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The Five Habits of Great Innovators

I've studied history's most creative strategists--from Napoleon Bonaparte to John Boyd--and compared their thinking habits with those of their modern peers--Grameen Bank founder Mohammad Yunus or Tesla CEO Elon Musk. I have found five thinking habits that stand out.READ»

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Does Wal-Mart's 2009 Sustainability Report Stand Up?

When it comes to sustainability, it's hard to be the world's largest public corporation. It oftentimes means tripling or quadrupling the green efforts of other large corporations just to get the same results. And according to its ...READ»

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Lessons Learned -- Why the Failure of Systems Thinking Should Inform the Future of Design Thinking

"You never learn by doing something right ‘cause you already know how to do it. You only learn from making mistakes and correcting them." Russell Ackoff Design and "design thinking" is gaining ...READ»

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Being A Fast Company In A World In Need Of Radical Change

Welcome to my first blog post. Thanks for your interest in the future of the corporate social responsibility movement. As this is Fast Company’s site, I hope to encourage you all to both Move Fast and Move Wisely. If you ...READ»

Biomimicry: Gain Competitive Business Advantage By Tapping into Nature's Reservoir of Design Knowledge

Imagine a system that has been conducting research and design not for tens, hundreds or even thousands, but billions of years. What if you took these time-tested principles, and applied them to other systems? From a systems ...READ»

Is Innovation Worth More as an Initiative or as a Capability?

Most of us in the world of business have been taught to think of innovation in its adjective form. "What an innovative product!" or "Let's get someone more innovative on our team." When thought of merely as a ...READ»