Dominic Basulto

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."

 

 

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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. 
The recent economic turmoil has started me thinking about being on the “buy” side and the “sell” side of innovation. Almost any industry has a “buy” side and a “sell” […]
Today officially marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, as well as the 150th anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking work, The Origin of Species. At […]
Recently, Seth Godin wrote about the importance of authenticity in business. For Seth, being authentic is doing what you promise, not “being who you are.” That got me thinking — […]
My colleague Chuck Frey, founder and editor of Innovation Tools, is conducting an Innovation Climate Survey to determine how innovation is holding up during a time of economic uncertainty and […]
How innovative is your city? McKinsey Digital has released a new innovation study of the world’s leading cities, grouping them into one of four different categories — “hot springs,” “dynamic […]
It’s often the case that imposing constraints can actually lead to more, not less innovation. Consider the case of the Tata Nano, which launched today in Mumbai to much acclaim […]
Long-time readers of Endless Innovation no doubt realize that the inspiration for this blog’s title derives from Darwin’s famous quote from the final sentence of The Origin of Species about […]
This month’s issue of Monocle magazine (a cross between the Economist and Wallpaper magazine) takes a closer look at the future of retail, focusing on the “smartest shopkeepers, best buyers, […]
As the economic recession continues to take a bigger and bigger toll on people’s livelihoods, a number of companies are stepping up with new promotions that seek to reduce some […]
Ever wanted to become part of a collaborative Internet community where individuals, experts and companies come together to transform ideas into true innovation? Taking advantage of the buzz surrounding crowdsourcing […]
These are Darwinian times, in which only the fastest and strongest survive. With that in mind, Google has partnered with London Business School and the Daily Telegraph in the U.K. […]
Within the Web 2.0 world, there’s been a lot of buzz about “unlocking” content so that it is free to travel across the social Web. With that in mind, I’ve […]