Archives: September 2006

A Story You Need To Read About Innovation.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 27

Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management up in Toronto is one of the brightest lights in design thinking. He's quoted in our upcoming survey of where you...

Why The World Economic Forum Is Wrong About US Competitiveness.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 27

The US has dropped from first to sixth place in global competitiveness according to the latest survey from the WEF, because it runs huge budget and current account deficits which...

Bank of America and Xerox Win Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 25

The Product Development & Management Association is a serious outfit that helps managers understand the nitty gritty of innovation and it is about to give its Outstanding Corporate Innovator Award...

Salaries for Designers Rising.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 25

The demand for design professionals on most levels is pretty hot so it is good to see Coroflot doing it's latest salary survey--and history of salary changes over the past...

Is Design The New Management Consultancy?

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 25

Not yet, but getting there. My post-IDSA conference thoughts lead me to believe that a serious body of thought and methodology is being built that is successfully challenging traditional management...

Parties as Innovation Labs and Social Networking Arenas.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 24

Austin, Texas is a party town--a college town that specializes in good music and drinking--and I know that because the recent IDSA annual conference was held in Austin. I've been...

Design And Innovation Are Sizzling--Companies Are Hiring Like Crazy.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 20

I'm in Austin, TX at the last day of the IDSA annual conference and one thing is very clear--companies are hiring a hoard of designers and there is a shortage...

The Hunt For Innovative Talent--The D-Schools.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 17

IN2 is out on the stands, with stories on Jonnie Ive at Apple and how he does the craft of design, how ZIBA Design does incredible consumer research in China,...

IDSA Annual Awards Given Next Week.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 13

I just poked my head up after closing issue #2 of Inside Innovation to realize that the annual Industrial Designers Society of America conference where all those gold winners get...

Apple, Wal-Mart and Destructive Innovation.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 13

It's remarkable to see Apple struggle to offer movies via iTunes-- a new business model--and have Wal-Mart fight back to retain its sales of DVDs--an old business model. Movie-making studios,...

Options, Innovation and Silicon Valley.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 11

I always thought that options were a terrific incentive for promoting innovation, startups, growth, wealth, mobility and all those good things that make our society better and richer. Actually, I...

Apple and IN.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 11

Steve Jobs is about to announce major news on Apple's push into iTunes movies and probably a new iMac Mini to send video to your living room screen via broadband....

Citroen Car Beauty--Breathtaking.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 06

I'm taking a break for moment in closing INside Innovation issue #2 and just went to one of my favorite auto sites, Winding Road, only to see the most incredible...

Apple, Amazon, Ford--It's All About Business Model Innovation.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 06

Wow, the news is all about shifting paradigms and changing models, with Apple and Amazon seriously beginning to sell movie downloading services and Ford seriously beginning to get serious about...

The Year We Tipped Green--Thank You Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on September 01

We're pretty busy trying to enjoy this last weekend of the summer and preparing for the Fall and schools and jobs but we should take a moment to realize that...