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Yesterday in the New York Times, Thomas Friedman’s column defined the new untouchables—the people who are in such demand that employers sacrifice to keep them, or who readily find new jobs in the worst economy. They are the top half of the class, he says...
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On the same day the world is mourning the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who started the green revolution that transformed Asia and saved billions of lives, the Wall Street Journal is also honoring the 2009 Technology Innovation winners. The Gold goes...
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In the latest McKinsey digital newsletter, Mark Marino muses that innovation is like a coral reef: nobody quite understands what causes reefs to form, but human actions can nurture or harm the process. Silicon Valley, he says, is an innovation reef, started...
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This week’s Wall Street Journal special report on innovation has two interesting insights. First: advances in technology in the last decade make innovation both more important and easier. With better computer prototyping, infinitely more data, and instant...
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Business Week calls them under-the-radar start-ups in alternative energy, and warns that they may not be the ground floor opportunities that investors are seeking. What’s amazing about this list, however, is the wide range of approaches these companies...
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The Merage School hosted a Design Innovation Research Conference in November 2008. It was a great success judged by the quality of presenters and presentations, and the number of attendees both from academia and industry. Interested readers can now find...
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Despite our shiny new iPhones and flat screen TV’s, the June 15th cover story in Business Week laments that in the last decade American innovation has failed to live up to its promises. No cure for cancer. Still driving gas guzzlers. In fact, Mandel suggests...
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Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba.com, runs one of the most successful business-to-business marketplaces in the world. He’s profiled under "Builders and Titans" in Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. His keys to success? “We had no money. We...
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As an advertising professional, you couldn’t miss the launch of the revolutionary new Saturn some twenty years ago. Never mind that it wasn’t an engineering marvel. It was built by GM, but created in a clean new plant with friendly labor relations, sold...
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The Wall Street Journal is calling it the iPod Lesson—and it’s more proof that investing in innovation during hard times pays off. The amazing 9-minute Kraft macaroni and cheese, launched in 1937. Miracle fiber nylon, 1938. And, of course, iPod in 2001...
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Business Week’s Top 50 Best Performing Companies from the S&P 500, as you might expect, has some pretty sobering news. Because it’s figured on a three-year average, some of the companies that made the list are now going through layoffs, reduced earnings...
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Why on earth is this fellow driving on the highway with a metal helmet blocking his view? Why is mythology important to the launch of the world’s least expensive car? What do consumers mean by “green” behavior? What do different family members want from...
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The first week of the Design (and Innovation) Management Class I teach with Alladi Venkatesh and Raymond Pirouz, as always, reminds me that Design Thinking is at the heart of all innovation. It's not just about designing new products, or even new...
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Much of the time our gut reaction is that the best action that government can take to foster innovation is to stay out of the way. But, are there examples for governmental involvement? One case where the federal government’s involvement helped spur rapid...
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