This was bound to happen, sooner or later. All the media buzz around the innovative new brand of economics known as “Freakonomics” (after the best-selling book of the same name) […]
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In the Wall Street Journal, former Ogilvy & Mather CEO Kenneth Roman recently reviewed the new bestseller-to-be from Marcus Buckingham, Go Put Your Strengths To Work. If the title sounds […]
Google has already built an organizational culture that puts a premium on innovation. As Bloomberg News points out, it looks like the company is taking steps to ensure that it […]
n nOver at Design Sojourn, there’s a great list of 7 ways to unlock your inner creativity. Many of the ideas have been adapted from or inspired by IDEO, one […]
For anyone interested in innovation within the automotive sector, I’d suggest keeping an eye on Cerberus Capital Management. (The private equity firm is named for the mythological three-headed dog that […]
n nOver at the IdeaPort blog, Roger Dennis points to a Long Now Foundation podcast from Philip Tetlock, who explains how people making predictions about the future can be divided […]
Understanding Most Significant Change [Shop Talk Marketing] Royal Dutch Shell and the end of peak oil [The Weekly Standard] The Innovation Slush Fund [Innovate on Purpose] Creativity: What can I […]
n nThe consistently excellent Innovating to Win blog points out that chess strategy holds a number of important lessons for business innovators. Here are five key principles from chess that […]
In order to breathe more life into its stable of consumer brands, General Mills is embracing a new strategy of open innovation. The company hopes to follow in the footsteps […]
Some are calling Portfolio the most important and anticipated magazine launch of the year, and maybe even the last big magazine launch ever. Joanne Lipman, formerly of the Wall Street […]
Saw this advertisement for tiny Trinidad & Tobago in the Wall Street Journal yesterday highlighting the country’s enormous innovation potential: “Every country has a moment before promise becomes reality. With […]
Over at U.S. News & World Report, James Pethokoukis has assembled a Who’s Who of the innovation world — including Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing — to offer their opinions and […]
It looks like the notion of “open innovation” is starting to gain momentum in the mainstream media. In the March issue of Fast Company, Alan Deutschman discusses the wide-open organization: […]
n nIn their new bookMade to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, the Heath brothers — Chip Heath, anprofessor of organizational behavior at Stanford and Dan Heath, a […]
If Apple iTunes has made $0.99 the de facto price for a music download, what should be the price of a CEO “download”? According to Google, the price should be […]
According to a new report by Sirota Survey Intelligence, there’s a “perceptions gap” between senior-level executives and rank-and-file employees when it comes to innovation. People at the top of the […]
According to Greenpeace’s latest “Green Ranking” (released on Wednesday), Chinese PC maker Lenovo is the world’s most environmentally conscious electronics maker. The lowest-ranked company on Greenpeace’s list is, surprisingly enough, […]
If you’re interested in the future of the yellow cab, the free Taxi 07 exhibit in New York City opens this week: “Come see the future of the NYC taxi. […]
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal featured a “Boss Talk” interview with George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Apparently, the guy is such an intellectual powerhouse that his aides […]
n nYet another example of the way that Google is changing forever the fabric of our lives – parents are choosing baby names based on the probability of them rising […]
There’s something about this that looks a wee bit dangerous: extreme ironing competitions. Apparently, this is legit: you can buy a book about Extreme Ironing on Amazon.com (U.K.) or watch […]
n nSanjay Dalal of the Creativity and Innovation Driving Business blog has posted an interesting Q&A with Erich Joachimsthaler, founder and CEO of Vivaldi Partners and the author of the […]
A great way to wrap your arms around the zeitgeist: advertising agency JWT has put together a list of the 70 “in” products, services and trends that will help to […]
These days, some of the most important and significant innovation is taking place within the context of building a more eco-friendly, eco-conscious world. In fact, I’ve added a brand new […]
On Monday, Wal-Mart announced plans to sell Skype products (handsets, Webcams, headsets and other equipment) in more than 1,800 of its stores — proving once again that there are two […]
Without paying a dime yet, it looks like Rupert Murdoch has already shaken up the Wall Street Journal with his outrageous $5 billion takeover bid, forcing the paper to rethink […]
The May 14 issue of The New Yorker is chock-full of innovation goodness, including profiles of innovators like Richard Branson, graffiti artist Banksy, and Wall Street Journal tech guru Walt […]
n nWithin the travel & hospitality space, a number of hotel brands are discovering Web 2.0 as a way to build communities of like-minded individuals. For example, Westin Hotels & […]
In this brief YouTube clip, legendary management guru Tom Peters says that the business of innovation is actually easier than one might suppose: “Hang out with weird, and thou shalt […]
Michael Raynor, who co-authored The Innovator’s Solution with Clayton Christensen in 2003, recently published a new book called The Strategy Paradox that touches on key issues surrounding innovation and corporate […]