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Listening To The Super-Charged "Change Generation"

Each generation throughout history is a change generation. And yet, what is coming next is big. Here's how to start a conversation with the digital natives. READ»

The Business Utility Of Walks, Naps, And Taking Time Out

Why you should make time for and protect the peaceful activities that make you run--and make your business succeed. READ»

Likeonomics: How To Make Your Brand More Believable

The most likable brands are the ones that we believe in, talk about, and get inspired by. In a society of constant manipulation, there are seven key ways to overcoming the “believability” crisis. READ»

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What Businesses Can Learn From Innovations In Education

The goal of the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit is exploring the power of entrepreneurs to transform public education for underserved children. But the ideas for supercharging education have benefits that go way beyond the classroom. READ»

The Future-Forward Company Called "L"

Talia Frenkel is a photographer who created "L"--a condom company with a cause, to support women globally by focusing on their health, wellness, and sexual empowerment. Buy one of L's sustainable condoms, and one goes immediately to AIDS affected areas and the women living in these areas, promoting and sharing 'the love' around the globe.READ»

Bitchin' Kitchen's Hilarious Recipe for Web Success

Amateur chef and comedian Nadia Giosia broke into the competitive world of celebrity cooking with the power of her online community.READ»

Innovative Nature: Baking Biomimicry In

Mother Nature has a product development process we would do well to emulate, she has in effect solved many sustainable design questions already if we examine her systems. READ»

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Expanding Innovation: The Beginning of B-2-B User Experience

"We are moving from a post-industrial commodity production and product design focus to social innovation infiltrated design that taps into insights about the prevalent and emerging values and true needs of the user, the people."READ»

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The Future Is Co-Mingled Sensation and Co-opted Dreams

We are, more and more, outsourcing our minds. Increasingly, the web of organic computation said to encompass human consciousness is distributing itself in a decentralized fashion, expanding outward, beyond the biological brain.READ»

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Citysumer Innovation: Miami Does Art Basel

Urban areas are reinventing and reinvigorating themselves. With a focus on URBAN BOOM, URBAN MIGHT, and the spread of URBANE values, the future is about the city.READ»

Six Ways Your Online Privacy Is at Risk

Your personal information is available to anyone with a browser and an Internet connection. There has been a lot of online handwringing about losing our privacy online, but specifically, what are the dangers of having personal information visible to all? READ»

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents TechnoCRAFT: Design in the Age of Individuality – Hackers Modders, Fabbers and Tweakers

"Bored with mass-production? Scared of cultural globalization? Emotionally disconnected from what you consume? Designers around the world are using technology to fight back and create a new economy based on craft, individualization ...READ»

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Growing In Collaboration

Cindy Romaine and I met at Nike when we both worked in the Design Resources Group. She, Kevin Carroll and I continue to connect and work together in the betterment of all we do, for and within the ...READ»

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Social Network Interview with Loic Le Meur

Interviewed here is noted social media entrepreneur Loic Le Meur, Founder and CEO of social application Seesmic and the number one Internet conference, LeWeb. Loic spoke this May to the Social Media Club Miami, discussing his career ...READ»

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Next Gen: Future Model of Business, Creativity and Social Innovation

This begins a casual series of interviews with younger associates doing new and interesting business model indicators of future work, design and innovation. Through Lauren McCue, ...READ»

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Work-Life Balance Digitally Destroyed: One in Three Permanently Connected to Employer

If you're the sort who takes a sneaky peek at your work email on your BlackBerry while in the bar with pals in the evening, don't feel too guilty. Web conferencing company InterCall (arguably biased toward reporting people are ...READ»

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Designing 4 Resilience

Today I am attending a conference at The-Hub.net workspace collective in Berkeley that addresses resilience in a shifting landscape. For further information on the timely topic of design ...READ»

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The Future of Work Is Shared

I am an entrepreneur, a consultant in trend strategy with a virtual office. For 15 years I worked fulltime in offices and corporations as a designer, I am familiar with the cube-a-day world. These last ...READ»

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Being An Expert On The Dr. Phil Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BG4BYYFZToIs it Googleability, Bingability? Through much work and many conversations I was selected as a trend expert for the Dr. Phil show. While scheduled to air January 20, 2010, "Trends For 2010: ...READ»