Archive for June, 2009
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
The Yes Men do it again – newspapers from the future
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a great fan of creating fake newspaper front pages from the future. They are very effective at positioning people to think differently about how the future could be, and what decisions lie ahead. Last week, The Yes Men did it again, and printed a fake IHT from December 19th 2009 [...]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Fringes and edge disruption
From the cover story of the June 09 issue of Fast Company comes this quote from Neri Oxman at the MIT Media Lab: “I like to be on the edge because it makes me vulnerable. On the fringes, I think, is where disruptive innovation begins.” Oxman appears to be a one-person study of exploration across [...]
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
AMP Innovation Festival – interview with organiser
In this current climate, companies that double down on innovation and invest in R&D can expect to do well when the cycle changes. There’s plenty of literature around that supports this, and I’ve been interested to spot companies that are taking the message to heart. In Australia, one of the largest financial services companies – [...]
