Dominic Basulto
Digital Thinker, Electric Artists
Dominic Basulto is a digital thinker at Electric Artists in New York and a contributor to The Washington Post's Ideas@Innovations blog. He is working on a manuscript of a new book on innovation called "Endless Innovation, Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful."
What a long strange trip it’s been for U.S. automakers Ford and GM. After a recent multi-year stretch in which their names were synonymous with “cars we don’t want to […]
The return of Howard Schultz to Starbucks in the CEO role — combined with the deluge of press attention about the looming showdown between McDonald’s and Starbucks for the hearts […]
The 1-800-CEO-READ blog has become one of my favorite go-to destinations for learning about the best new business books. Yesterday, the blog posted a review of the Best Business Books […]
The above video is IBM’s tongue-in-cheek look at corporate brainstorming events. This 0:30 ad has been played over and over during each week of the NFL playoffs as IBM reminds […]
n nWith the global financial markets in turmoil, this year’s World Economic Forum event in Switzerland couldn’t have come at a better time. Look for global leaders to give us […]
Starbucks is quietly rolling out a pilot program of $1 coffees and free refills to customers at select stores in Seattle. Despite all indications that Starbucks is slowly morphing into […]
n nOver on the Trends in the Living Networks blog, Ross Dawson points to a 2008 World Trends Map that his Future Exploration Network helped put together, modeled entirely on […]
Over at the Architectural Record, there’s a fascinating article on how to create an innovative “studio culture” within any firm. The results may surprise you — to some extent, the […]
In a wide-ranging interview on business strategy and the particular challenges posed by hyper-competition, Richard D’Aveni of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business explains the importance of being able to import […]
For the past 25 years, Kenneth Cole has been an innovator in the fashion world. In the 1980’s, he was the first designer to combine fashion with philanthropy; he has […]
During times of both economic boom and bust, business innovation tends to flourish. During a boom, flush pockets and rosy visions of the future lead to generous spending on innovation […]
n nOne reason for the vibrancy of American innovation is the proliferation of “third places” – places like the corner coffee lounge – where freelance workers and mobile digerati can […]
n n If you’re a fan of Hugh Macleod and his blog Gaping Void, you’ll want to check out this Business Week article on the use of doodling in Corporate […]
In today’s Wall Street Journal, technology guru Walt Mossberg gave a big thumbs-up to the design and navigation features of the new Hulu.com: “I’ve been testing Hulu, and I am […]
n Dubai is turning into the new trendsetting playground of the rich and famous. In addition to the world’s most luxurious hotel – the Burj Al Arab Hotel – the […]
The full and total collapse of Bear Stearns over the weekend and the investment bank’s purchase by JP Morgan Chase is another stunning example of the link between reputation and […]
Many companies ask their customers to tell them what they’re doing right or what they’d like to see more of. This is a classic positive feedback loop, in which positive […]
When in doubt as to how to run your business, open up the floor to the crowd. Companies like Dell and Delta have already experimented with these “online suggestion boxes” […]
nnn For those of you who been following the whole sub-prime meltdown on Wall Street and the spectacular collapse of legendary investment bank Bear Stearns this week… a Bear Stearns […]
The founder of JetBlue, David Neeleman, recently announced plans to launch a new Brazilian airline. As the New York Times points out, Neeleman has a Brazilian passport and speaks fluent […]
In the end, this was probably inevitable, given his deep connections to the more nefarious “players” in Washington and New York political circles… Former New York “Luv Guv” Eliot Spitzer […]
The May 2008 issue of Portfolio magazine (“the brilliant issue”) has a listing of the 73 most brilliant thinkers in business – the rebels, upstarts, game changers and connectors who […]
The amount of innovation and creativity coming out of the WWE continues to amaze me. Thinking back to the groundbreaking book Blue Ocean Strategy, I think the WWE has found […]
Even if you’re a Charlie Rose fan, you’ll have to admit that this is brilliant: Charlie Rose interviews himself on the future of technology. It sounds a bit like a […]
The Wall Street Journal recently unveiled its picks for the best business gurus in the world. These gurus – led by Gary Hamel, Thomas Friedman, Bill Gates and Malcolm Gladwell […]
While the initial hype surrounding virtual worlds such as Second Life has somewhat faded over the past year, it’s exciting to see that CINEMAX plans to run a 10-part documentary […]
n nMalcolm Gladwell returns to the pages of The New Yorker with a story about “innovation multiples” — independent discoveries or inventions that occurred at the same time, but in […]
| View | Upload your own Largely as an outgrowth of client work over the past quarter, I’ve put together a brief overview of four business trends that are worth […]
With Internet Week in New York culminating tonight with the presentation of the 12th Annual Webby Awards to the most innovative websites in the world, it’s the time of the […]
In the current issue of Contagious Magazine (subscription required), Noah Brier and Faris Yakob of Naked Communications have prepared a tour de force article about the new age of social […]