How to create the next Silicon Valley
People everywhere keep trying to duplicate the success of Silicon Valley as an incubator for innovation and wealth. Victor W. Hwang, a Los Altos Hills, Calif., venture capitalist, has been studying what makes the Valley succeed and so many of its imitators fail, and he’s convinced he has found the answer. Not only that, but he’s putting his ideas to the test, trying to foster new versions of the - Read more
Cultivating Genius in the 21st Century
Most economic growth has a very simple source: new ideas. It is our creativity that generates wealth. So how can we increase the pace of innovation? Is it possible to inspire more Picassos and Steve Jobses? The answer to that question is hidden in history books. Several years ago, statistician David Banks wrote a short paper on what he called the problem of excess genius: It turns out that human - Read more
Boston Firsts
Boston is one of the oldest cities in the USA, known to many for the Boston Tea Party, when, on December 16th, 1773, officials in Boston refused to return shiploads of taxed tea to Britain so a group of colonists boarded the ships and threw the tea into Boston Harbour. The incident remains an iconic event of American history and a trigger for the crisis which escalated into the American - Read more
The Secret That Inspires Cirque du Soleil's Culture Of Innovation: Creative Friction
I spent last week in Montreal at “C2-MTL”, an international gathering of over 1200 business and creative leaders from over 40 countries, exploring insights into how creativity drives innovation. The conference, curated by ad agency Sid Lee, featured notable speakers including Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Eisner, Arianna Huffington, Robert Wong, Executive Creative Director of GoogleCreative - Read more
A district dedicated to innovation in Montreal
ÉTS and McGill team up to establish the Quartier de l'innovation, an ecosystem for creativity in the heart of Montreal MONTREAL, May 13, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - The École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) and McGill University officially launched today the Quartier de l'innovation de Montréal (QI), with representatives from the City of Montreal, the Quebec and federal governments, and many prominent - Read more
Melbourne Series - Digital Technology Futures - 04 June 2013
Melbourne Series - The Future is Digital - 04 June 2013 Speakers: Kee Wong, Chairman AIIA & MD, e-centric Innovations and Philip Cookson, CEO Philology - Read more
Sydney Series - Digital Technology Futures - 19 June 2013 Speakers: - Read more
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DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY to LEARN from world experts Jim Womack and - Read more
By Peter Westfield Chair Australian Innovation Festival The theme - Read more
Speakers: - Hon. Sophie Mirabella MP: Shadow Minister of Innovation - Read more
Up to 10 Industry Innovation Precincts will be established. The - Read more
Kate Hammer on www.innovationmanagement.se Business is changing. To - Read more
Australia, by global standards has one of the highest - Read more
By 2015, around 20 major brand drugs will lose patent protection - Read more
Organizations big and small have begun to explore the practice of - Read more
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TEDxMelbourne - Roger La Salle - Matrix thinking: how to do innovation - Video
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Ted Talk: How to Use Experts - Video
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Smart Series: Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation - Video
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Ted Talk: The Rise of Personal Robots - Video
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Smart Series: Secrets of high liz-ibility - Video
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Ted Talk: Understanding the Rise of China - Video
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Smart Series: Ground Control - Video
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Ted Talk: Addicted to Risk - Video
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Smart Series: Breaking the Guinness World Record - Video
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Ted Talk: The 3 A's of Awesome - Video
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Smart Series: Tsunamis - Video
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TED Talk: A vision for sustainable restaurants - Video
RT @OECD: Green cities cn generate growth & jobs t.co/dsVUUB9SoD #OECD points to Chicago w/45,000 green jobs, 1/3 in the building se…
Yes Minister: Exploring the Policy Options to Scale Social Innovation t.co/Sfrqb2cN78 via @grahamdover
Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake - seize the limitations to drive creativity t.co/9YTYox0LSF #TED
“Zero waste by 2020 is no utopia”: Pioneering Italian Town Leads Europe in Waste Recycling - t.co/GVe5gcn03H #community
QI, a new district dedicated to #innovation in Montreal, Canada - t.co/Y3k9HivYq1
The changing role of libraries: Victoria's State Library turned into a hot-wired hub of the digital age t.co/37tEBRczJc
How are we as a civiliation to understand the impact of #3DPrinting on our future development t.co/2ivECO6nqS #Innovation
The Future of Gaming: "Virtual Reality could finally be at a turning point" t.co/9bAJMuWGbh
#SmartCities Technologies for 2013 and Beyond: LED lighting, Vertical Farming, Fuel Cell Technologies and 17 more t.co/3e4Ab1Hg6I
Disruptions: New Motto for Silicon Valley: First Security, Then #Innovation t.co/mJUqdmsbIt
CSIRO whitepaper: Australian Manufacturing is shifting away from large-volume production to mass customisation t.co/qCMguYxxhX
Robots and new tech the key to the #future of the manufacturing industry t.co/mbLL3KNeoD
Socialstructing: The New Kind of Worker Every Business Needs #socinn t.co/QZlGErWAC5
#Innovation Designers on regenerative systems that harness wasted energy and redistribute it where needed - t.co/iU2bvSBJY9 #Green
RT @guardianeco: Paris shopping centre opens green roof as French cities make room for nature t.co/J5L31YwCS7
Crafting #innovation strategy as a business leader: take a snapshot of the business position and competitive rankings t.co/DSHKmSInwN
Tracking Patient Care: moving towards self-management - t.co/1xZDe3ez3K
Shifting the burden of recycling back to the producer - t.co/nzk1LMS4ai #waste
