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Great minds don’t think alike
Friday, 6 December 2013
I had the privilege of both participating and presenting at a remarkable conference last week in Melbourne. Creative Innovation is the brainchild of Tania De Jong AM, a leading Australian soprano and social entrepreneur. Ci2013 delivered world class creative ideas and transformative solutions. It offered discussion in a most creative way on credible forecasts, strategies and best practices. Read more
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The Spark of Invention
Monday, 2 December 2013
By: Jeffrey Kluger
Times Magazine Be grateful you never had to take a nap with Thomas Edison. It’s not like Edison slept all that much; by his own account he was good for four, maybe five, hours a night, setting aside at least 18 per day for work. That made sense. If you’re going to leave the world a list of inventions that includes the lightbulb, the movie camera, the cylinder phonograph, the disc phonograph, advanced fluoroscopy, a commercial stock ticker, a vote tabulator and more, you’d best put in a long day.
Times Magazine Be grateful you never had to take a nap with Thomas Edison. It’s not like Edison slept all that much; by his own account he was good for four, maybe five, hours a night, setting aside at least 18 per day for work. That made sense. If you’re going to leave the world a list of inventions that includes the lightbulb, the movie camera, the cylinder phonograph, the disc phonograph, advanced fluoroscopy, a commercial stock ticker, a vote tabulator and more, you’d best put in a long day.
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China Makes Everything. Why Can’t It Create Anything?
Monday, 2 December 2013
By: Michael Schuman/Shangai
Times Magazine
China is an unbeatable industrial juggernaut that will steamroll its competitors in its relentless quest for wealth and power. Right? Well, that’s what most people think — and for good reason. In the mere 30 years since its communist leadership exchanged Maoist rhetoric for good old capitalism — or what it calls “socialism with Chinese characteristics” — China has become the world’s second largest economy and the chief rival to the U.S. for global dominance. China’s 1.3 billion upwardly mobile people are voracious consumers of everything from cars to smartphones to Kentucky Fried Chicken. Through its relentless exports, China…
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We can cut carbon emissions but not with inefficient renewable subsidies
Monday, 11 November 2013
HOPE for a breakthrough at the international climate change talks in Warsaw next week is evergreen: “Where there is a will, there is a way!” the hosts’ environment minister says. But despite this optimism, there is little global will for an overarching agreement akin to the failed Kyoto protocol.
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INNOVATOR ATTRIBUTES
Friday, 1 November 2013
1. Curious: Innovators actively explore the environment, challenge status quo and investigate new possibilities. Read more
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6 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Always Do
Thursday, 24 October 2013
By: Holly Magister
Forbes Magazine
Much debate surrounds the notion that an entrepreneur is born with innate entrepreneurial abilities. Many believe that specific genes are present in all successful entrepreneurs. In fact, a 2008 study of identical versus fraternal twins conducted by Scott Shane of Case Western Reserve University, Nicos Nicolaou of the University of Cyprus, and other researchers from the King’s College in London concluded a tendency to engage in entrepreneurship was indeed genetic and heritable. Read more
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