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Why the Movie Industry Can't Innovate and the Result Is SOPA

Steve Blank | Posted 01.04.2012 | Business

Read More: Customer Development, Movie Industry, Innovation, Piracy, Technology, Sopa, Movie Studios, Business News
Steve Blank

The music and movie business has been consistently wrong in its claims that new platforms and channels would be the end of its businesses. In each case, the new technology produced a new market far larger than the impact it had on the existing market.

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For Santorum, It's Values Versus Innovation

Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 01.04.2012 | Politics

Read More: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Economy, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, Innovation, Industry Growth, Job Creation, Gop Party 2012, Election 2012, Rick Santorum Values, Conservative Values, Politics News
Jonathan D. Moreno

A few days ago it was hard to find a pundit who didn't think that the 2012 campaign was going to be all about jobs.They thought that value issues were off the table. Wrong again.

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Creativity Has Become the Elephant In the Board Room

Jim Prior | Posted 01.03.2012 | Business

Read More: Creativity, The Partners, Jim Prior, Brand Consultancy, Deloitte, Apple, Politicians, Business Leaders, Design Week, Economists, Innovation, Business, Business News
Jim Prior

It's a fundamental paradox: why are business leaders refusing to do the thing that they know they most should?

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'Green News Report' - January 3, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.03.2012 | Green

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Innovation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Drought, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Corporate Media, Big Oil, Climate Science, Africa, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Genetically Modified Foods, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Toxic Water, Gmos, Factory Farming, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Famine, Mercury, Green News, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, China, Fracking, Iran, Food Politics, Farm Subsidies, Farming, Subsidies, Food, Hydraulic Fracturing, Food Prices, Video, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: We're bac...

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Happy Good Idea Year

Michele Weldon | Posted 01.03.2012 | Culture

Read More: Creativity, The OpEd Project, Thomas Edison, Lightblubs, Good Ideas, Northwestern University, Innovation, Where Good Ideas Come From, Derby Lite, Culture News
Michele Weldon

Maybe the idea was just to say yes to an instinct. Or to stop saying no to a fear. For me, each one of these ideas has been life-changing.

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NSF ICorps Class 2: The Business Model Canvas

Steve Blank | Posted 12.27.2011 | Business

Read More: Innovation Corps, Innovation, National Science Foundation, Small Business America, Entrepreneurship, Stanford, Lean LaunchPad, Customer Development, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Nsf, Business News
Steve Blank

The 21 National Science Foundation teams had been out of the classroom for just 15 hours as they filed back in with their business model canvas presentations. Their assignment appeared (to them) to be deceptively simple.

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Clayton Christensen on the Arab Spring and the Next Wave of Emerging Markets

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 12.27.2011 | World

Read More: Clayton Christensen, Innovation, Vietnam, Arab Spring, China, India, World Economy, Emerging Markets, World News
Rahilla Zafar

Considered the world's foremost authority on the process of disruptive innovation, Christensen discusses his reaction to the Arab Spring, how India and China are developing their economies, and where the next wave of disruptive innovation will come from.

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Jeff DeGraff | Posted 12.25.2011 | Culture

Read More: Christmas, Social Media, Holidays, Jeff DeGraff, Innovation, Unemployment, Culture News
Jeff DeGraff

Now is a good time to be an idealist. We need your energy to turn on some lights these dark days. We need your irrational exuberance, your righteous indignation and your willingness to act purposefully.

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'Green News Report' - December 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.22.2011 | Green

Read More: Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Coal, Methane, Offshore Drilling, Video, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, Permafrost, State Department, Shell Oil, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Media Matters, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mercury, Green News, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lisa Jackson, Africa, Plastic, Occupy, Genetically Modified Foods, Factory Farming, Famine, Gmos, China, Salmon, Nigeria, Innovation, Drought, Toxic Water, Texas, Arsenic, Occupy Wall Street, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Steve Blank | Posted 12.21.2011 | Business

Read More: National Science Foundation, Nsf, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Customer Development, Lean LaunchPad, Stanford, Innovation, Teaching, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Business News
Steve Blank

Over the last two months, the U.S. government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. They launched an incubator for the top scientists and engineers in the U.S. This week we saw the results.

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Is This the Next Time? The Need for More Responsible Innovation

Reid Lifset | Posted 12.21.2011 | Green

Read More: Green Innovation, Innovation, E-Waste, Electronic Textiles, Green Technology, Green News
Reid Lifset

As 2012 begins, I would encourage the innovators in this field to pause -- to make a resolution for more sustainable paths forward in the development and deployment of electronic textiles.

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Crowd-Sourcing Development Innovation in India

Maura O'Neill | Posted 12.20.2011 | Impact

Read More: Usaid, India, Innovation, Microfinance, International Development, Impact News
Maura O'Neill

With a booming social enterprise sector, a number of the world's leading academics, Nobel Prize winners and thinkers, a vibrant private sector, and world-class NGOs like Pratham, India has been dubbed the innovation hub for the West.

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You Say You Want A Devolution

www.vanityfair.com | Posted 12.20.2011 | Fifty

Read More: History, Entertainment, Design, Regurgitation, Generation, Innovation, Fashion, Pop Culture, History-Repeats-Itself, Nostalgia, Fifty News

For most of the last century, America’s cultural landscape—its fashion, art, music, design, entertainment—changed dramatically every 20 years or...

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Government Action Is Key to Driving Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Steven Strauss | Posted 12.20.2011 | Business

Read More: Innovation, Congress, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Economy, Republicans, Business News
Steven Strauss

University research should be funded by the government -- it is the classic public good. It produces broad benefits to society that no one institution can capture, has very uncertain benefits and has very long time spans, hence it is not suitable for private sector support.

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Fixing the United States Postal Service

Gabe Zichermann | Posted 12.19.2011 | Technology

Read More: Competition, Gamification, Innovation, Postal Service, Usps, United States Postal Service, Postal Service Cuts, Technology News
Gabe Zichermann

The USPS has tremendous potential to innovate itself out of the hole it's in. Why oversee the demise of postal delivery when you can reinvent the organization for the future?

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Where Will the Next Generation of Innovators Come From?

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 12.16.2011 | Education

Read More: World Wide Workshop, Games, Globaloria, Videogames, Game Programming, Innovation, Education Reform, Technology, STEM Education, Learning Initiatives, Job Creation, K-12 Education, Aspen Institute, Education News
Idit Harel Caperton

Yesterday was a busy day. Google announced at 3am EST their "GoogleGiveBack" program, listing grants they've made to support education, technology innovation, and the fight against modern-day slavery.

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The Startup Team

Steve Blank | Posted 12.14.2011 | Small Business

Read More: Nsf, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Lean LaunchPad, Stanford, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Customer Development, Icorps, Teaching, National Science Foundation, Small Business News
Steve Blank

Finding a product/market fit amidst startup chaos requires a team with a combination of hackers, hustlers, designers and visionaries.

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Innovation and Best Practices, Then and Now

Robert F. Brands | Posted 12.13.2011 | Business

Read More: Best Practices, Innovation, December 17 1911, Scott, Amundsen, Business News
Robert F. Brands

The race to the South Pole offers both cautionary tales and textbook examples of success and failure surrounding the innovation process for any business or mission.

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The Patron Saint of Mediocrity (or How I Would Settle for Merely Competent Leaders)

Jeff DeGraff | Posted 12.12.2011 | Business

Read More: Success, Creativity, Business Success, Personal Growth, Innovation Guru, Jeff DeGraff, University of Michigan, Competing Values Framework, Innovation, Legacy, Business, Career Success, Jeffrey DeGraff, Changethis, Business News
Jeff DeGraff

At the conclusion of the delightful movie Amadeus, the jealous and mischievous court composer Antonio Salieri, who has undone Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,...

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The Bandwidth Dilemma: Challenges and Opportunities for the Telecommunications Industry

Daniel Seal | Posted 12.14.2011 | UK

Read More: Cellular Phone, United Kingdom, Mobile Phones, Telecommunications, Smartphones, Bandwidth, Technological Innovation, Innovation, Mobile Operators, Israel, Technology, UK News
Daniel Seal

The telecommunications industry stands at the precipice of a key phase. With unprecedented challenges and opportunities likely to emerge in the near future, UK ISRAEL BUSINESS and the Commercial Office at the Embassy of Israel has held their inaugural telecommunications round table on the 10 November 2011.

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Antiquated Economic Policies Are Killing Jobs More Than Robots

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.09.2011 | Technology

Read More: Mcafee, Jobs, Innovation, Machines, Robots, Brynjolfsson, Technology News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Rather than rail against the machine, pundits and policy makers would do better to embrace technology-led productivity, while at the same time do much more to help workers adjust to changes.

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The Indispensable Leader

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 12.09.2011 | Business

Read More: Leader, Innovation, Turnover, Employee Commitment, Marshall Goldsmith, Customer Satisfaction, Productivity, Jack Zenger, Business News
Marshall Goldsmith

Making yourself indispensable is a skill that nearly every leader, employee, manager, and team member wants and should have.

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Innovation Is Everyone's Job

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 12.09.2011 | Business

Read More: Innovation, Organizational Culture, Success, Creativity, Company Culture, Apple, Corporate Innovation, Corporate Responsibility, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

The reality is that everyone has the ability to innovate; and if you can tap into that ability, your organization has a much better chance of success.

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Best of TEDTalks 2011, #12: Less Stuff, More Happiness

Graham Hill | Posted 12.09.2011 | Technology

Read More: Video, Holiday Shopping, tedtalks2011, #18ideas, Tedtalks, Innovation, Green Living, Stuff, Life Edited, Life Edited Graham Hill, Technology News
Graham Hill

We are showing people that we can have everything we need, and that our lives and planet will be happier, healthier and more beautiful using less stuff and space.2011-12-09-tedtredtedtedted.jpg

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Graham Hill: Less Stuff, More Happiness

Posted 12.09.2011 | Technology

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Video, tedtalks2011, #18ideas, Life Edited, Tedtalks, Life Edited Graham Hill, Innovation, Green Living, Stuff, Technology News

jQuery(function($) { $('#ad_sharebox_260x60').prepend(''); }); In this special year-end collaboration, TED and The Huffington Post are ex...

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