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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Russia Wants to Get Innovative

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was known more for its engineers and its scientists than its economists. Soviet engineers and scientists demonstrated their brilliance in a number of areas during

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The Future of Lithium

You can hardly go anywhere without seeing someone with a mobile phone. Like so many other products, those phones are powered by lithium ion batteries. Lithium batteries can be extremely efficient, with

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Origami as Science

Occasionally, I like to remind myself that life is not all business. But, if you enjoy what you do, then business feels more like pleasure than work. One man who apparently feels

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Innovation in (and from) BRIC Countries

Back in February, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke claimed that America needed to reduce its “innovation deficit” if it was going to spur job creation and reduce unemployment [“Erasing our innovation deficit,” by

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More about Innovative Companies

Each year BusinessWeek magazine publishes a list of companies considered to be the world’s most innovative. This year’s list was recently published [The 50 Most Innovative Companies, by Michael Arndt and Bruce

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Red Flags for Innovation

Innovation is a topic of great interest to me. That’s why an article entitled “Ten Red Flags for Innovation” recently caught my eye [Stefan Lindegaard, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 5 April 2010]. At the

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The Washing Machine and Water

On the American television reality series Survivor, the host, Jeff Probst, reminds participants that in the game “fire represents life.” To prove his point, he dramatically extinguishes the torch of the contestant

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Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists

Entrepreneurs looking for capital and ventures capitalists looking for good ideas are natural partners; but not necessarily loving ones. Although entrepreneurs and venture capitalists would appear to be (as they say) a

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