n Just when you thought those plastic, funky Crocs couldn’t possibly persist as an innovation trend fad, it looks like we could be seeing all kinds of new brand extensions […]
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Do you believe that innovation just kind of happens? That it’s impossible to explain and that some people just seem to have a “gift” for it? The same type of […]
If you’re like me, you’re sick to the point of exhaustion of seeing the traditional light bulb being used as a symbol of innovation. There are light bulbs everywhere you […]
As Thomas Friedman explained in his best-selling book The World is Flat, “the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution have made […]
n nWhen Portfolio magazine burst on to the media scene earlier this year, there were high hopes that the new business magazine would be a worthy rival to the likes […]
After a full day at the MIXX advertising event in New York City, Andrew Chen of the Futuristic Play blog comes to the realization that there’s still a huge cultural […]
For anyone who thinks that Kodak dropped the innovation football when it failed to foresee the digital media revolution, check out this video clip. For those of you with short […]
To what extent has “design thinking” managed to infiltrate the mainstream media? Apparently, very little, according to Bruce Nussbaum of Business Week. After reading a story in the New York […]
Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal recently named the winners of the 2007 Technology Innovation awards in a number of different categories, including the environment, medical devices, semiconductors and […]
The current issue of GOOD magazine has a great profile of Buckminster Fuller and his many prolific ideas. While many may be familiar with Fuller for coining terms like “Spaceship […]
The Wall Street Journal recently ranked the best business schools in America according to a number of criteria, including a list of the 10 MBA programs that produce the most […]
The combination of two major trends — the rising popularity of “social lending” Websites such as Prosper.com and the increasing attention given to micro-loans for emerging markets after Muhammad Yunus […]
n nThe other day, the Wall Street Journal featured one of the most inspiring stories about innovation that I’ve read in quite some time. Shai Agassi, once a fast-rising senior […]
If there’s one holiday that unleashes “an arms race of creativity,” it’s Halloween. Unlike other holidays, there’s very little in the way of religious decorum or tradition that keeps people […]
This one-minute video uses Chinese brush painting style to guide the viewer through the creation process. Anyway, this aesthetically-pleasing video has already been viewed more than 130,000 times on YouTube […]
n n A big hat tip to Satish Nambisan and Mohanbir Sawhney, who have just released The Global Brain. The book provides a roadmap for innovating faster and smarter in […]
Even if you’ve never read Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point, you probably already know how important “influentials” and “tastemakers” are in the development of a brand that “tips” into the mainstream. […]
The Japanese Web site Information Architects has once again created a wonderful graphical representation of the most popular Internet destinations. Here, the 200 most successful websites have been located on […]
The current issue of Popular Mechanics has assembled a great list of the 10 Most Brilliant Innovations of 2007. At the top of the list, of course, is the new […]
According to one academic study that became popular a few years ago, companies erecting brand new skyscraper headquarters will soon become victims of a downward spiraling stock price. (Similar studies […]
The most interesting development in the media world over the past month or so hasn’t been Rupert Murdoch’s foray into 24/7 business news programming. And it certainly hasn’t been NBC […]
n nRecently, 37 Signals highlighted the management style of Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster. It would be an understatement to say that Jim doesn’t approve of business as usual in America: […]
Of all the innovation e-newsletters that I currently receive in my e-mailbox, my new favorite is the one from New York City-based futurethink. Unlike most e-newsletters – which are basically […]
On the Fast Company weblog, Danielle Sacks has posted a brief summary of highlights from The Idea Conference organized by Advertising Age. The “breakout star of the day” was Robert […]
Remember those “compare and contrast” essay questions back in college, in which you had to write intelligently on liberal arts topics drawn from history, philosophy or political science? Within the […]
n nAnyone browsing the Amazon.com site for last-minute holiday gifts knows that it has been close to impossible to avoid checking out the new Amazon Kindle. But just how innovative […]
n n Richard Florida, author of the business bestsellers The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class, has pointed out time and time again that […]
n nEarlier in the week, I had the unique opportunity to hear Peter Semmelhack, CEO of New York-based Bug Labs, describe how his start-up company was radically disrupting the traditional […]
Creating and then manufacturing the Next Big Thing in the world of consumer gadgets is more difficult and complex than you might at first guess. Wired Magazine has put together […]
n nIn the current issue of Portfolio magazine, former Intel CEO Andy Grove suggests that corporate behemoths – sometimes, but not always – may be better suited to disruptive innovation […]