONTENTS:
4. Accelerating Change
Titled Facilitating the Evolution of our Collective IQ - Doug's keynote at the 2004 Conference on Accelerating Change (AC2004), held at Stanford University.
Follow along with
Doug's slides,
Abstract and
Conference Website.
CONTENTS:
Strategist/consultant Patty Seybold's in-depth interview with Doug Engelbart on designing high-performance organizations
and what it will take to achieve them. Now more relevant than ever.
Note: Filmed on the road in a borrowed studio, hence printed slides.
Follow along with
Doug's slides, slide handouts, and follow-on article by Patty Seybold, and her fabulous fresh reflections in 2013.
CONTENTS:
Lift Off - pilot outposts, evolving prototypes, joining forces on the frontier in C Communities
6. Toward High-Performance Organizations
Doug presenting at Groupware'92 his vision and strategic approach for transforming organizations of the future, and the important role he would like to see the groupware community play.
Follow along with
Doug's slides, handout, and paper for this talk.
CONTENTS:
7. Augmenting Human Intellect:
35 Years Later
Doug and team co-presenting at a special event marking the
35th anniversary of his seminal 1962 Conceptual Framework,
which drove his life's work. Speaking on the vision and what is yet
to be accomplished: Jeff Rulifson, Charles Irby, Doug Engelbart.
Follow along with
Doug's slides.
CONTENTS:
8. Vannevar Bush Symposium
Doug presenting at the 1995 Brown/MIT Vannevar Bush Symposium.
Follow along with
Doug's slides
and Abstract for this talk.
See event site for more.
CONTENTS:
Engelbart's Colloquium at Stanford - Final Session
Session 10: In Tying it all together - Next steps -
Doug presents a comprehensive summary of strategic concepts to conclude his
10-week Colloquium(Winter 2000). See also Doug's
Slide Deck, and full
Transcript of this session. More on the Colloquium below under Deep Dive Intensives.
CONTENTS:
1992 Bootstrap Seminar
(Sessions 1-12)
Titled Bootstrapping Organizations into the 21st Century,
this three-day management seminar predates the interactive Bootstrap Paradigm Map,
but goes into much more detail on each of the
topics covered by the map.
CONTENTS:
Refer to our 1992 Seminar website
for program, courseware, and chapterized video sessions.
1995 Bootstrap Seminar
(Parts 1-2)
Titled Boosting Collective IQ: A Design for Dramatic Improvements in Productivity, Effectiveness and Competitiveness, this informal half-day seminar in a unique small group format
(recording quality is poor but the content is excellent, and the audio does improve in Part 2). This was a one of a kind seminar, and we are grateful to have any recording, such as it is.
CONTENTS:
refer to our
1995 Seminar website
for program, video sessions, companion seminar booklet and more.
Engelbart's Colloquium 2000: An In-Depth Look at "The Unfinished Revolution"(Sessions 1-10)
Doug's most recent and most comprehensive management seminar covering the same topics in greater detail, with guest speakers from industry and the public sector discussing how the topics are relevant in their fields of expertise. See
Detailed Review above to watch the final session, and our Colloqium website for full program with links to session videos, illustrated transcripts, speakers bios, etc.
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