Strength Training: Unpacking New “XF Streamline” Static Contraction Training Fitness Equipment

August 25, 2007

Regular readers of my blog know that I’ve been doing a form of fitness and strength training called Static Contraction Training – and that I’ve achieved significant gains in strength (34% gain on bench press and 39% gain on leg press). Static Contraction Training is a method of strength training that I first heard about […]

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Dan Heath, co-author of “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die”

August 24, 2007

I recently attended a presentation by Dan Heath, co-author of the best selling book “Made to Stick“. Here is a summary of the most interesting things I heard about why some ideas thrive while others die – and how to improve the chances of worthy ideas. “With millions of ideas clamoring for attention, you’ve got […]

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White Paper: Cracking the Code of Effective Innovation

August 17, 2007

What separates companies that innovate successfully from those that fail in their innovation efforts? Futurethink, an innovation research, tools and services firm, surveyed 248 executives to find out. The results are published in their white paper “Cracking the Code of Effective Innovation” Key findings in the report: 1. The state of innovation in organizations today […]

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In a Highly Complex World, Innovation From the Top Down

July 29, 2007

G. Pascal Zachary of The New York Times has an article discussing top down innovation. “For all the hoopla over the power and promise of user-generated content, consumer-directed design and other hallmarks of our new golden era of democratized innovation, one of the iconic products of our times – the iPod – can’t be customized […]

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Keith Cunningham: Myths, Lies and Fables of Business

July 26, 2007

I had a chance to listen to Keith Cunningham’s telecon the other night, and he had a lot of smart things to say about launching and running new businesses. Good reminders about important business concepts, including focusing on execution. Here’s the link to the MP3 of the telecon: MP3 of Keith Cunningham’s telecon July 23, […]

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Innovation at HOTorNOT

June 28, 2007

James Hong from startup HOTorNot published a terrific read on his blog: “Reinventing HOTorNOT, Part I“. James talks about mistakes they made along the way, challenges they face, recruiting and retaining talent in silicon valley, and more. Some great insights presented – and I appreciate his transparency. The central theme of his post, “stop clinging […]

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Article: Reach out in the era of open innovation

June 22, 2007

The Financial Times has a good review of the new book X-teams – How to Build Teams that Lead, Innovate and Succeed” (By Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman – on Amazon). The book is about the importance of building teams with an external focus that reach outside the company for new ideas. From the article: […]

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Innovation at Google: Product Management Tenets

June 21, 2007

I recently attended a presentation titled “Innovation at Google“, by David Bercovich, product marketing manager at Google. Among the highlights of his presentation, Bercovich shared key lessons learned about product management. People have a close connection to Google, Bercovich said, because it has opened up information to people and changed the perception people have of […]

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Article: Ultimate Ears featured in Inc. Magazine

June 20, 2007

Inc. Magazine has a great feature article on Ultimate Ears: “How Jerry and Mindy Harvey saved Alex Van Halen’s hearing (what’s left of it), learned some important lessons about business, and built Ultimate Ears, a $22 million company that is deeply embedded in the culture of the music they love.” Having had a chance to […]

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Update: Strength Training with Static Contraction Training: results after ten months

May 17, 2007

UPDATE: the original article below describes my first ten months training with SCT. 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 29, […]

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