As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated.

• Cisco’s Patent Strategy: It’s More Than Numbers [BusinessWeek: NEXT]
  Innovation—at least as measured by patents—seems to fading in the U.S. For the first time, moreover, foreigners obtained more patents than U.S. residents.
• Technology First, Needs Last [jnd]
  Don Norman has come to an interesting conclusion: design research is great when it comes to improving existing product categories but essentially useless when it comes to new, innovative breakthroughs.
• Boyer Lectures [Radio National]
  General Peter Cosgrove, AC MC (ret’d) presented the Boyer Lectures, from 8 November 2009, with his 40 years of military experience and service to Australia placing him in a unique position to talk about the challenges and opportunities faced by society today and into the future.
• Head to Head: Innovation in China and the US [Innovate on Purpose]
  A survey comparing the attitudes and expectations about the US and China in regard to innovation finds some relatively unexpected differences, and some safe assumptions.