"Designers can be better business strategists than MBAs?" So far 69% or around 2/3rds say yes on 126 votes. Here's the Poll. Whether this is a self-selection answer (i.e. designers self-select, and have more incentive to vote as they have more to gain) -- it is interesting.
The primary causes of the GFC were not markets and capitalism. The primary causes of the GFC were monopolies and collusion.
The importance of economic incentives. Rebuttal of the Harvard BR writer's argument that 'copying is as valid as innovation' -- in short. I do not agree ethically, economically and due to hard numbers.
The Innovation Reading List site for 2thinknow. A reading list for change agents, in technology, cities movement, social and business model innovation.
The Cloud has been the next big thing for some time. Globally the Cloud has entered the ‘adolescent’ phase as an innovation. In San Francisco Bay Area and other tech hubs in India, the Cloud is now entering the mainstream as a concept.
Budapest is an exciting, dynamic city with as analyst the right youth labour mix, and geographic position to succeed further economically and socially.
Meetup is an interesting site. It seeks to move an online socializing function to a local 'offline' face to face meet-up. In other words -- off Facebook and let's go get some beers!
Here's Innovation Definition 2.4, that I have been working on for 2thinknow. In handy slide format.