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CLAY CHRISTENSEN: Higher Education Is 'On The Edge Of The Crevasse'
Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen is the father of the idea of "disruption" as we currently understand it, that smaller, weaker, but more innovative companies break into the low end...
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This Kitchen Table Nearly Doubles In Size In Seconds
This is the expandable Capstan Table from the UK furniture maker Fletcher.Why We Love It: This is one of the most innovative tables we've ever seen. The Fletcher Capstan Table expands from a standard...
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The 25 Most Innovative Businesses In New York City
With so much focus on tech startups and the newest apps, we sometimes forget that some of the most innovative businesses are the ones that put a new spin on something familiar.In New York City,...
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Go Inside The Secret Test Kitchen Where McDonald's Invents New Menu Items
We visited McDonald's global headquarters in Oak Brook, Il., and the company gave us a peek inside its test kitchen.Tucked within the walls of the Campus Office Building, the Culinary Center seems to...
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There Are 3 Obstacles That Kill Off Great Ideas
Obstacle 1: CompetitionProbably the most common question I get about this blog is “how do you find time to write it?”It’s the same question that I used to get about reading – where do I find time to...
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17 Of The Most Mysterious Corporate Labs
The term "skunk works" comes from a tiny Lockheed Martin facility run by chief engineer Kelly Johnson in the 1940s, which started in a tent next to a malodorous manufacturing plant. That tiny space...
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7 Principles Behind Steve Jobs' Innovative Genius
Steve Jobs was one of those entrepreneurs who seemed universally either loved or hated, but not many will argue with his ability to innovate in the technology product arena over the years. He was...
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INTUIT FOUNDER: 'Success Makes Companies Stupid'
Intuit is one of the unsung success stories of Silicon Valley. The maker of software like Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks has been around for 30 years and made $4.15 billion in revenue last...
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Elon Musk's Business Ideas Start With The Laws Of Physics
TED curator Chris Andersen interviewed SpaceX CEO and Tesla founder Elon Musk yesterday at the organization's Long Beach conference. In the interview, summarized in a blog post at the TED website, Musk...
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These Hobbies Are Going To Turn Into Tech's Next Huge Industries
What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten yearsMany breakthrough technologies were hatched by hobbyists in garages and dorm rooms. Prominent...
View ArticleThis Solar-Powered Airplane Can Revolutionize The Way We Produce And Use Energy
The idea of solely electric powered vehicles is only now beginning to gain ground within the automotive community, but an electric powered plane seems ages away. And yet, two Swiss pilots and...
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SETH GODIN: 'Everything That Michael Dell Did, Do the Opposite'
Up until now, getting a professional degree and working in corporate America was considered a surefire, safe way to success. Starting a business was a whole lot riskier. But bestselling author Seth...
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The 25 Most Innovative Businesses in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., is known for its cut-throat politics and its power players.What many do not know is that D.C. is now a hub for business innovation.With an established cultural presence, a burgeoning...
View ArticleThe Truth Is, We Desperately Need Our Government To Waste Hundreds Of...
The transcontinental railroad.The highway system.The Internet.These are all examples of "platforms" upon which our economy is built.They're also each the product of profound waste on behalf of...
View ArticleJANEWAY: A Healthy Economy Requires Lots Of Government Waste And Bubbles
In his new book, "Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State," Warburg Pincus partner Bill Janeway explains what the economy really needs: wasteful spending from the...
View ArticleHow To Pivot Your Company Without Alienating Dedicated Customers
Today organizations seem to pivot and change business models every year. But does this tech-fueled injection of pace make good sense in the long run? If done correctly, yes. But ultimately, it’s up to...
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Budweiser Has Begun To Question The 'Very Nature' Of Its Beer (BUD)
Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev used to be able to peg its success in the U.S. to its two big brands: Budweiser and Bud Light, but that's not good enough anymore."Lately, [ABI's] tests have begun to...
View ArticleHow To Avoid The 'Air Sandwich' Strategies That Get You Nowhere
Encountering an Air SandwichI was teaching exec ed this week and I saw a textbook example of an air sandwich.Here’s how Nilofer Merchant describes it:An Air Sandwich is a strategy that has clear vision...
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Samsung Has A Totally Different Strategy From Apple, And It's Working Great
Just a few years ago Samsung was struggling to catch up in the smartphone market. Now it makes more of them than anybody else and has Apple on the back foot, in addition to being the world's largest...
View ArticleTrying To Be Certain About Everything Kills Great Ideas
Here is one of the biggest innovation obstacles around: the need for certainty.Dwight Towers posted a great quote from Frederick Douglass over the weekend that gets at the problem:If there is no...
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