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'Thinking Outside The Box' Is One Of The Most Dangerous Phrases In Business
In their recent book, "The Wisdom Of Failure," Larry Weinzimmer and Jim McConoughey take a look at the lessons businesses can learn from when things go very wrong.In a phone interview, Dr. Weinzimmer...
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These Five Statistics Show Just How Much Fear Cripples Employee Performance
In this slow economy, employees are so afraid of making mistakes that they're not up with par to their creative potential. According to a recent study by Robert Half International, a staffing agency,...
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Cadbury's New Non-Melting Chocolate Doesn't Taste As Good
Chocolate which does not melt in hot weather has been developed by Cadbury's – but it will not be sold in Britain because our summers are not warm enough.Food scientists working at Cadbury's research...
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Five Christmas Presents That Could Change Your Life
A chair with no back; a helmet that’s not really there; a ‘Star Trek’-style replicator. The Christmas gifts of the future are already here.Cast your mind back to the beginning of 2010. A certain...
View Article10 Books That Help Leaders Keep Their Skills Sharp
The book "Change the Culture, Change the Game" notes, “In an era when change is the new gravity, it’s time to apply sound ideas.”We live in an increasingly interconnected world of shifting...
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Playing War Games Helps Companies Anticipate Competitors Before They Strike
There are many things that can mess up a strategy or new product. The hardest one to prepare for is the behavior of rivals. Big discounts, imitation, and a variety of other unexpected tactics can throw...
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New Startup Soma Water Defines One Of The Biggest Trends In Silicon Valley
There's a slow phase shift in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs are focusing on physical products more than ever before."There's a deep hunger to create products you can actually hold in your hands," says...
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CLAY CHRISTENSEN: Our Obsession With Efficiency Is Killing Innovation
Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen is the man who came up with the term disruption as we currently use it, and is one of the foremost experts on how companies innovate.In a Q&A...
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China Is Starting To Invest In Innovation Instead Of Just Infrastructure
Napoleon once famously said that "when China wakes, it will shake the world." Well, the world is certainly feeling shaken now. As one Chinese newspaper noted following the recent change in leadership,...
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Norway Set To Test The 'Energy Source Of The Future'
The Norwegian government, in concert with U.S.-based Westinghouse and Norway’s Thor Energy, is facilitating a trial of what could potentially be the energy source of the future: thorium.Thorium...
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The 17 Most Innovative Cars Of The Year
A lot changed in the auto industry this year. Cadillac suddenly became a relevant brand again, and now Ford is trying to do the same with Lincoln.Fuel efficiency continued to be the big theme. Prius...
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INSTANT MBA: Enabling Your Employees Is Just As Important As Innovation
Today's Instant MBA comes from our interview with Bobby Yazdani, founder and CEO of Saba:"You can't achieve your goals and objectives unless you really think about enabling your people in the right way...
View ArticleHere’s Why So Many Innovation Initiatives Fail
Wouldn’t it be great if you could do customer service like Zappos? Or design like Apple? Or innovation like 3M?Who wouldn’t want to be like those firms?Well, it’s not so simple.Barry Dalton wrote an...
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INSTANT MBA: The Best Work Cannot Be Achieved With Negativity
Today's advice comes from Karl Heiselman, CEO of Wolff Oins, an international brand consulting firm, via NYT: "We’re a creative company, and when you make stuff, you have to be in the right state. If...
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There's One Big Obstacle To US Development Of Thorium
Last week Norway joined India, China, and others in testing thorium, regarded by some as the energy source of the future.Gary Krellenstein is one of those people. This former JP Morgan Energy and...
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The Double-Edged Sword Of Going Public, In Two Charts
Whether and when to go public is something that founders and investors agonize over. It brings a huge influx of capital, and a lot of riches, but puts a great deal of pressure on everybody.There's also...
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The Biggest Science Breakthroughs Of The Year
The editors of the journal Science have chosen the possible discovery of the elusive Higgs boson as the biggest breakthrough of 2012.The subatomic particle, named 50 years ago by physicist Peter Higgs,...
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Someone Is Actually Building A Folding Electric Car
One of the most novel electric vehicles we've seen in recent years is the Hiriko.The Hiriko is designed for inner city car sharing schemes, initially in Europe but also touted for some U.S. cities. And...
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They Still Haven't Built A Better Mousetrap
"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door."This famous (mis)quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson is used to describe the value in improving a basic product.His advice has also...
View ArticleIntel Futurist Says We Must Master Two Human Skills In The Next 50 Years
Shelly Palmer, Intel’s in-house “futurist,” has some important questions for us all:“How do we prepare ourselves and our children for a future where we are surrounded by ever-increasing intelligent...
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