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BBC Future
Do we need a better understanding of 'progress'?
BBC Future
~16 min read · Jun 16th · A growing and influential intellectual movement aims to understand why human progress happens – and how to speed it up. Garrison Lovely investigates.
Reader View · Shared by 307, including Jeff Jarvis, Tactical Tech, Miguel Angel Escotet, John Nosta
Harvard Business Review
The Co-Creator of the iPod and iPhone on Radical Innovation (with Tony Fadell)
Harvard Business Review
20+ min read · Jun 8th · A veteran entrepreneur and investor explains why a good story must be at the heart of a successful disruptive innovation.
Reader View · Shared by 8, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork
Harvard Business Review
How to Turn a Supply Chain Platform into an Innovation Engine
Harvard Business Review
~11 min read · Jun 16th · Most companies have digital platforms that support specific functions, such as supply chain management, product design, or operations, and they tightly regulate who may join the platform. The Chinese…
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Sifted
How to get people to say yes to innovation
Sifted
4 min read · Jun 21st · Why do people say no to good ideas? Two Northwestern University professors think they know how to get people to say yes to innovation.
Reader View · Shared by 11, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Alex Osterwalder🇨🇭
Noema Magazine
The Perils Of Smashing The Past
Noema Magazine
3 min read · Jun 17th · Recalling the Italian futurists’ embrace of aggressive disruption.
Reader View · Shared by 152, including Daniel Dennett
steve blank
Steve Blank Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large company
steve blank
4 min read · Jun 20th · This post previously appeared in Fast Company. How does a newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) find and grow the islands of innovation inside a large company? How not to waste your first six …
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Alex Osterwalder🇨🇭
Harvard Business Review
Case Study: Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand?
Harvard Business Review
10 min read · Jun 16th · A meat-focused restaurant considers its options.
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alexsteffen.substack.com
Old thinking will break your brain.
alexsteffen.substack.com
~20 min read · May 27th · Why updating the way we look at the world is so critical now, and so hard, and how we can get better at doing it.
Reader View · Shared by 623, including Ines Bieler, Katja Evertz, Prof Michael E. Mann, Alexandria Villaseñor 🌈, David Wallace-Wells, Akshat Rathi, Dr. Genevieve Guenther
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How to come up with good business ideas
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Jun 9th · This was recorded on Monday, February 7th for Cohort #3 of The Minimalist Entrepreneur Course.You can learn more about the book this content is based on here...
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BBC Future
Do we need a better understanding of 'progress'?
BBC Future
~16 min read · Jun 16th · A growing and influential intellectual movement aims to understand why human progress happens – and how to speed it up. Garrison Lovely investigates.
Reader View · Shared by 307, including Jeff Jarvis, Tactical Tech, Miguel Angel Escotet, John Nosta
WIRED
The Trendy, Spendy Future of Tech-Enabled Indoor Farming
WIRED
2 min read · Jun 1st · Apps and sensor-laden gadgets are helping farmers shift from the fields to indoor food-growing operations. But these innovations still don’t make it easy.
Shared by 167, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Chris Isak , Thomas Pleil, Alicia Cocchi
Noema Magazine
The Perils Of Smashing The Past
Noema Magazine
3 min read · Jun 17th · Recalling the Italian futurists’ embrace of aggressive disruption.
Reader View · Shared by 152, including Daniel Dennett
SparkToro
Google, Apple, and Amazon Stifle Innovation When They Favor Their Own Products
SparkToro
~11 min read · Jun 14th · The SparkToro team got an exciting surprise on Sunday evening: a mention of our research on Last Week Tonight by John Oliver. The full episode, Big Tech
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Tom Fishburne
The Innovation Funnel cartoon
Tom Fishburne
2 min read · Jun 5th · Most organizations use some version of an innovation funnel to bring ideas to life. It starts with lots of ideas at the front end and then launches whatever survives all the way to the back end. Yet…
Reader View · Shared by 98, including Scott Brinker, Brian Solis, Stephan Woodtli, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth
UX Collective
Solution space product discovery
UX Collective
10 min read · May 29th · Or innovating from a place of knowledge
Reader View · Shared by 89
WIRED
‘Thinkwashing’ Keeps People From Taking Action in Times of Crisis
WIRED
2 min read · May 31st · When it comes to issues like climate change, too many let the perfect become the enemy of the good, while the world burns.
Shared by 61, including Chris Isak , Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Backchannel
Harvard Business Review
The Best Strategies Don’t Just Take a Long View. They Take a Broad View.
Harvard Business Review
6 min read · May 23rd · Change, speed, uncertainty, disruption, surprise — all are constants in today’s business environment. As a result, leaders who devise strategy can no longer simply plan for what they believe will…
Reader View · Shared by 51, including John Rampton, davidabrock, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Matt Heinz
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TIME
100 Best Inventions of 2021
TIME
2021-11-10 · Groundbreaking innovations that are making the world better, smarter and a little more fun
Shared by 978, including Marius Bleuer, Gabriele, Digg, Gisele Navarro, Tauno, maxadorno, Steve Case, Vala Afshar, Jansnet, Ekaterina Walter, Reid Hoffman, Tarik ESSAADI, Oliver Raduner, Eghosa Omoigui
cold-takes.com
"Most important century" series: roadmap
cold-takes.com
5 min read · Apr 1st · This is an outline of how each piece in the "most important century series relates to the overall argument. I think it's useful to read through this before reading through the series, to get a sense…
Reader View · Shared by 887, including Jonathan Kogan
Fast Company
These are the 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2020
Fast Company
From 2020 · Fast Company's ranking of the businesses that matter most this year. From Snap to Spotify, they’re changing the world.
Shared by 699, including Fabrizio Bianchi, Startup Stash, Damir Kusar, Chris Agro | Agrotising, Eduard Banque, ClearAction / Lynn Hunsaker, CCXP, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jansnet, Jonathan Kogan, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, discovery-dojo, Rob Go, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Niklaus Gerber
Forbes
These 25 Technology Trends Will Define The Next Decade
Forbes
4 min read · From 2020 · We have never lived in a time of faster and more transformative technology innovation. Here, we look at the 25 technology trends that will define the next decade and the 4th industrial revolution.
Reader View · Shared by 678, including Niklaus Gerber, Bob E. Hayes, Leo Blazquez, Bernard Marr, Ronald van Loon, Kirk Borne, Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Katja Evertz, Ian M Calvert, Thomas Power, Jennifer Stirrup - Next: #EverywhereWorkplace, Stephan Woodtli, Sandeep Raut, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️, Gabriele, Howard Getson, Nige Willson, Terence Mills, LARRY ELKAN
Freakonomics
Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?
Freakonomics
20+ min read · Feb 24th · In a new book called The Voltage Effect, the economist John List — who has already revolutionized how his profession does research — is trying to start a scaling revolution. In this installment of the…
Reader View · Shared by 632, including Dave Nussbaum
Aeon+Psyche
A history of disruption, from fringe ideas to social change
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · 2021-12-23 · Major disruptions in world history follow a clear pattern. What can upheavals of the past tell us about our own future?
Reader View · Shared by 629, including Marylin Delgado, Larry G. Maguire 🇺🇦, Ines Bieler, Tactical Tech, Jason Silva
alexsteffen.substack.com
Old thinking will break your brain.
alexsteffen.substack.com
~20 min read · May 27th · Why updating the way we look at the world is so critical now, and so hard, and how we can get better at doing it.
Reader View · Shared by 623, including Ines Bieler, Katja Evertz, Prof Michael E. Mann, Alexandria Villaseñor 🌈, David Wallace-Wells, Akshat Rathi, Dr. Genevieve Guenther
stephendiehl.com
Web3 is Bullshit
stephendiehl.com
5 min read · 2021-12-04 · If you read tech journalism you’ll probably hear the fuzzy term web3 bandied about in the press. Sprinkled around all these articles are all manner of idealistic and utopian ideas about how we can…
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Harvard Business Review
Don’t Sell a Product, Sell a Whole New Way of Thinking
Harvard Business Review
7 min read · From 2014 · Customers need the right mental model to understand why they need your product.
Reader View · Shared by 592, including Call Me ❝MICKEY❞, Jörg Linder, Chris Messina, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Sir Lord Travis Wright, Web3 Speaker + #NFTNYC, Davo ⚡, Brent Summers, Liza Sperling, Bertrand Maltaverne, Dewane Mutunga 🧠💰 | 📱 Text Me: 347-657-6682, Howard Getson, Kris Fannin, Dominik Grolimund, Raphael Bratschi, Shawn Venasse, ⛓ José Luis Núñez ⛓, Dave Esbin, Sérgio Vieira, Florian Hanke 🍎
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