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May 07

Getting Disruptive With Your Incredible Black Sheep

Posted by The Elves on May 7, 2008. Filled under About Us, Creativity, Culture, Disruptive Innovation.

One of the most exciting areas in innovation, especially for a techno-geek like myself, is the concept of disruptive innovation; ideas that are revolutionary, not evolutionary; ideas that change the basis of competition; ideas that force followers to react. Think of digital photography, the Nintendo Wii, downloadable media, hybrid cars. But disruptive innovation can only […]

 

Mar 25

The Value of Free

Posted by The Elves on March 25, 2008. Filled under Disruptive Innovation, Music, Zeitgeist.

With all this discussion about ‘free’ and what it means, we’re looking at a major change in the buying experience in 2008, and one we we’re aiming to dissect at various levels throughout the year. Starting with the smoking gun that many believe started the movement, Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” wasn’t actually about altruism - it […]

 

Mar 03

Artist Geeks Hit The Streets

Posted by The Elves on March 3, 2008. Filled under Disruptive Innovation, Innovation, Spotted, Street Culture, Technology.

I stumbled across a couple of novel marriages of grafitti and technology over at WebUrbanist. They’ve collected together what happens when geek meets street, and artists use new methods to enable them to worker harder/better/faster/stronger.
Graffiti and Hip Hop are quite strongly connected (it is one of Hip Hop’s 4 elements) and disruptive innovation in […]