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Blog posts from the Introspective team.
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What’s the Difference Between a Designer and an Engineer?
Growing up in Maine in the 70s and 80s, designer = glamorous cool; engineer = socially awkward geek. I blame societal conditioning. My father was an engineer and my mother …
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An Entrepreneur’s Journey: Six Things I’ve Learned Along the Way
If you are contemplating making the entrepreneurial leap, I am happy to offer the following advice based on some of the things I have learned on this journey.
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Price Rollback and the Energy Grid for the Future
The principle of transactive energy controls, millions of devices in the system are making decisions based on supply and demand
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A letter from CEO, Kay Aikin
CEO, Kay Aikin, writes about Introspective’s progress throughout 2018 As we approach Christmas and the year comes to a close, I often find myself reflecting on both the successes and …
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5-Question Chatbot Session with Marketing Professor, Zhenning Xu
As an applied science and technology company, it’s vital to build relationships with universities. We’re lucky to have the University of Southern Maine as a resource and even luckier to have …
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A Fresh New Look Coming Soon
Director of Business Development, Susan Ruhlin, writes about Team Introspective’s approach to updating the company’s branding and marketing. In the next couple of weeks, Introspective Systems will launch a new …
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5-Question Chatbot Session with Randall Anway
Randall Anway is a Registered Architect in New York and Connecticut who specializes in design research and is inspired by natural patterns and systems read about the interesting nature of his …
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xGraph, A Natural Ecosystem
Read Research Scientist, Jack Clark’s simple yet elegant blog on biomimicry below: Biomimicry is a field of science and a way of thinking about the world that seeks to find …
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What is a Graph Platform?
One of our developers, Amanda Castonguay, has a gift for making complicated tech concepts easy to understand so we asked her to explain graph technology. xGraph is a graph platform. Right now you’re …
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5-Question Chatbot Session with Chief Science Officer, Trevor Gionet
We often try to interview change agents in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and some of them work right here at Introspective Systems. Trevor is more than just “wicked smart” he’s kind …
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5-Question Chatbot Session with Professor Dave Feldman
It turns out there’s an expert in Complexity Theory at one of Maine’s educational gems, the College of the Atlantic. Professor Dave Feldman was kind enough to spend some time …
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Managing Dynamic Complexity
For an interesting and unique way to understand Complexity Theory, read Caryl Johnson’s blog below. Complexity is one of those words that everybody knows, but in many cases do not …
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