Note: This is the sixth and final part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. You can find the earlier posts […]
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Peter Drucker’s seven sources of innovation
It seems that every time I find a web reference for Peter Drucker’s seven sources of innovation, the web site dies. So after yet-another site […]
Continue readingVacuum flasks: fulfilling a need
As seen on a plaque at Scienceworks in the House Secrets exhibit. James Dewar invented the vacuum flask in 1892 to keep laboratory gases cold. […]
Continue readingInnovation linkage
I gave a talk on innovation at Chisholm tonight in their Business Innovation Seminar Series, and promised to provide links to some of my references. […]
Continue readingTea bags: the unexpected
As seen on a plaque at Scienceworks in the House Secrets exhibit. A thrifty tea merchant from New York named Thomas Sullivan is credited with […]
Continue readingPenicillin: the unexpected
As seen on a plaque at Scienceworks. The penicillin mold was a pest, not a resource. Backteriologists went to great lengths to protect their bacterial […]
Continue readingInnovation and the art of random
A little while ago I was invited to speak at an event, InnoFuture, which, for a mixture of reasons, didn’t end up happening. The theme […]
Continue readingChildhood readers and the art of random
Note: This post is part of larger series on innovation, going under the collective name of Innovation and Art of Random. Innovation can seem random. […]
Continue readingThe role of snowmobiles in innovation
Note: This post is part of larger series on innovation, going under the collective name of Innovation and Art of Random. Innovation has become an […]
Continue readingInnovation [2009-09-07]
Another week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the internet. As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated. This issue: Peter Drucker’s Seven […]
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