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Langdon Morris, author of the book Permanent Innovation, has just posted the latest results of an online survey on innovation that was conducted by Innovation Labs during November and December. […]
n nOver at the Great Human Capital blog, Margaret Wheatley has written a beautifully moving description of innovation that ties in to many of the themes that will appear here […]
Many would claim that “innovation” remains the hottest buzzword in business today. Yet, according to this graphical chart from Google Trends (which measures the popularity of certain search requests), it […]
This weekend’s New York Times Magazine featured a great cover story on Toyota, which explained how the Japanese company has become the acknowledged leader in the global automobile industry. At […]
Let’s face it – deep down, you secretly long to create a popular YouTube video clip that you can brag about to your friends and colleagues. About two weeks ago […]
As part of its “Works & Process” series of events, the Guggenheim Museum in New York is presenting a lecture by legendary physicist, mathematician and futurist Freeman Dyson of Princeton’s […]
As the Arizona Republic explains, for the past 2 1/2 years, a team of researchers at Arizona State and the University of Pittsburgh have been using a mix of anthropology, […]
So, I was thumbing through the most recent issue of FORTUNE magazine and clipping out some advertisements from corporate sponsors that touched on the innovation theme. I came up with […]
Every week, the Wall Street Journal publishes a quick-and-dirty “Tricks of the Trade” column with an expert within a certain field. Some weeks, it might be a wine sommelier at […]
Bruce Nussbaum’s post over at Business Week about the Backlash Against Innovation has started to resonate throughout the innovation community. While Bruce points out that the real work about innovation […]
Marketing guru Seth Godin coins new terms and expressions on a regular basis, and this time, he’s decided to trade in his Purple Cow for a Purple Sheep. As Godin […]
n n If you’ve ever flown out of New York City, you know that it can be a nightmare actually getting out of Manhattan to the airport — it doesn’t […]
This has to be one of the most interesting events of the year – the first-ever New Yorker conference on innovation. The tab ($1,200), though, is a bit steep, unless […]
As seen on Reuters, Viagra plans to offer over-the-counter Viagra pills to British men for the first time ever starting today: “Men will be able to buy impotence treatment Viagra […]
Over at Business Week, Bruce Nussbaum suggests that the growing backlash against innovation in the media is really a backlash against companies that falsely attempt to portray themselves as innovators. […]
This is probably the single most disturbing thing you will read on this Valentine’s Day: an “innovative” Parisian fashion designer has decided that the waist-cinching corset should become the Next […]
n In the current issue of New York Magazine, Kurt Andersen describes the changing dynamics of the media business, with a focus on how established media outlets like the New […]
The past two weeks have been rough for JetBlue. Just before Valentine’s Day, the snow and ice that swept through the Northeast paralyzed the airline company’s operations in New York, […]
If you think Google’s “20% Time” is a great idea for encouraging innovation and creativity, check out what IBM is doing. According to Computerworld, IBM’s offices in the U.S. have […]
One of the hottest IPOs of 2006 was Heelys, the company that started a nationwide fad of skating around in shoes with wheels in them. (If you have the misfortune […]
n nFans of the now-deceased Business Innovation Insider may remember that I posted about a live simulcast of the Metropolitan Opera in Times Square last fall. It was all part […]
n nOver at the IdeaPort blog, Roger Dennis presents a PG-13 rated list of ten reasons why innovation is like tantric sex: n n 1. You can read lots about […]
One of the free online features of today’s Wall Street Journal is a trailer for Bollywood’s version of the Rocky Balboa story. (Look carefully – that’s not Sylvester Stallone, that’s […]
If you’re looking for a quick Google fix this week, Information Week is dealing. Start off by learning more about Larry Page’s pet innovation projects. Apparently, the Google co-founder thinks […]
Have you ever had an innovative business idea and wondered whether Google would be interested? Usually, this doesn’t go much further than a simple blog entry or a comment left […]
n nLiz Ryan of Business Week explains that it is important to keep your team innovative, even when you’re ixnay-ing their creative ideas on a regular basis. For managers, it […]
n n Do you ever see corporations doing innovative things they shouldn’t, theoretically, be doing? Usually, it starts with an employee in the front ranks, changing the way he or […]
The now-infamous leaked Starbucks memo from Chairman Howard Schultz, in which he deplored the growing commoditization of the Starbucks brand, is continuing to generate commentary on the official Starbucks Gossip […]
n nAs New Scientist Tech points out, it will soon be possible to “evolve” colonies of robots that are able to think, act and even pass on their robotic DNA […]