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It used to be that if rock artists wished to maintain credibility with their fans, they would not agree to have their music re-purposed for commercials. Boy, how things have changed.
How do artists get paid today? Josh Ritter came of age as the CD and the printed page were both dying mediums. And yet, he has excelled in both industries.
Everyone else just saw a trash truck idling at a pickup point, blocking traffic, smoke pouring out of its exhaust and litter everywhere. But Jim Poss saw opportunity for innovation.
“Who the White House needs to fire” I said yesterday while taping a radio segment, “is the person who tried to schedule the president’s jobs speech to the joint congress […]
I have a soft spot for old comic strips/cartoons. One of my favorites is Peanuts and its star Charlie Brown. Throughout the comic there is a running gag in which […]
The fast fashion retail model has been taken to a new level by U.K.-based rock-bottom price retailer Primark. A case study of why 'no bells, no whistles' works for it.
Jobs are key to economic growth so what can be learnt from the organizations that create the most employment? Global is the way to go and consumer orientation is key.
Top entrepreneurs say new products or services usually need many 'pivots' to find a successful formula. Here's how to make those course corrections faster and more efficient.
Most innovation efforts are doomed to fail; they direct focus away from what is required to succeed instead of onto how to create more value for customers.
So I promised you proof that David Brooks is better than he says: He doesn't really submit himself to the authority of the latest studies in neuroscience, and he still […]
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if you’re trying to drive a radical change in the world, a lot of experts are going to tell you, it can’t be done or it’s impossible. You therefore need […]
--Guest post by Sarah Merritt, American University doctoral student. Do people seek news and information through environments on the Web that strongly align with their political identity? Do we always […]
Bill Glod, a philosopher who works at the libertarian Institute for Humane Studies (I used to work there, too), offers an interesting short discussion on the limits of the common […]
Just about everyone realizes how bad the economy has been over the last few years. What most people don’t realize is that for most Americans the economy began to stagnate […]
At the end of War and Peace Tolstoy compares belief in free will to medieval cosmologies where the Sun revolved around the Earth. To know the true cosmos, he writes, […]
The book world was saddened last week by the death of Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, at the age of 64. Project Gutenberg represented the first significant attempt […]
Touch has always played an important role in our development and in our tendency to make certain judgments and take certain risks.
Our somewhat quiet (beyond Etna's frequent paroxysms - and the cool lava "spine" that formed after the last one) volcanic fall continues. We have been following a lot of rumbling […]