Apparently, Dell spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on consultants and came away with only a single lesson: it needs to be more like Target. So, the company hired Mother […]
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Last year, Nokia presented a slideshow to investors, outlining their brand & design priorities. Nokia’s goal is a modest one: to become the most loved and admired brand in the […]
This video clip from 1973 is an oldie but goodie. New York Magazine recently profiled sculptor Richard Serra, who is currently the subject of a new 40-year retrospective exhibit at […]
n nOver the weekend, Rob Walker of the New York Times took a closer look at the evolving business model for Threadless.com, which has often been cited as an example […]
Who said satellite dishes in urban neighborhoods had to be an eyesore? Boing Boing points to a photo from Fox News that will change the way you think about satellite […]
In an interview with Geoff Colvin of FORTUNE magazine, Xerox’s “inventor-in-chief” Sophie Vandebroek discusses how she is leading an “innovation revival” at one of the most storied innovators in the […]
Is it possible to export innovation from one company to another? Guy Chazan and Chip Cummins of the Wall Street Journal explain how Jorma Ollila, the former chairman of Nokia […]
n nOver the (very brief) July 4th holiday, I had a chance to catch up some innovation-related reading. This cover story in the current New York Times Magazine, for example, […]
n nOne result of the popularity of Wikinomics has been the number of collaborative wikis that have been launched by organizations and corporations in order to share ideas around the […]
You can’t help but smile at this. Computerworld is running a special image gallery of vintage computer ads from the 1980s. This one, from Honeywell, is called “What the heck […]
n nIf you’ve ever experimented with virtual worlds such as Second Life, you may have heard the rumors that the Chinese were working on a souped-up version of Second Life […]
Ok, so I admit it — I picked up the latest issue of Business Week at the newsstand because I was seduced by the Children of the Web (“How Business […]
n nSometimes the best innovations are the ones that are the most obvious: check out this GE fridge that also functions as a family whiteboard that was featured in this […]
The University of Chicago has already produced some of the world’s greatest free market economists and Nobel Prize-winning finance theorists. Now, it looks like the University of Chicago is intent […]
This week’s Springwise newsletter points to an interesting (and potentially quite lucrative!) “green innovation” competition taking place in Europe this month: “PICNIC Green Challenge is calling on creative, innovative minds […]
Is anyone else getting the feeling that Google is turning its attention away from Microsoft to focus on a potential rivalry with Apple? Nearly a month after Apple announced its […]
n One of the most exciting developments in the world of investing has been the continued introduction of new Web 2.0 technologies — blogs, social networking, RSS newsreaders — to […]
The town of Ocean City in New Jersey (located just 20 minutes from Atlantic City and 2 hours from New York City) is trying to become the most innovative beach […]
New Yorkers taking the shuttle between Grand Central and Times Square discovered today that the subterranean subway had been completely transformed into a variety of exotic landscapes, including a lush […]
n nLeave it to the New York Times to stir up the innovation pot with the provocative thesis that innovation is increasingly becoming the exclusive preserve of the techno-elite, notwithstanding […]
In an extensive profile of 30 innovators under the age of 30, Inc. Magazine explains how “new technologies, a proliferation of resources, and a disenchantment with the corporate world are […]
In a book review for Discover Your Inner Economist, New York Magazine has put together a great profile of author Tyler Cowen, who is also an A-list blogger over at […]
n Last December, Newsweek predicted that 2007 would become “The Year of the Widget.” In many ways, this prediction is turning out to be an accurate one. Realizing that online […]
n nIs it just me, or has the whole world been buzzing about prosthetics this week? First, I came across an article in The New Yorker from Ben McGrath about […]
What The Huffington Post is to politics, the Marketing & Strategy Innovation blog from Futurelab is to the world of innovation. A group of 25-30 contributors, led by Stefan Kolle […]
This is an amazing four-minute machinima film showing the 3-D re-creation of Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” in Second Life. A big hat tip to Mitch Wagner of Information Week […]
On July 23, CNN will air a Web 2.0-inspired Democratic presidential primary debate, with the main questions for the candidates pulled almost entirely from videos submitted to YouTube. (Republicans out […]
If you enjoyed the Design for the Other 90% exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, you’ll enjoy this… MIT is putting together an event for innovators in developing nations: “This summer, […]
Given the fearsome projections about the pace of global warming and the now ubiquitous scenes of melting polar ice caps, Alaska may soon become a popular destination for surfing enthusiasts. […]
At the Second Life Community Convention in Chicago over the weekend, participants debated the changing business landscape within Second Life. As ABC News points out in its coverage of the […]