Archives: December 2008

"Innovation" is Dead. Herald The Birth of "Transformation" as The Key Concept for 2009.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 31

"Innovation" died in 2008, killed off by overuse, misuse, narrowness, incrementalism and failure to evolve. It was done in by CEOs, consultants, marketeers, advertisers and business journalists who degraded and...

Students At Parsons and The University of Cincinnati Are Innovating And Generating Economic Growth.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 19

It's easy to get pessimistic in this holiday season as major institutions in our lives, especially the financial institutions, break our trust. But we shouldn't despair. I recently visited two...

Ford and GM Need Business Model Innovation--Look to India's Nano.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 18

Congress just loaned $17.4 billion to Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, but it didn't do what it should have done--seriously mandate major changes in the distribution system of the US...

Steve Jobs' Inspirational Advice: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 16

Every year recently, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I play what I consider the most inspiration speech I have every heard and it is given, rather oddly, by Apple's Steve Jobs....

Best Design and Innovation Christmas Presents.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 15

The holidays are approaching and a great source of presents for those "creatives" in your life can be found at the site of Core77, the terrific design site. One of...

Why Amazon's Kindle Is A hit. It's an iPod

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 04

Peter Mortensen at Jump hits it right on the head when he says that Kindle's success is due to an ecosystem similar to Apple' iPod/iTunes ecosystem, not product design. He...

Amazon's Kindle Is A Success--Hooray For Designer Bob Brunner.

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 04

Thanks to Oprah, the e-book reader Kindle sold by Amazon is sold out for Christmas. To me, this marks a high point in the extraordinary career of designer Robert Brunner,...

Native American Art Market for Christmas

Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 01

This weekend, the National Museum of the American Indian will hold its annual Indian Market in New York City and Washington DC and they will be great places to buy...