The military has opened its doors to openly gay recruits for the first time--but cautions that policy could change again in the future, citing pending court cases. Justice may tarry, but business innovation waits for no one! We at ...READ»
T. Boone Pickens' grand green energy plans have been shaken up once again--this time with a new name (Next Autoworks) and a new CEO (Kathleen Ligocki) for V-Vehicle, Pickens' Google and Kleiner Perkins-backed vehicle startup. READ»
Since the Gulf oil spill of April 2010, people have been asking us, 'Can you really clean up an oil spill?' "Well, not entirely." That answer comes from biological oceanographer Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.READ»
Oil spills. Terrorist attacks. Pandemic influenza.
Hurricanes. Each of these events can disrupt your business significantly. It is
therefore important to develop what a 2009 report from the IBM Business Values
Institute calls ...READ»
Luke Wilson may claim AT&T's network covers 97% of all Americans, but with billions invested this year alone, has your service noticeably improved? READ»
BP's PR efforts around the Deepwater Horizon disaster have pitted traditional media (such as TV and newspaper ads) against social media (such as the Boycott BP page on Facebook that has received close to a million "Likes" or the BP logo competition run by Greenpeace).READ»
French fries are not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about "natural" foods. But that isn't stopping Wendy's from testing out its so-called Natural Fries.READ»
Earlier in the week, I was interviewed by Michael Krasny at KQED (our local public radio station) about BP's new CEO Robert Dudley and the more general question of CEO accountability. You can listen to the interview here if you like. ...READ»
There may no longer be oil seeping into the ocean off Louisiana's coast, but the damage is done. And the cleanup process will be expensive, lengthy, and detrimental to the Gulf economy, according to a report (PDF) from Oxford ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was doing things. Yep, things. I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.1. Remember the ocean floor seepage close to BP's containment cap? Apparently it's coming from another well and, says ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was getting angry that football's men in blazers seemed to be backtracking on their technology promise, but feeling somewhat mollified by the heartening news on the seabed leaks close to the ...READ»
The next region to lose tourists to the Gulf oil disaster might be... Alberta, Canada--not because of any direct connection to what's going on in the Gulf states, but as the result of an "anti-tourism" campaign from Corporate Ethics ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was not crying in court after being informed it was to spend time in chokey. Instead it was poring over data received courtesy of an FOIA request, picking the right smiley face, and then facing ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was whisking its love away for a cruise on its private yacht, and then erecting a paywall around her so that no one could see her. Strange, that.1. The Los Angeles Times has documented what life is ...READ»
There's no question that BP has lied extensively over the past few months about the growing Gulf oil disaster. The company has bullied journalists, fudged numbers, and even deployed fake journalists to the Gulf to write about ...READ»
As oil continues to fill the waters off my wife’s home state, Louisiana, inventors around the world are surely scheming up new technologies to prevent such catastrophes from happening again. While I wish for their success and am ...READ»
Last week we asked you to try to top BP's ridiculous in-house "reporting" filled with overstuffed similes and flowery phrases. Here are some of the finest contributions.READ»
The Internet is swirling with rumors today that a gloppy mixture of oil and Corexit (the primary dispersant used in the BP disaster) is raining down on Louisiana. Evidence is thin, and based almost entirely on the video below, but ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was punching a British guy who looks like Frodo in the chops, pulling on his Bayou-sourced alligator cowboy boots and getting down to business. Thwack!1. "Stay calm, get organized quickly." This is ...READ»
