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Organic Valley's CEO George Siemon on the Crooked Art of Leadership

Siemon discusses why some of his most valuable innovations come from redesigning relationships, not products. Plus: why bosses sometimes get in the way, why the best leaders exert an almost invisible influence, and why everybody is smarter than anybody.READ»

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American-Designed Shanghai Pavilion at World Expo Built With Old CD Cases, Rainwater [Video, Slideshow]

New York-based ESI Design, with Chinese firm Atelier FCIZ Architects, constructs a building with used CD cases and rainwater that changes color based on visitors' activity and incorporates thousands of crowd-sourced photographs. Slideshow, video inside.READ»

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The Great Disappearing Act of Good Design

There is a wonderful hidden dichotomy in all good design: When it's really good, you hardly notice it at all.READ»

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Let Bankruptcy Save the Big Three

“If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the ...READ»

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Interivew w/ UFC Commentator Eddie Bravo

Eddie Bravo: Formless Wisdom Pt. 1 By: Adisa Banjoko Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. ...READ»

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Dr. Brilliant Vs. the Devil of Ambition

If baby boomers had their own Faust, he'd be Larry Brilliant, a man who's found himself at the center of almost every defining moment of his generation. His biggest battle: taming the devil of ambition.READ»

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The Trillion-Dollar Vision of Dee Hock

The corporate radical who organized Visa wants to dis-organize your company.READ»

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Leading Ideas: Don't Rush

"He who rushes ahead doesn't go far." -- Lao-Tzu (~500 B.C.E), Tao Te Ching A distinction I use with my clients is rushing vs. moving quickly. When someone rushes, they shortchange processes. When someone moves quickly, they follow ...READ»