Few People Understand The Difference Between Risk And Genuine Uncertainty
What are the odds that your new idea will succeed? If it does, what will the return to you be?One of the problems that we have in business (and life!) is that we often can’t know the answer to...
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16 Secrets To Creating Breakthrough Ideas
What do Arianna Huffington, Jay-Z and the founders of Twitter all have in common?They changed the face of American culture forever.They have enabled us to "see ourselves, or something in the world,...
View ArticleQuick Fixes In Business Always End In Disaster
The Problem with the Quick FixHere’s a question that I get too often: How can you build an innovation capability really fast?I’ve told the story before of one typical example:I had lunch a while back...
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INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Costumer Wants Even Before They Do
Today's advice comes from Kenneth Cole, designer and founder of Kenneth Cole Productions Inc, via Harvard Business Review:"I try to be out in the world and understand what it is that people are looking...
View ArticleThere's A Critical Difference Between Creativity And Innovation
There’s a lot of confusion surrounding creativity and innovation. “Creative types,” in particular, claim that creativity and innovation can’t be measured. Performance, however, demands measurement so...
View ArticleThe Key To Successful Innovation Isn't Glamorous At All
Most people probably don’t think of Germany right away when they think of adaptability, but an article in the October 2012 Scientific American called “Why Germany Still Makes Things” reveals that at...
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The 16 Most Innovative Cities In Asia
Many Asian cities are known for their advances in technology, culture, and society, but which cities are the most innovative?Solidiance, a marketing strategy and consulting firm in Asia, compiled a...
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If You're Managing Remote Workers, Give Them Tools To Increase Efficiency
The idea of remote work became controversial recently after Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer ended the practice there, followed by the end of Best Buy's liberal "results only work environment."Some managers and...
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It's Time For Apple To Take A Cue From How Other Companies Innovate
Apple CEO Tim Cook has a very tough job. Not only does he have to run the most valuable tech company on the planet, but he has to follow one of the greatest chief executives in history. Is he up to...
View ArticleHow To Get From A Great Idea To Really Making Money
A sobering truth about creativity and innovation is that even a fabulous idea isn’t good enough. It also has to get attention. It has to win the acceptance of other people, including bosses and...
View ArticleGoogle's Favorite Psychologist Explains How The Company Retains Top Talent
How does Google attract and cultivate the best talent in the world?Adam Grant, Wharton management professor and Google's favorite psychologist, says one of its keys to keeping employees happy is...
View ArticleTop Wharton Professor Shares His Theory Behind Motivation And Success
Google's favorite psychologist Adam Grant has a very specific theory on motivation. He says that, when done right, "giving"— helping others — is the key to success. It may sound counterintuitive, but...
View ArticleWhy Innovation Is So Difficult To Define
Innovation: It's something everyone is in favor of, everyone likes the idea of, yet no one really understands it, according to Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor Kevin Werbach. Werbach...
View ArticleWhy Growing Companies Often See Their Most Innovative Employees Bolt
If you’re concerned about remaining scrappy and innovative as your head count grows, you should be — especially if going public is your endgame.Shai Bernstein, assistant professor of finance at the...
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Big Companies Can't Accomodate Big Ideas
Startups may be on the decline but they’ll never completely disappear. No matter how well large companies master innovation, startups are the best—if not only—place to foster the really big ideas.So...
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INSTANT MBA: Everyone Should Contribute To The Company's 'Eureka Moments'
Today's advice comes from our interview with Liz Elting, co-CEO of TransPerfect:"For me, being creative when it comes to taking the company to the next level is no less important after 20 years as a...
View ArticleThis Guy's Job Is To Travel The World And Figure Out The Next Huge Tech Trend
Jan Chipchase has one of the coolest jobs in the world. As the executive creative director of Global Insights at frog, a global design and innovation consultancy, he travels around the globe on behalf...
View ArticleYou Don't Need Permission To Try Something Awesome — Just Do It
Sometimes everybody around you is wrong. Frightfully, horrifically mistaken That’s important to remember. One of the things business experts tell you when you are considering changes to your sales...
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America Is Turning Into ‘Blade Runner With Food Stamps’
Walter Russell Mead outlines two possible futures for middle-class Americans: one where most of us lose“the race against the machine,”the other where smart government policies enable an eventual...
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17 Stanford Business Students Who Are Going To Change The World
Stanford's Graduate School of Business is the most selective MBA program in the world, accepting only 7% of the people who apply. Harvard accepts 12%. It's ranked 1st by US News and Business Insider,...
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