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Some time ago I remember what a struggle it was to keep up to date with my favorite websites over the net. Basically I would run through my bookmark and check each one individually. The process was time-consuming and inefficient, to say the least. Then one year ago I discovered RSS, and things changed, for the better.

Can we use design as an instrument to foster innovation? Apparently (certainly!) yes, and that is the argument of a recent Business Week article titled “The Talent Hunt”. According to the article many corporations – including Nike, GE and Intel – are turning to design schools to discover innovative managers.

I have been accepted as a Guest Editor over the House of Innovation. There is a lot of good content related to innovation over there, make sure you check it out. Hopefully I will be able to post something there once a week.

Product upgrades represent a delicate matter. If not handled properly they might mess your product portfolio, hassle your customers and damage your company’s image.

Looks like more and more people are starting to use the power of the crowds (click here to read Top 10 Crowdsourcing Companies). BusinessWeek released an article describing how the crowdsourcing phenomenon is gaining traction within mainstream corporations. The article also outlines 4 basic guidelines to achieve smart crowdsourcing: Be focused Get your filters right … Continue reading Smart Crowdsourcing

When I started Innovation Zen I was not sure if I would be able to write articles on a consistent basis, nor if people would want to read them that way. But so far I am very pleased with the results.

I couldn’t agree more with that. Actually I think there are many terms to call innovators such as knowledge activists, corporate rebels and so on.

It is not that difficult to understand why poorly managed companies go bankrupt. The real question is why smart and well managed companies fail. Guy Kawasaki has a great post over his blog titled “Why Smart Companies do Dumb Things”.

Innovation is all about challenging the status quo. Often times organizations get trapped in their culture because managers are not able to change the way the collect information, take decisions and implement strategies.

Yesterday I mentioned Guy Kawasaki’s presentation called “The Art of the Start”. Well, I just came across a great article over the KnowHR blog titled “Top 10 Best Presentations Ever”.