Crowdsourced Healthcare: What Britain's Doctors Ordered?

"Design thinking" is all the rage, thanks to Apple, Target, you name it--it's the idea that with a little ingenuity, companies can gear their products and services to what consumers want. But one of the more intriguing ...READ»

Can Walgreens Solve the Health-Care Crisis?

Walgreen Co., like many other companies that touch the medical industry, is eagerly eyeing the outcome of President Obama's health-care reform initiative. But no matter what happens in Washington, Walgreen wins. "Whatever ...READ»

Accountabilty in the new world

As always I pay attention to what the collective is talking about and the word of the week appears to be accountability!  It begins as far as I can tell with each of us individually- what am I doing, saying, being that doesn’t ...READ»

Authentic Leadership

So I always look at what's up in my life and the conversations of the week. The topic of being authentic is what is up.  For me it shows up in the question- no matter where I am and whom I am with, can I be me?  Can I be me with my ...READ»

The subtlety of leadership

Time is quickening and many structures are folding.  The way we do business is part of what is changing rapidly. I am noticing many subtleties lately; I am aware that I have to be more and more conscious of the old thoughts and ...READ»

Organic Leadership

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From Under the Knife to the Hall of Fame

While playing for the Blue Jays in October 1995, the longtime Brewer and future Hall of Famer had his right shoulder scoped by Andrews. In 1996, Paul Molitor, then 40, gave new meaning to the term Silver Slugger: He won the hitting ...READ»

Bio and Interests: Michael Johns

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The Olympics: Green or Brown?

Beijing's pollution isn't a secret. But as part of its bid to secure the Olympic contract, the world's 13th filthiest city (according to a World Bank study) embarked on a massive cleanup to improve air quality, sanitize drinking water and purify the rivers in time for the games, which began on Thursday. New sports stadiums were built with solar power and other energy-saving technologies, while new public transit systems were introduced to the streets. But can Beijing really claim this summer's games are green?READ»

• Are Beijing's Olympics Really Green?
• The Power of Green

Selling Your Innovation: Anchor and Twist

How to get your audience to understand -- and care about -- your innovationREAD»

• The Challenge of Spreading a New Idea
• The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies