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5 Million? No thanks …

December 10, 2011

At the risk of restating the obvious, it would seem that the most notable thing that happened in the world of innovation in 2011, at least as far as the business world is concerned, was the sad death of Steve Jobs. His biography sits at number one on the best seller lists, and when was [...]

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Kobe, Lebron, Phil, and Innovation

November 30, 2011

If you are a basketball fan, you may have wondered why the Lakers and the Celtics have been so much more successful than most other franchises in the NBA.  If you’re not a fan of either of these teams, then their success has probably been annoying, but if you like either of them, then perhaps [...]

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Big Changes, or Little Ones?

October 19, 2011

Do you suppose that we are in a time of major change?  Is today’s economy undergoing a fundamental shift, driven perhaps by new technologies, changing social values, and an increasing polarization across society, not only here in the US, but in Europe and Asia as well?  Is the brewing economic competition between China and the [...]

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The Duel of the Century, or Co-evolution?

September 10, 2011

I’ve just finished reading what is by far the best book I have read this year, Henry Kissinger’s On China. Kissinger is probably the most experienced statesman of our times, and he is as well a perceptive analyst and a very fine writer, and his topic, China, does not lack for interest either.  The combination [...]

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Did he really say that?

September 5, 2011

A small quote in the San Francisco Chronicle caught my eye this morning: “Hospitals are not really safe places to be … You only want to be there if you have to be there.” I did a double take on that one. After all, while no one likes going to hospital, isn’t that where you [...]

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The Innovation Master Plan: A New Book

August 12, 2011

I’ve just released a new book (shown above on the left), The Innovation Master Plan. Here’s a short passage from the introduction: “Some executives look at the innovations that come from companies like Apple or P&G, and they think to themselves, ‘Well, we don’t have people or the resources like theirs.  We can’t do that kind [...]

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