Guest Thinkers

Given this blog’s focus on business evolution and the DNA of innovation, I couldn’t resist this: Oliver the Humanzee. Recently featured on the Paranormal Insider blog, Oliver was a sort […]

n The Idea Connection newsletternrecently included an exclusive interview with Michael Gelb, the author of How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci. According to Gelb, there are a handful of […]

The USA Today recently highlighted the best ads of 2007 – including the “Evolution” Web video from Unilever’s Dove brand and an ad for wind energy from GE’s “Ecomagination” campaign. […]

About two weeks ago, I posted about Peter Semmelhack and his amazing new start-up company BUG Labs. For a special client engagement, I had the unique opportunity to hear him […]

At the airport this holiday season, I did a double-take when I saw the covers of TIME  and The Economist juxtaposed together at newspaper kiosks. Russia and China, it appears, […]

Not only does the British monarchy have an official website — they also have a brand new YouTube channel (“The Royal Channel“), launched in October. In just a few months, […]

Over the past few years, one of the most interesting innovations in the airline industry has been the growth & expansion of the “business class only” travel segment for service […]

n nOver on the Trends in the Living Networks blog, Ross Dawson points to a 2008 World Trends Map that his Future Exploration Network helped put together, modeled entirely on […]

Starbucks is quietly rolling out a pilot program of $1 coffees and free refills to customers at select stores in Seattle. Despite all indications that Starbucks is slowly morphing into […]

n nWith the global financial markets in turmoil, this year’s World Economic Forum event in Switzerland couldn’t have come at a better time. Look for global leaders to give us […]

The above video is IBM’s tongue-in-cheek look at corporate brainstorming events. This 0:30 ad has been played over and over during each week of the NFL playoffs as IBM reminds […]

In the end, this was probably inevitable, given his deep connections to the more nefarious “players” in Washington and New York political circles… Former New York “Luv Guv” Eliot Spitzer […]

The founder of JetBlue, David Neeleman, recently announced plans to launch a new Brazilian airline. As the New York Times points out, Neeleman has a Brazilian passport and speaks fluent […]

nnn For those of you who been following the whole sub-prime meltdown on Wall Street and the spectacular collapse of legendary investment bank Bear Stearns this week… a Bear Stearns […]

When in doubt as to how to run your business, open up the floor to the crowd. Companies like Dell and Delta have already experimented with these “online suggestion boxes” […]

Many companies ask their customers to tell them what they’re doing right or what they’d like to see more of. This is a classic positive feedback loop, in which positive […]

The full and total collapse of Bear Stearns over the weekend and the investment bank’s purchase by JP Morgan Chase is another stunning example of the link between reputation and […]

n Dubai is turning into the new trendsetting playground of the rich and famous. In addition to the world’s most luxurious hotel – the Burj Al Arab Hotel – the […]

In today’s Wall Street Journal, technology guru Walt Mossberg gave a big thumbs-up to the design and navigation features of the new Hulu.com: “I’ve been testing Hulu, and I am […]

n n If you’re a fan of Hugh Macleod and his blog Gaping Void, you’ll want to check out this Business Week article on the use of doodling in Corporate […]

n nOne reason for the vibrancy of American innovation is the proliferation of “third places” – places like the corner coffee lounge – where freelance workers and mobile digerati can […]

During times of both economic boom and bust, business innovation tends to flourish. During a boom, flush pockets and rosy visions of the future lead to generous spending on innovation […]

For the past 25 years, Kenneth Cole has been an innovator in the fashion world. In the 1980’s, he was the first designer to combine fashion with philanthropy; he has […]

In a wide-ranging interview on business strategy and the particular challenges posed by hyper-competition, Richard D’Aveni of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business explains the importance of being able to import […]

Over at the Architectural Record, there’s a fascinating article on how to create an innovative “studio culture” within any firm. The results may surprise you — to some extent, the […]

Even before the publication of his breakthrough book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson has consistently used his Long Tail blog […]

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published a book review of Year Million, a collection of essays by 14 prominent futurists and thinkers who collectively ponder the fate of […]

In the current issue of Contagious Magazine (subscription required), Noah Brier and Faris Yakob of Naked Communications have prepared a tour de force article about the new age of social […]

With Internet Week in New York culminating tonight with the presentation of the 12th Annual Webby Awards to the most innovative websites in the world, it’s the time of the […]

| View | Upload your own Largely as an outgrowth of client work over the past quarter, I’ve put together a brief overview of four business trends that are worth […]