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Seth Godin had a post today about creativity.  In it he talks about how, for him, creativity is what happens at the edges of the normal routine.  As such, what is creative for one person, may be rote routine for another. Seth's post is a good reminder...

Yesterday I had two conversations about metrics for innovation; what should be measured, how do you measure it, and one question about whether it can or should be measured at all.  As my definition of innovation is doing something new that adds value to the...

A friend was recently discussing her experiences in having to exercise her Power of Attorney authority over her mother's affairs. In the US, Power of Attorney "is an authorization to act on someone else's behalf in a legal or business...

After several months going back and forth with the great people at Alltop.com, it was decided that this blog, Foresight 20/20 should be categorized in their innovation section.  The category can be found here.  We landed on the innovation category because,...

Today I was reading a blog post by Chris Brogan in which he was making a distinction between blogger relations and sponsorships as ways companies can connect to their consumers.  Chris was given some product by Panasonic, and they sponsored his trip to the...

Certainty is the holy grail today.  Everyone is looking for that spot of safe ground that won't fall away from underneath.  Yet everyone also knows that the old, certain ways of doing business will no longer work.  Innovation is imperative, and...

I have to thank JD for keeping me honest in my last post about consumer behavior in this economy.  I was discussing several media reports that consumers were not spending as much during the holiday season, citing a choice to save rather than spend.  My...

We've all been inundated with media reports about the current (sad) state of the economy.  One that stood out in particular for me was the report that said people were out in malls, but not really buying much in the stores.  It then went on to say that...

A couple of years ago, I was at a conference which focused on the overlaps between design, business, and other organizational disciplines.  It was kicked off with a discussion led by Dr. Richard Farson, who cautioned that the design profession is at risk of...

In the last couple of months I've found myself recommending Steven Kerr's article "On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B" several times, and felt I should share it more broadly.  It's a classic (1995), and is short, sweet,...