The Innovation Diaries

Businessweek’s 50 Most Innovative Companies
“Strong companies understand this, and during a recession, they invest,” says Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google. “And they get pummeled for it: `How could you do this? You’re arrogant. The world is falling apart.’”
Innovation Lessons from World Of Warcraft
“One of the mantras that a large software development company uses […]

Ever get stuck with a problem that seems insurmountable? Instead of trying to fix that precise part of the puzzle, why not take a step back and try solving it from a different angle?
“There is a classic case in which the tenants of a large office building complained about the increasingly poor elevator service. […]

I went to see Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week, last night. It was a gathering advertised on his blog and, when someone is hailed as the ‘Indiana Jones of the digital age’, what girl could refuse the opportunity to meet such an iconic figure? I was in for an interesting night; dubbed […]

Scott Anthony wrote a thought-poking post on the question of whether there is such a thing as innovation running away with the fairies. Entertaining as the post is - making fun of buttons to start cars rather than keys (will this be the nail in the coffin of promotional key ring manufacturers, or will […]

The Washington Post has picked out a few obsolete technologies that have passed away in our lifetime - amongst them, “Getting Lost”(thanks to GPS gadgets), “Truly ‘Blind’ Dates” (good old Google and Facebook image searching) and the iconic Mixtape. But hold on, what’s this? The humble C90 has been given a facelift for those star-crossed […]

I bumped into a couple of guys from Clear last week. I met them at a leaving party for Caroline Clark, who is leaving Sara Lee after 20 years. Anyway, I spent most of the evening talking to Jonathan and Steven from Clear. I wasn’t planning on liking them, being the competition etc. But I […]