n This being the summer travel season, I thought these “books” might make for some, well, interesting beach reading. (all the more so, if the beach prohibits smoking of any […]
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When it comes to design and innovation, the overwhelming consensus amongst practitioners is that “simplicity” is better than “complexity.” When Apple designed the iPod, simplicity of design and operation was […]
n nAs the Influx Insights blog points out, Helsinki recently unveiled an interactive CityWall that enables citizens to find, sort and add information and images using a giant touch screen: […]
n nIn the most recent edition of its “Serious Innovation” newsletter, Swedish innovation consultancy Idélaboratoriet highlighted the innovation habits of leading-edge Swedish innovators. According to a study prepared by the […]
Saw this in GOOD magazine — Netflix (through its Red Envelope Entertainment subsidiary) has partnered with TED to offer a DVD of the 2006 TED Conference. Go behind the scenes […]
With all those petrodollars flowing into the Middle East, it’s perhaps no surprise that Dubai has the mega-bucks to pull off this project: the tallest building in the world. Yep, […]
On Tuesday, September 18, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Summit on American Competitiveness will bring together some of the leading thinkers in American innovation — including executives like Fred Smith […]
For anyone trying to stay one step ahead of the innovation curve, Trendwatching.com has published a must-read report on Five Trendwatching Tips. In the process of explaining how to spot […]
n n In less than a month, the Business Innovation Factory will be hosting the third annual Collaborative Innovation nSummit (BIF-3) on October 10th and 11th in Providence, Rhode nIsland. […]
As Chad Farneth of Readymade News points out, Virgin Galactic’s plan to establish a spaceport in the New Mexico desert is starting to kick into high gear: “The state of […]
n nWhen I first heard that Hewlett-Packard was launching a $300 million campaign called Print 2.0, my first reaction was a bit of skepticism. However, it looks like HP has […]
nn nWhat do you get when you combine the elegance of haiku with the addictiveness of sudoku? A brand new Asian import that is sweeping the corporate world known as […]
n It’s a bit disappointing that, given the popularity of Web 2.0 and everything related to technology, the folks over at Business 2.0 just couldn’t make things work. But, at […]
If you’re looking for a thought-provoking, concise guide to modern innovation, I would suggest checking out Scott Berkun’s The Myths of Innovation. In each chapter, Berkun presents a commonly-held assumption […]
Over at Portfolio magazine, there’s a predictably controversial interview with billionaire Mark Cuban, who declares that — at least for the next five years — “the Internet is dead and […]
Back in the day, getting a “short-term loan” meant knowing a Goodfellas-type character, a guy who wouldn’t hesitate to take out some “collateral” if you forgot to pay. As technology […]
Maybe this is over-analyzing things a bit, but does the recently announced departure of Google CFO George Reyes strike you as a bit disconcerting — especially if you’re a fan […]
A big hat tip to Innovation Zen for bringing this book to my attention: 101 Innovation Breakthroughs. Innovation Management Inc., a unit of Monitor Group, has compiled a book of […]
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 […]
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 […]