Reflections on seminar 1

The first part of the seminar is a video featuring Clayton Christensen from the Harvard University. The video shown has exposed me to a very new concept. It seems that disruptions are only beneficial to the disruptor. However, this does not necessarily be true. In the medical field, new technologies are surfacing almost everyday. Consequences are reductions in the complexities of the operation and more people can be saved. This meant that both the hospital and the patients benefit as cost and time needed are lowered.
In the second part of the seminar, the lecturer gave us a brief introduction of the course and his expectations of us. In addition, he also went through some slides of the power point that further substantiate the information given in the video. The seminar ended with a rather interesting discussion on the features of a handphone. Some of the more interesting ones are like – scanner, voice recognition and GPS. With technology advancing at a alarming rate, it is a matter of time before the above feature are incorporated into the handphone.
I really enjoyed my first lesson! Although the work load seems to be daunting, nevertheless, I have still decided to continue in taking this subject.