Earlier this year, UC Berkeley professor Henry Chesbrough published a new book, Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era.  I met him over a decade ago when I first got involved with Linux and open, collaborative innovation.  He is a top expert on the value of open innovation to business. MORE >>

I recently participated in MIT’s 2010 Systems Thinking Conference for Contemporary Challenges.  This annual conference is sponsored by Systems Design and Management (SDM) - an interdisciplinary program between MIT’s School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management.  Political leaders blame recession on corporate fraud or terrorism.  MORE >>

It was not all that long ago that innovation was viewed as something that took place almost exclusively in academia, as well as in R&D labs in the private and public sectors. Can you create such a thing as a market-facing Innovation Lab , along the lines of the R&D labs of the past? frankly don't think so. MORE >>

We need to look at higher education through the lens of disruptive innovation, argues a report published last February, - Disrupting College: How Disruptive Innovation Can Deliver Quality and Affordability to Postsecondary Education.  Disruptive innovations are based on two main ingredients.  We need a new, disruptive model.  MORE >>

I recently read a good, short article in strategy+business (s&b) , the management magazine published by the global consulting firm Booz & Company.  According to the article, many business leaders think that “strategy doesn’t matter as long as you are producing results. Let me say a few words about each.  . MORE >>