Innovate on Purpose (June 8, 2010) – Most social media examples consist of two very diverse types: a topical interaction site where there are thousands of participants examining interesting but not very informative or deep information, or smaller groups of people connected to discuss very deep or information rich sources. What’s interesting about...
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Developing countries are increasingly embracing innovation and entrepreneurship as a key component of their social and economic development. To this end, business incubators and other types of business development service organizations are playing an important role in providing infrastructure, business advice and mentoring, networking, financing, and security to millions of business entrepreneurs in...
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BusinessWeek (June 7, 2010) – Open innovation will not only lead to new ways of making innovation happen; there will also be side effects. As an open innovation advocate, Stefan Lindegaard thinks most of these effects will be positive. But it’s also reasonable to expect that some will be mixed or perhaps even...
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Image via Wikipedia Over 700 prominent agriculture researchers, policy makers, and development experts from around the world along with the President of Burkina Faso and ministers of Agriculture, Science and Foreign Affairs from several African and European countries are gathering 19-24 July in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for the 5th African Agriculture Science week...
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Innovation in Practice Blog (July 19, 2010) – Business schools must focus more on specific skills that support innovation, reinvent curricula to be more integrative, and convene executive programs that create new ideas and networks. Business schools must promote interdisciplinary research and recognize that innovation can come from advances in the theory, practice,...
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Image via Wikipedia Huffington Post (July 20, 2010) – We used to think of creativity as the province of artists, musicians and writers. Now we’re waking up to the fact that all facets of modern life demand creative input. Here are a few reasons why you need to cultivate your creative skills. Go...
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Mark Flavin Blog (June 8, 2010) – Coming up with new ideas to keep your business thriving can be difficult, frustrating, and at times, mind-numbing. It’s when that freeze occurs and you just can’t come up with anything productive that could help your business that you might need a good brainstorming session. Here...
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HP Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and UNESCO have joined forces to launch a new education project aimed at alleviating the loss of intellectual capacity in Africa. The project, called “Piloting solutions for reversing ‘Brain Drain’ for Africa”, supports both HP’s and UNESCO’s goals of strengthening intellectual and scientific capabilities in Ghana, Senegal and...
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A cellphone-based cash transfer system has changed the way Kenyans handle their finances. But what does it mean for Kenya’s economy — and the developing world? Many technologists and entrepreneurs have argued that mobile phones can empower people in the developing world by providing civic and commercial resources where traditional infrastructure is lacking....
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infoTech Spotlight (May 11, 2010) – Organizations need to free up technology dollars spent on operations and instead should invest in driving innovation, according to a new study released by HP. A recent survey of business and technology executives reveals that more than half of business executives indicated their organizations suffer from “innovation...
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