Bill Gates: The skills you need to succeed

December 14, 2007

Bill Gates penned a column for BBC News in which he talks about how digital technology has transformed almost everyone into an information worker – and the skills needed to succeed. He mentions this in the context of innovation: “Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share […]

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Andy Grove: Innovation at Big Companies

November 22, 2007

Portfolio magazine has a column by Andy Grove in which he discusses the dilemma faced by large successful businesses: as companies get big, it gets harder and harder for them to grow. How to overcome the law of big numbers? Grove says: “…under certain conditions a firm can create a new growth spurt for itself […]

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Rhapsody & TiVo: Like Chocolate & Peanut Butter

October 25, 2007

As a subscriber to Rhapsody and TiVo, I was thrilled to see RealNetworks and Tivo team up to make the digital music service available on any broadband-connected TiVo Series 2 and Series 3 standalone box. Now for the first time, I have access to Rhapsody’s music library of 4 million tracks in my living room […]

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WSJ: Managing Innovation: How to Get the Most Out of Your Company’s Big Ideas

September 25, 2007

An excellent Q&A feature in the Wall Street Journal about managing innovation. Some key points: 1) Thinking long term: – Very difficult to do in most big companies, which have resources, but don’t always have the processes, skills and permission to think outside their current business. “Corporations inherently have antibodies that come out and try […]

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Article: Innovators Often Lose Edge

September 10, 2007

An article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “EarthLink a painful lesson: Innovators often lose edge,” offers some lessons about innovation. From the article: “The past is punctuated with stories of companies that accelerated to success and then spun out at the next turn in the road. Some were crushed in the market: Atari, Ronco, Osborne Computer. […]

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Lessons From IBM’s Innovation Factory

September 4, 2007

BusinessWeek reports how IBM is reinventing the way it innovates by teaming up with other companies to create innovation networks. I started my career with IBM and have recently had some good discussions with folks from the company about the topic of innovation. From the BW article: “At one time the tech giant was a […]

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Music Playlist: Strength Training & Weight Lifting

September 2, 2007

I’ve been getting numerous requests for the music playlist from my strength training workouts, here’s what’s on my iPod when I train. What’s your take? What songs would you add to the playlist?

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BusinessWeek: Why “Good Enough” Is Good Enough

August 29, 2007

BusinessWeek has an article “Why ‘Good Enough’ Is Good Enough“, with the premise that “imperfect technology greases innovation — and the whole marketplace.” I’m known for saying in my keynote speeches that “perfection is the enemy of innovation.” Why? Perfection is expensive, unattainable, time consuming and limits flexibility — a quality needed for innovation. However, […]

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Fitness Results: Break Out Quarter! (Static Contraction Training – SCT)

August 29, 2007

UPDATE: the original article below describes my training with SCT as of August 2007. Here are additional links to updated results: Fitness Results Over One Year: Transforming My Body Through Fitness and Nutrition (January 13, 2008) Strength Training: Unpacking New “Streamline SR” Fitness Equipment (August 25, 2007) Fitness Results: Break Out Quarter! (Quarterly report, August […]

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Chrysler and Innovation

August 27, 2007

A good Q&A with Larry Keeley in a BusinessWeek article about Chrysler, the automotive industry, and innovation. Keeley is co-founder and president of Doblin, an innovation strategy firm. Keeley was recently named by BW as one of seven “Innovation Gurus” that are changing the field. “Innovations have to happen inside the car, in changes that […]

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