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Innovation

Understanding The Heartbeat Of The Economy

Krisztina Holly | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Luck, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Success, Career, Startups, Venture Capital, Business News
Krisztina Holly

There is a common image of entrepreneurs being young renegades that aren't polluted by old ways of thinking. They come into a new industry, with no former biases, and turn it upside down.

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What's Needed to Make Sure Innovation Is Working?

Bill Jackson | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Innovation, Education, Policy, Michelle Rhee, Teach for America, Education Reform, Politics News
Bill Jackson

The current flurry of activity at the federal level could lead people to (mistakenly) believe that the government is responsible for education success in America, not parents and (gasp!) local school boards.

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Ameeda Chowdhury: The Newest Sensation in Social Media

2morrowknight | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Twitter, Twitter Documentary, Social Networking, Twittamentary, Snazl, Innovation, Ameeda Chowdhury, Online Video, Technology News, Real-Time-Web, Technology, Technology News
2morrowknight

As we close out another year, it's natural to wonder what innovations people will talk about in the coming year. One name buzzing in circles is Ameeda Chowdhury, the visionary CEO of Snazl.

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Find Your 'Everyday Creativity'

Psychology Today | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Tattoo Artists, Art, Language, The Balanced Life, Cognitive Science, Style, Everyday Creativity, Innovation, Tattoos, Happiness, Productivity, Living News

We all marvel at other people's artistic achievements. But most of us fail to nurture our inner innovator. Start living creatively and reap the benefi...

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Trying To Strangle American Innovation

Pat Choate | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Cisco, First-to-Invent, First-to-File, Small Entity Inventors, Microsoft, Small Business, Large Entity Inventors, Political Contributions, Intel, Innovation, Patent Office, Ibm, Big Tech, Patents, Patent Reform, Home News
Pat Choate

If Big Tech succeeds in Washington, a greatly weakened patent system is likely to destroy American innovation and invention-led job creation in the next decade.

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Innovation in the 21st Century: Keeping the US Competitive

Justin R. Rattner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Newsweek, Innovation, Survey, Technology, US Economy, Economy, Intel, Technology Innovation, Technology News
Justin R. Rattner

Despite one of the deepest recessions in history, Americans have an undiminished faith in technology and innovation as the primary engines of economic growth.

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Innovation Watch

Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Innovation, Twitter, Technology News

Do you know a tweeter who's perfect for one of these lists? Email us at twitterlists@huffingtonpost.com! ...

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Reinventing the Publishing Industry

Stacey Radin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Education, Innovation, Publishing, Books News
Stacey Radin

Innovation is critical to industries that are on the verge of becoming dinosaurs. Intellectually, I would think books would be a cheaper source of entertainment in a time of recession.

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Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Fcc, Gps, Telemedicine, Pandora, Dtv, Gary Shapiro, Telework, Innovation, International CES, Dvr, Facebook, Spectrum, Satellite Radio, Sputnik, Broadband, mp3, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, Wireless, Blu-Ray, Youtube, Consumer Electronics Show, Autobahn, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, E-Book, Technology News
Gary Shapiro

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

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Big Brands vs. Private Labels and the Recession

Jenny Darroch | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Colgate-Palmolive, Costco, Store Brands, Brand Strategy, Consumers, Innovation, Kellogg's, Marketing Strategies, Private Labels, Procter & Gamble, Recession, Business News
Jenny Darroch

To compete in the post-recession world, marketers of big-brands will need to focus on excellent execution of brand strategy and stay focused on innovation in order to stay ahead of private labels.

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McDonald's on Ice

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Innovation, McDonald's, International Marketing, Iceland, Starbucks, Marketing in a Recession, Burma, Business News
Jenny Darroch

McDonald's has pulled out of Iceland.The decision is a combination of rising costs and the inability to hike prices a further 20% to recoup losses.

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Nation's Leading Universities Draw Bottom Line on Clean Energy R&D Funding in Senate Climate Bill

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Breakthrough Institute, Barbara Boxer, Research, John Kerry, Green Technology, Green News, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Innovation, Technology, Green Energy, Universities, Aplu, Aau, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

Reid and the Senate now have the responsibility to ensure that long-term clean energy R&D efforts are given the funding they desperately need to secure America's leadership in clean energy innovation.

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7 Inventions That Are Changing The World

Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Slidepoll, Xo Laptops, Energy Innovation, Hybrid Cars, Smarthand, Lifestick, Inventions, Innovation, Dean Kamen, Zipcar, Impact News

Digging around for Impact stories can bring up a lot of bad news. Extreme poverty and widespread injustice can seem omnipresent. That's why, today, we...

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What Did We Learn From the Recession? Maybe Nothing

Stacey Radin | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Innovation, Change, Business News
Stacey Radin

From the gender revolution to civil rights movement and now the financial crisis-our country takes the first few steps and then regresses to old paradigms of behavior and thought.

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Interesting Innovations that Generate Growth and Shape Markets

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Cell Phones, Marketing Research, Post-Recession Growth, Post-It Notes, Inventions, Innovation, Marketing Strategies, Strategies for Growth, Suitcases, Swifter, Powermat, Pampers, Business News
Jenny Darroch

Sustainable competitive advantage comes about by developing innovations that solve consumer problems -- innovations that shape behavior and create new markets.

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New Bill's Clean Energy Investments Only a Fraction of Expert Recommendations

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Breakthrough Institute, Barbara Boxer, Research, Green Technology, John Kerry, Innovation, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, Technology, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

While the bill is a (very) small step in the right direction, the clean energy R&D investments in Kerry-Boxer still fall far short of filling our energy innovation gap.

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What is Work? America Re-Imagined at Pop Tech (Day 1)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Local

Read More: Creativity, John Fetterman, Kurt Anderson, Poptech, Braddock Pennsylvania, Innovation, Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely, Economics, Social Networking, Social Entrepreneurship, Local News
Sharon Glassman

While many of us believe that more money is a motivator, it's actually a stressor that inhibits performance.

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Women at Work: Insights From Women on the Front Lines of Polish Design

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Furniture, Design, Lighting, Women in Business, Innovation, Gender, Culture, Polish Design, Emerging Economies, Communism, Design Fairs, Eastern Europe, Style, Poland, Eastern-Bloc, Designer-Maker, New Business, Female, Gallery, Soviet Union, Entepreneurship, Style News
Chauncey Zalkin

Design is about people -- the handiwork of the creator, human ingenuity, and the social ramifications of design in use.

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Thoughts on Innovation

Elliot Washor | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Innovation, Education, Politics News
Elliot Washor

The way that time is allocated and used, the way that knowledge is treated, and the way that teachers and students relate to each other have not undergone any significant change in the American school system.

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America's Midwest: Cashless Chasm or the Valley of Opportunity?

Jeff Bocan | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Midwest, Jeff Bocan, Michigan, Entrepeneurship, Innovation, Funding, Venture Capital, Beringea, Business News
Jeff Bocan

I want to offer a macro-level view of the larger opportunity I see in both Michigan and the Midwest, as a venture capitalist looking for small businesses that have a chance to become much, much bigger businesses.

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Indian Companies Innovating On Products Aimed At The Poor

wsj.com | ERIC BELLMAN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: India, Tata Nano, Pureit, Tata Motors, Innovation, Business, Business News

For the farmer who wants to save for the future, one Indian entrepreneur has developed what is, in effect, a $200 portable bank branch. For the villag...

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10 Things We Should Teach Every Kid About Food

Rob Smart | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Fast Food, Cooking, Children, Farmers, Education, Food, Food Retail, Community, Schools, Home Cooking, Gmo, Innovation, School, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, Curriculum, School Lunch, Food Marketing, Green News
Rob Smart

We must find creative ways to reintroduce food in its broadest sense to children's everyday activities, starting with school, in order to close the knowledge gap between farm and plate.

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Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Social Innovation, Youth Vote, Youth, Unemployment Rate, Green Jobs, Economic Crisis, Social Security, Young-Invincibles, Economy, David Burstein, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Innovation, Fiscal Responsibility, Young Voters, Politics, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Entrepreneurship, Millennials, Us Economic Crisis, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Politics News
David D. Burstein

By most indicators young people are the most adversely affected age group by the economic crisis, the most at risk when it comes to health care coverage, and the deepest in debt.

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Car Buying Behavior: The Case of Demotorization

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Consumer Behavior, Cars, Social Media, Innovation, Marketing Research, Strategies for Growth, Marketing Strategy, Zipcar, Green News
Jenny Darroch

A couple of articles have caught my attention lately. In the October 9 issue of the Los Angeles Times, Martin Zimmerman reported the results of a JD ...

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National Institutes of Energy Needed to Fill Energy R&D Gap

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Research, Alternative Energy, Green Technology, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Technology, Innovation, Technology, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

Downright paltry private-sector energy innovation spending leaves a massive energy innovation gap that the U.S. government barely begins to fill, investing only about $5 billion annually in energy R&D.

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