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December 14, 2005
A Snow Globe of Ideas Will Return in 2006
In November, Don the Idea Guy compared the FORTUNE Business Innovation blog to a snow globe - a comparison that seems particularly appropriate right about now during the peak of the holiday season:
"It reminds me of one of those snow globes that you shake to see the contents swirl around and make new landscapes from all the swirling pieces of snow inside. There's an analogy here, so bear with me... Each innovator is like a snowflake (no two are exactly alike and creative people tend to be viewed as a bit 'flakey'!), they've all been added to the globe that is the Business Innovation blog, and everytime you visit the site, you'll discover ideas that can be used to shake things up. Perhaps a long way to go a snow globe comparison -- but an extremely quick trip for exposure to some big ideas."
Happy Holidays to everyone who helped make the FORTUNE Business Innovation blog such a success! We'll be returning in 2006 after a two-week holiday break with a number of exciting new features related to the world of innovation.
[image: McBeth via Flickr]
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Interview with Eric Von Hippel and Jim Euchner: Podcast #10
In this live backstage interview at the FORTUNE Innovation Forum, Jim Euchner, the Chief E-Business Officer of Pitney Bowes, and Eric Von Hippel, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the author of Democratizing Innovation, weigh in with their thoughts about user-centered innovation:
(1) Why this particular moment - more than any other time in history - has been favorable for the appearance of user-centered innovation;
(2) How companies can find and harness the power of lead-user communities;
(3) Examples of companies that are experimenting with user-centered innovation.
MP3 audio file available for download
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Nancy Koehn interview: Podcast #9
In this live audio interview at the FORTUNE Innovation Forum, Nancy Koehn, an expert in marketing and branding at Harvard Business School and the author of Brand New, shares her thoughts on:
(1) The four keys to creating a long-term, lasting brand;
(2) The difference between creating a brand for a small company and a large, FORTUNE 500-type company;
(3) How Google can maintain its core brand while growing at a record clip;
(4) The possible emergence of a brand-building culture in India and China.
MP3 audio file available for download
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December 13, 2005
Burt Rutan interview: Podcast #8
In this live backstage interview at the FORTUNE Innovation Forum, Burt Rutan, winner of the Ansari X Prize and the aerospace developer of SpaceShipOne, offers:
(1) A wide-ranging analysis of the future of space tourism;
(2) An explanation of the importance of winning the "capitalist space race";
(3) A summary of the various factors driving the future of private manned space exploration.
MP3 audio file available for download
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December 12, 2005
Randy Komisar interview: Podcast #7
At the FORTUNE Innovation Forum, Randy Komisar, a partner with Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, participated in a roundtable discussion on the topic of "Innovation, Risk and the Threat of Failure." Later backstage, Randy shared additional insights on:
(1) The difference between traditional VC firms and the corporate venture capital units created by major companies;
(2) Why Stanford is such a hotbed of innovation;
(3) How companies can become the "Google" or "TiVo" of their industry;
(4) How FORTUNE 500 companies can develop creative, risk-taking corporate environments.
MP3 audio file available for download
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Peter Georgescu interview: Podcast #6
At the FORTUNE Innovation Forum, Peter Georgescu, the former chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam and the co-author of The Source of Success, discussed why innovation is so important for U.S. corporations. In a live audio interview backstage at the event, he also shared his insights on:
(1) How leaders can inspire creativity in their workers;
(2) How advertisers can think creatively about traditional, mainstream products;
(3) The keys of building and sustaining a risk-taking and creative corporate culture;
(4) The difference between a "top-down" and a "bottoms-up" innovation process.
MP3 audio file available for download
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