Guest Thinkers

Lost in all the hoopla about the new blogger guidelines on endorsements and testimonials is the rather important issue of celebrity endorsements. Given a narrow interpretation of the FTC Guidelines, […]

One of the most compelling arguments for getting an iPhone rather than any other smart phone was always the size and robustness of the Apple app store. In just the […]

Other than maybe “cloud computing” (which I still don’t really get) and mobile computing (in all of its permutations, but especially on the iPhone), it’s hard to think of a […]

n The guiding manifesto of Web 2.0 has always been that the Next Gen Internet will be participatory, inclusive and inherently democratic. What’s not to love? However, is it possible […]

n In the latest issue of MIT Sloan Management Review, Erik Brynjolfsson and Michael Schrage discuss what faster innovation means for corporate America. In short, companies are able to test […]

Brooklyn-based Kickstarter enables people to “crowd-fund” new artistic projects (books, movies, films, etc.) and then follow along the progress of the project through regular updates. In my first-ever Kickstarter project, […]

WIRED Magazine recently commissioned Italian design firm Density Design to create a Map of the Future based on the scenarios developed by the Institute For The Future in Palo Alto, […]

Chances are, you’re at least familiar with “the singularity” even if you’ve never picked up Ray Kurzweil’s book or read anything at all about “transhumanism” or “augmented reality” or HET […]

In its first-ever edition of The 27 Brave Thinkers Who are Shaping the Future, The Atlantic magazine takes a closer look at the creative — and often courageous — thinkers […]

n In an op-ed piece for the New York Times, Thomas Friedman riffs on American economic competitiveness and the state of our nation’s educational system. Friedman suggests that companies are […]

Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Benjamin: Just […]

The traditional view of global innovation is that innovation from developed markets eventually “trickles down” to emerging markets in the form of lower-end, less-sophisticated products at lower price points. Think […]

n Until last week, it was easy to think of iPhone apps more as a distribution channel, less as a full-fledged business that deep-pocketed venture capitalists would attempt to bring […]

The Baby Boomer Generation has had a disproportionate economic and cultural impact on nearly every trend of the past 40 years, so why not the Internet? Of late, there’s been […]

One of the best articles that I’ve read about innovation this week actually had absolutely nothing at all to do with business innovation — at least on the surface. Hannah […]

I’ve been playing around with a staggeringly impressive presentation tool called Prezi. Above, I’ve uploaded a brief look at some of the DIGITAL TRENDS that I see coming to the […]

NPR Digital Think In Ed Cotton of Influx Insights recently highlighted an interesting experiment by global innovation firm Frog Design to spearhead new thinking about the future at NPR. Frog […]

Digital marketing agencies have been celebrating the winter holidays in a number of innovative ways in 2009. Social Media Mashup has a comprehensive rundown of the websites, applications, Twitter tools […]

Every year, it’s fun to check out the Year in Ideas from The New York Times and think about how these breakthrough ideas can be applied to businesses, both established […]

n Ahead of the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in January, Threadless recently announced the winner of the Threadless Loves Innovation t-shirt design contest. Deborah Kassoff, a member of the judging […]

Two visionaries – billionaire Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic and legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites – are leading the push for commercial space travel by the year […]

Looking back at pivotal events that took place within the business world in 2009, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are five macro trends that will be shaping a […]

n One of the most misunderstood terms in the business world is disruptive technology. Too many companies — and the marketers in charge of bringing these companies’ innovations to market […]

n As one of the premier strategy consulting companies in the world, McKinsey has always been a pipeline of future CEO talent for the nation’s leading businesses. The number of […]

The Brown-Coakley Senate race in Massachusetts, which ended with the hugely unanticipated victory of unheralded newcomer Scott Brown for the Kennedy Senate seat, seems to be one of those “defining […]

LEGO created this whimsical and delightful video to highlight the inspiration and sense of wonderment that LEGO brings out in all of us. The (sometimes surreal) video supports the launch […]

In business, new opportunities often result from the ability to capitalize on an emerging cultural trend. When it comes to spotting this intersection of culture and commerce, advertising & communications […]

n Over the past 30 days or so, there has been a sudden explosion of interest surrounding 3D entertainment technology — driven in no small part by the phenomenal success […]

As businesses begin to emerge from the financial downturn of 2008-2009, attention has already started to focus on successful growth and innovation strategies for the next 12 months. For CEOs […]

The term “business model” is often bandied about in the mainstream media as a way of capturing the essence of how a company makes money. To keep things simple for […]