Innovation Management

Innovation Management

Book cover for "AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing" by Liz Tran, featuring a beautifully blurred hummingbird.
Liz Tran makes the case for a new kind of intelligence that addresses our ability to handle today’s ever-fluctuating challenges: AQ.
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Jennifer Pahlka, author and Code for America founder, on what comes after Elon Musk’s failed attempt at government efficiency — and how we can modernize federal agencies to improve people’s lives.
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit centered between a grid, network lines, and a swirling blue pattern evoking a hurricane, symbolizing the dynamic power of predictive intelligence.
Brian Gumbel — President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dataminr — explores the cutting edge of real-time information analysis.
Abstract illustration of tall, grid-patterned skyscrapers interspersed with textured blue marble-like panels evokes a sense of innovation, reminiscent of a blue ocean strategy, set against a light background.
When organizations focus on finding new markets, the returns can be spectacular — as a case study from Australia perfectly illustrates.
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Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.
Football player in helmet with eye black, focused expression. Emulating the legendary drive to win like Tom Brady, an overlay of strategy diagrams and text lines appears to the right.
Former sports agent Molly Fletcher translates the discipline of great athletes into a framework for achievement in any field.
A person with a backpack stands on rocky terrain, contemplating the distant, mist-covered volcanic mountain under a clear blue sky, pondering the longevity of nature's breathtaking beauty.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Map displaying a rail route from Helsinki to Bruxelles, passing through cities like Tallinn, Riga, Warsaw, Berlin, and Hamburg. Northern and Central Europe countries are labeled.
A new railway will switch the Baltic region's train gauge from Soviet to standard European — a megaproject with political, economic, and military dimensions.
A man sits at a control panel with knobs and buttons, wearing a headset, looking at a screen displaying abstract, distorted wavy patterns—the antidote for leaders in navigating complex data.
We can address the misalignment between the current leadership reality and traditional leadership practices with a simple formula.
A collage featuring ancient Egyptian art, handprints, geometric sketches, and prehistoric tools, alongside the text "Human Agency" and the number "2" in the top right corner on an orange and white grid background.
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
A grayscale image of a man inside a black frame with yellow, gray, and black geometric patterns in the background, subtly illustrating collaborative team skills.
Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank outlines a strategy for balancing collaboration with healthy competition.
A fictional map of a continent named eneropa, showing various regions like tidal states, ccsr, and solaria with topographical details and a scale.
A radical proposal reimagines Europe as a carbon-neutral continent where national boundaries are replaced by regions defined by renewable energy capabilities.
A person holding a complex metallic lattice structure in focus, with a blurred individual in the background.
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
Abstract illustration of orange arrows soaring upwards from converging lines, symbolizing growth, progress, or success.
It’s not enough just to stay current and competitive with AI — you’ll also need to build a long-term strategy.
Innovation leaders standing in front of the ibm logo.
IBM veteran Daniel Sabbah learned from experience how to lead through the challenges of demand and innovation.
An image of a man working on a computer in a digital goldmine.
Business advisor Michael C. Fillios has developed a repeatable playbook for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to add value from technology.
A man sitting on a bench in front of a startup exit door.
So many of the conditions for a sale or IPO are outside your control — which is why preparation is everything.
A creative spark ignites amidst darkness.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
A woman reclining on a bed with a laptop, illustrating Gall's Law.
Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.
rational vaccinology
"Rational vaccinology" could lead to effective cancer vaccines.
Nearshoring may be the manufacturing model of the future.
Million Stories
Life is the only physical system that actively uses information.
species-level brain
We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.
nuclear spacecraft
Experts believe they could cut the time it takes a rocket to reach Mars by up to 25%, shaving about two months off the trip.
chemical weapons
One research group's AI-based drug discovery platform could be redesigned to discover VX nerve agent and 40,000 similar chemical weapons.
SpinLaunch
Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold.
wires of war
In his new book, "The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power," Jacob Helberg outlines the brewing cyberwar between Western democracies and autocracies like China and Russia.
Well-lit cities and towns are essential to public safety. That doesn’t have to ruin the night sky. For most of us here on planet Earth, navigating the world at night is […]
The Large Hadron Collider allowed us to complete the Standard Model. Even so, what we have is incomplete. Here’s what could come next. The Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful […]