- 001.04.2007Good is good. The second major innovation opportunity for 2007 comes from doing good works. We've reached a time when consumers have lost faith in our institutions to do right by the world. Yet,...
- 101.03.2007Green is Good. The color of 2007 will be green. As in environmentalism. And money. We live in an age of consumption capitalism and nothing is going to change that. But we also live in a time when...
- 001.02.2007The first in a series...
- 001.02.2007I love Cranium - as a company and as a brand of wonderful games. Cranium sets out to create "lighten-and-enlighten experiences, a unique combination of laughter and learning that gives everyone a...
- 001.01.2007This is going to be a fairly long post, so bear with me. As we learn more in 2007 about Web 2.0 (the GeoWeb), our technological bearings are going to evolve to more closely match our mental ones....
- 012.30.2006Something a little fun for New Years. Andrew Hargadon's fantastic book How Breakthroughs Happen theorizes that there are really no new ideas. Innovation is all about recombination - novel...
- 212.28.2006The biggest talk in innovation circles is Open Source. Procter and Gamble's Connect and Develop. Open Innovation. As if the idea of staying open were revolutionary.Openness is the key to innovation...
- 012.27.2006I had the pleasure of speaking today with one of the most innovative, visionary men I know. Gene Silverberg, who revolutionized retailing, is now turning his sights on real estate. He's found a...
- 012.26.2006A fitting epilogue to today's post about Design Reinvention. Check out this article in Business Week online, talking about how retailers are using private label to offer better design and...
- 012.26.2006If Design can change the world - and I firmly believe it can and it will - clients have to ask themselves how they can get world-changing design from their agencies? I believe the answer lies in...
- 312.24.2006I cannot say enough about our evening last night with the Ghetto Gourmet. (www.theghet.com/website/). 80 of us managed to score reservations for the two nights the Ghet was in town - 1500 were turned...
- 012.22.2006If you've got a chance to hit the Massive Change exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago next week, DO IT! The exhibit runs only through the end of the year and it will alter your...
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