Innovative Building Materials
May 12, 2011
Last July I wrote a blog entitled The Future of Building Materials. In that post, I discussed new building materials that draw from nature, are made from waste material, or have the
Category: Innovation
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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Brainstorming Lives On
April 22, 2011
In a previous post, I noted that many creativity gurus believe that anybody can become more creative if they are taught the right techniques. Like them I believe that normally uninspired people
No End to Innovation
March 29, 2011
Almost everyone has heard about or read an alleged 1899 statement by U.S. Patent Office Commissioner Charles H. Duell that goes: “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” No credible source
3D Printing and the Supply Chain
March 25, 2011
The editorial staff at Supply Chain Digest asks an interesting question: “How Soon will ‘Printed’ Parts Revolutionize Supply Chains – and the World?” [22 February 2011] I first posted a blog that
Floating Cities
March 18, 2011
Whether one believes that climate change is accelerated by human activity or not, the fact that the earth’s climate has changed (and continues to change) is undeniable. Some of the more dire
Entrepreneurs: Old and Young
March 9, 2011
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Luke Johnson reports that the landscape for entrepreneurs has changed a lot since he first started creating businesses back in the 1980s [“Rules of the game have been
Innovation Inside and Out: Part 2 Inside the Corporate Setting
March 8, 2011
In Part 1 of this two-part series on innovation, I discussed an article by Patricia Cohen in which she reports on research that suggests that much more creative thinking is going on
Innovation Inside and Out: Part 1 Outside the Corporate Setting
March 7, 2011
Patricia Cohen writes, “Since the Austrian economist Joseph A. Schumpeter published ‘The Theory of Economic Development’ in 1934, economists and governments have assumed that the industrial and business sectors are where ideas
First to Market vs. Late to the Game
February 10, 2011
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general during the American Civil War, was once asked what he thought was the key to military success. His colorful but succinct answer was: “To get thar
Outsourcing Institutional Innovation
January 18, 2011
In a previous post about innovation, I discussed a number of innovation myths identified by Scott Berkun and presented in a slideshow entitled “Un-Managing” that was prepared by Tara Hunt. The fifth
