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n nOver at the IdeaPort blog, Roger Dennis points to a Long Now Foundation podcast from Philip Tetlock, who explains how people making predictions about the future can be divided […]

Understanding Most Significant Change [Shop Talk Marketing] Royal Dutch Shell and the end of peak oil [The Weekly Standard] The Innovation Slush Fund [Innovate on Purpose] Creativity: What can I […]

n nThe consistently excellent Innovating to Win blog points out that chess strategy holds a number of important lessons for business innovators. Here are five key principles from chess that […]

In order to breathe more life into its stable of consumer brands, General Mills is embracing a new strategy of open innovation. The company hopes to follow in the footsteps […]

Some are calling Portfolio the most important and anticipated magazine launch of the year, and maybe even the last big magazine launch ever. Joanne Lipman, formerly of the Wall Street […]

Saw this advertisement for tiny Trinidad & Tobago in the Wall Street Journal yesterday highlighting the country's enormous innovation potential: "Every country has a moment before promise becomes reality. With […]

Over at U.S. News & World Report, James Pethokoukis has assembled a Who's Who of the innovation world -- including Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing -- to offer their opinions and […]

It looks like the notion of "open innovation" is starting to gain momentum in the mainstream media. In the March issue of Fast Company, Alan Deutschman discusses the wide-open organization: […]

n nIn their new bookMade to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, the Heath brothers — Chip Heath, anprofessor of organizational behavior at Stanford and Dan Heath, a […]

If Apple iTunes has made $0.99 the de facto price for a music download, what should be the price of a CEO "download"? According to Google, the price should be […]

According to a new report by Sirota Survey Intelligence, there's a "perceptions gap" between senior-level executives and rank-and-file employees when it comes to innovation. People at the top of the […]

According to Greenpeace's latest "Green Ranking" (released on Wednesday), Chinese PC maker Lenovo is the world's most environmentally conscious electronics maker. The lowest-ranked company on Greenpeace's list is, surprisingly enough, […]

If you're interested in the future of the yellow cab, the free Taxi 07 exhibit in New York City opens this week: "Come see the future of the NYC taxi. […]

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal featured a "Boss Talk" interview with George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Apparently, the guy is such an intellectual powerhouse that his aides […]

n nYet another example of the way that Google is changing forever the fabric of our lives - parents are choosing baby names based on the probability of them rising […]

There's something about this that looks a wee bit dangerous: extreme ironing competitions. Apparently, this is legit: you can buy a book about Extreme Ironing on Amazon.com (U.K.) or watch […]

n nSanjay Dalal of the Creativity and Innovation Driving Business blog has posted an interesting Q&A with Erich Joachimsthaler, founder and CEO of Vivaldi Partners and the author of the […]

A great way to wrap your arms around the zeitgeist: advertising agency JWT has put together a list of the 70 "in" products, services and trends that will help to […]

These days, some of the most important and significant innovation is taking place within the context of building a more eco-friendly, eco-conscious world. In fact, I've added a brand new […]

On Monday, Wal-Mart announced plans to sell Skype products (handsets, Webcams, headsets and other equipment) in more than 1,800 of its stores -- proving once again that there are two […]