NPR Digital Think In Ed Cotton of Influx Insights recently highlighted an interesting experiment by global innovation firm Frog Design to spearhead new thinking about the future at NPR. Frog […]
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Digital marketing agencies have been celebrating the winter holidays in a number of innovative ways in 2009. Social Media Mashup has a comprehensive rundown of the websites, applications, Twitter tools […]
Every year, it’s fun to check out the Year in Ideas from The New York Times and think about how these breakthrough ideas can be applied to businesses, both established […]
n Ahead of the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in January, Threadless recently announced the winner of the Threadless Loves Innovation t-shirt design contest. Deborah Kassoff, a member of the judging […]
Two visionaries – billionaire Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic and legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites – are leading the push for commercial space travel by the year […]
Looking back at pivotal events that took place within the business world in 2009, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are five macro trends that will be shaping a […]
n One of the most misunderstood terms in the business world is disruptive technology. Too many companies — and the marketers in charge of bringing these companies’ innovations to market […]
n As one of the premier strategy consulting companies in the world, McKinsey has always been a pipeline of future CEO talent for the nation’s leading businesses. The number of […]
The Brown-Coakley Senate race in Massachusetts, which ended with the hugely unanticipated victory of unheralded newcomer Scott Brown for the Kennedy Senate seat, seems to be one of those “defining […]
LEGO created this whimsical and delightful video to highlight the inspiration and sense of wonderment that LEGO brings out in all of us. The (sometimes surreal) video supports the launch […]
In business, new opportunities often result from the ability to capitalize on an emerging cultural trend. When it comes to spotting this intersection of culture and commerce, advertising & communications […]
n Over the past 30 days or so, there has been a sudden explosion of interest surrounding 3D entertainment technology — driven in no small part by the phenomenal success […]
As businesses begin to emerge from the financial downturn of 2008-2009, attention has already started to focus on successful growth and innovation strategies for the next 12 months. For CEOs […]
The term “business model” is often bandied about in the mainstream media as a way of capturing the essence of how a company makes money. To keep things simple for […]
Ten Ways To Be Your Own Boss View more presentations from fredwilson. In his presentation at the Behance 99% Conference in New York, venture capitalist Fred Wilson outlined his views […]
n I’ve been keeping my eye on Square, a potentially disruptive innovation in the financial services space. Imagine, for a second, if any individual or small business could accept credit […]
n Since 2003, IDEO has distributed more than 10,000 decks of its Method Cards to innovators and creative types around the world. Now, the legendary design & innovation firm is […]
n In an article about women-friendly innovation in emerging markets, The Economist unpacks the concept of “wominnovation” by examining how societies can harness the power of innovation to empower women […]
n Vodafone Group’s user experience / concept development group has put together a brief video clip that explores the future of lifestreaming. There are some unique interactive visualizations in the […]
Here’s something that Deadheads could have told you 40 years ago — there’s a lot the Grateful Dead can teach you about running a business. In the March 2010 issue […]
In the era of the social Web — when it’s possible to tweet, blog or status update every miniscule fact of one’s life — it’s fashionable to opine that every […]
n This week’s op-ed piece (Microsoft’s Creative Destruction) in the New York Times from Dick Brass, a former Microsoft VP, was a wake up call for the tech world. In […]
The 4th of July is as appropriate a time as any to reflect back on what makes America such a great nation of innovation. In many ways, it is the […]
In its June issue, Monocle surveys 20 to Watch: the most innovative brands and companies in the world that might just become “the Uniqlos and Hyatts of tomorrow.” These are […]
For the past six months, Lady Gaga has parlayed her amazing success in the music and entertainment world to become the unofficial poster child for creativity and innovation in the […]
n PSFK presents Future of Retail report View more presentations from PSFK. Ever wondered how product bar codes, new mobile applications and augmented reality will change the way we shop […]
In an article for the Wall Street Journal, Anjali Athavaley recently described why it is so hard to design an umbrella that won’t collapse or flip inside out. It’s not […]
Ever since the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class in 2002, Richard Florida has been at the forefront of the national debate about the role of the creative […]
Of late, I’ve been fascinated by the “back story” behind the creative process, especially with the factors that drive innovators to succeed with any creative project. With the re-release of […]
In a format reminiscent of PechaKucha 20 x 20 (20 PowerPoint slides in 20 minutes or less) events, Saatchi & Saatchi asked 7 of the world’s leading creative thinkers in […]