Gung-ho, blustery entrepreneurs are a dime a dozen. But how many of them would be willing to take a bullet for their product — literally? The From Istanbul to Sand […]

In the Wall Street Journal, former Ogilvy & Mather CEO Kenneth Roman recently reviewed the new bestseller-to-be from Marcus Buckingham, Go Put Your Strengths To Work. If the title sounds […]

This was bound to happen, sooner or later. All the media buzz around the innovative new brand of economics known as “Freakonomics” (after the best-selling book of the same name) […]

What if Madonna had a sale at H&M to unveil her new special-edition clothing line and nobody came? Judging by the obligatory “empty store” pics in newspapers around the world, […]

The fascinating thing about emerging markets is that they sometimes skip a step when it comes to economic development. It looks like Russia has skipped the Frank Gehry phase of […]

It looks like Samsung is opening up its R&D process to outsiders. (Hat tip: Chris F. Masse of the Midas Oracle) The new Pitch Your Ideas site from Samsung encourages […]

Over at the Creativity and Innovation Driving Business blog, Sanjay Dalal has been tracking the performance of the Innovation Index, a basket of 20 stocks comprised of innovators such as […]

In an effort to revamp its curriculum to focus more on innovation and creativity, Harvard Business School announced on April 1 that Sacha Baron Cohen will be teaching a new […]

n If you think running a marathon is difficult, try running one while floating hundreds of miles through low-Earth orbit at 17,500 mph. According Yahoo! News, a U.S. astronaut will […]

The March 26 issue of U.S. News & World Report includes a cool cover story on what America can learn from the rest of the world: “We have the biggest […]

With the final season of HBO’s The Sopranos fast approaching, I’ve been looking for ways to work the word “whacked” into my daily conversation. I decided that maybe a Sopranos-style […]

n nThe fifth and final segment of CNBC’s “Business of Innovation” TV series is based around the theme of Loners & Teammates. During the one-hour show, Maria Bartiromo and (the […]

Recently spotted this ad from Baruch College in the New York Post. The headline and picture make a compelling argument: EVOLVE your career (or you’re a dinosaur).

n nThere was a fascinating cover story in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday (the article runs about 10 pages, so be forewarned!), in which Ann Hulbert examined the […]

If you’re interested in the future of the yellow cab, the free Taxi 07 exhibit in New York City opens this week: “Come see the future of the NYC taxi. […]

According to Greenpeace’s latest “Green Ranking” (released on Wednesday), Chinese PC maker Lenovo is the world’s most environmentally conscious electronics maker. The lowest-ranked company on Greenpeace’s list is, surprisingly enough, […]

According to a new report by Sirota Survey Intelligence, there’s a “perceptions gap” between senior-level executives and rank-and-file employees when it comes to innovation. People at the top of the […]

If Apple iTunes has made $0.99 the de facto price for a music download, what should be the price of a CEO “download”? According to Google, the price should be […]

n nIn their new bookMade to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, the Heath brothers — Chip Heath, anprofessor of organizational behavior at Stanford and Dan Heath, a […]

It looks like the notion of “open innovation” is starting to gain momentum in the mainstream media. In the March issue of Fast Company, Alan Deutschman discusses the wide-open organization: […]