I was very excited to hear that Bank of America is now collaborating with the MIT Media Lab to create the "Center for Future Banking". For the Sloanies in the bank, this is great news because it deepens our relationship with MIT. When terms like maximizing social networks, innovating to respond to evolving customer behavior etc. are being discussed what other place can be better than the MIT Media Lab to come up with the innovation engine?
I still remember the effect the Media Lab building had on me every time I went there - rooms filled with little lego pieces, indecipherable signs on the pillars, experiments in progress! When I was in that building I would readily believe in Star Wars, time travel, aliens - anything. When prospective students asked me to show them around the campus I would always make a stop in the Media Lab and watch their eyes fill up with wonder. So it is no wonder that this collaboration is personally so exciting for me.
But, while the geniuses in the Media Lab are contemplating what the future of banking will be, I am living in the present and need to bury my head in spreadsheets, forecasts, offshoring, rate increases....which means I better get back into the present before the magic of the future consumes me!
One of the reasons I enjoy just spending time reading other blogs is I learn something new , thanks for helping me gain a better understanding
Posted by: olique estefan | September 04, 2009 at 12:28 PM