http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/ Read the corporate innovation blog for updates on product innovation and design. Learn about service innovation and social networking in the innovation blogs. en-us Copyright 2009 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:01:26 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss bwwebmaster@businessweek.com 10 I'm off this week for a swing through Asia and Singapore is my first stop. I'll be speaking at a great Design Thinking Symposium in Singapore on Wednesday. It's got an interesting program and the audience promises to be a... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/11/design_thinking_4.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/11/design_thinking_4.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign Creativity Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:01:26 +0000 Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, Tim Brown, head of IDEO and Will Setliff, VP, Strategy, Insights & Innovation of Target gathered on Wednesday to talk about Martin's new book, The Design of Business. There was a... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/11/best_quotes_fro_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/11/best_quotes_fro_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:19:46 +0000 The U.S. is in deeper trouble than I thought, if Warren Buffett is right. In proclaiming an "all-in wager on the economic future of the United States, Buffett just paid $44 billion for a 19th century technology platform, a railroad,... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/11/warren_buffet_i.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/11/warren_buffet_i.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:32:40 +0000 IDEO's Tim Brown has a new book out--Change by Design--and Rotman School of Management' Roger Martin has a new book out--The Design of Business. On November 11, I will moderate a conversation with Tim and Roger, together with Will Setliff,... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/tim_brown_vs_ro.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/tim_brown_vs_ro.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:15:44 +0000 Fisker just got a big loan from Washington to buy an old GM plant to assemble plug-in hybrid cars. But who the heck is Fisker? Then I remembered this piece on Fiskerin IN:Inside Innovation that I launched with Reena Jana,... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/who_is_henrik_f.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/who_is_henrik_f.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:49:34 +0000 Check out these people--their schools, degrees and employers. This is the heart of design these days. Hey Venessa, you are doing an incredible job covering Design!... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/21_young_desing.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/21_young_desing.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:31:14 +0000 I'm going to be giving a keynote speech at the big Design Korea conference in early December on "Designomics." I hadn't heard the term before but I like it a lot, as it combines economics and design in one easy-on-the-ears... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/design_in_korea.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/design_in_korea.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:29 +0000 Check out this great Business Week podcast on China's exploding design scene by New School Provost Tim Marshall, previously dean of Parsons School of Design. Tim talks about the hot Shanghai design scene, design education in China, high complexity design,... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/building_a_desi.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/building_a_desi.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:12 +0000 There's a wonderful story on windpower and smart grids by John Carey just out as the Obama Administration begins to finance the creation of a smart grid system in the US. I applaud President Obama's efforts at moving the US... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/are_smart_grids.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/are_smart_grids.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:35:07 +0000 Here's an insightful conversation on innovation, design and social media between David and me, thanks mostly to the great questions Armano asks. I'm following the new Dachis Group since it is the only consulting firm I know out there that... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/crowdsourcing_s.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/crowdsourcing_s.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:43:07 +0000 GE's Health By Design conference in NYC generated a significant number of insights into the shape of health care reform that go far beyond what is being discussed in Washington DC. It was staged by Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/health_by_desig.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/health_by_desig.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:38:35 +0000 Check out this balanced, insightful and cautious piece on China's economy in Bizweek. It's hard to get through the hype on China these days and this piece does just that. It's written by two of the best journalists I know--Pete... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/best_article_on.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/best_article_on.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:04:43 +0000 Read this great story on the growing app economy at Apple, Facebook and Zynga. A new economy based on a new platform. Do you know who Eddie Cue is? This is true disruptive innovation.... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/inside_the_app.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/inside_the_app.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:47:15 +0000 I'm working with Parson's grad Kelsey Meuse to build out a Gen Y Research Collaborative and she pointed me to Lookbook.nu. It's a simple digg-type platform where Gen Yers around the world are posting their fashion creations and getting rated... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/who_needs_conde.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/who_needs_conde.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:39:42 +0000 I went out drinking with Bill Buxton in Providence, RI, at the recent BIF5 conference and we talked about how he was building three canoes based on three Canadian Native People's styles. The Cree canoe was finished and Buxton did... http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/bill_buxton--th.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign http://www.businessweek.comhttp://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/10/bill_buxton--th.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_nussbaumondesign innovation Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:09 +0000