I’m so new to blogging that I just found out today (October 21) that October 15 was Blog Action Day 2008. Some 12,000 bloggers banded together to raise awareness about poverty. I’d like to make that number 12,001, albeit belatedly. …
Innovation, Social Innovation, and Helping Poverty Read more »
With the stock market fluctuating like a surrealist seesaw and the world financial situation still in crisis, I started thinking about innovation: Did innovation get us into this mess? Could anything have been done to avert it? And perhaps most …
Avatars of Innovation: Help for Staving Off Future Crises Read more »
I was looking at a couple of releted blogs and found an excellent article about innovation. As a “professional techie,” innovation—especially that which can truly enhance our lives for the better—is near and dear to me. And of course, innovation …
Innovation, Failure, and the Art of Doing Something Badly In the McKinsey Quarterly’s recent survey “How Companies Approach Innovation,” one of the most—if not the most—often-cited roadblocks to innovation is failure. “…companies discourage talented staff from pursuing innovation by… being …
In Memoriam: Jo Stafford, Jazz Vocalist and Innovator Read more »