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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Even before the publication of his breakthrough book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson has consistently used his Long Tail blog […]
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published a book review of Year Million, a collection of essays by 14 prominent futurists and thinkers who collectively ponder the fate of […]
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 […]
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 […]
| 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Ever wondered why some people are successful and others are not? Malcolm Gladwell answers that question in his new book about the Outliers. The buzz about the book, as might […]
With all the gloom and doom surrounding the economy these days, it seems like the consumer-facing companies that are going to do well during an economic downturn are those that […]
In everyday life, people have what social scientists refer to as "spare cycles" -- little moments of free time, that if properly utilized, could represent a huge untapped source of […]
n nThe cover story of the current issue of Business Week looks at how the Olympic Games have fostered innovation across a wide range of sectors and industries: "Sometimes innovation […]
In his bestselling book Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business, celebrity restaurateur Danny Meyer explains how he went from a struggling 27-year-old first-time restaurant owner to […]
As John Maeda points out in his bestselling book The Laws of Simplicity, companies can unlock a tremendous amount of innovation by embracing the principles of simplicity.