Some ideas feel great when you first hear them. These are the ideas where everyone says, “Let’s do that.” For example, what idea had more promise than the One Child / One Laptop initiative? (MORE…)
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Can Pots & Pans Go OmniChannel?
When Chuck Williams invented the concept of a store for cooking fanatics in 1975 — Williams Sonoma — he probably never saw this coming. But today, his eponymous store chain could care less whether you come into their stores or not. Really? Can that be true? (MORE…)
After Amazon and Apple, Who is Number Three?
Everyone knows that the top two ecommerce operators in the US, based on transactions are Amazon & Apple. Who’s number three? While we are not exactly sure, it is probably Domino’s Pizza. (MORE…)
Is it Alzheimer’s? Or is it Ebola?
Thinking about the big health risks which society needs to address, the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on women is truly daunting. (MORE…)
Weight For It?
Expliseat’s new titanium / composite aircraft seat is less than half the weight of its competition and is considered the most efficient economy-class seat for the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320. It was the first composite aircraft seat to pass dynamic 16 G-force crash tests while reducing fuel consumption estimated at $500,000 per year per… (MORE…)
Is 3D Printing the Next Capital Equipment Boom?
Maybe. Beginning in mid-2014, key patents on the technology which govern 3D printing began to expire. This means that prices will fall on the industrial-grade machines and that innovation will expand dramatically. Or does it? (MORE…)
What is Better, “% Off” or “$ Off”?
If you are in anything retail, here’s some news you can use most. People have math anxiety, particularly when it’s time to attach a dollar value to a percent off calculation. (MORE…)
In the World of IOT, Will We Run Out of Numbers?
In a future where everyone and everything has a unique identifying number telling everyone where “it” can be found, isn’t there a risk of running out of unique numbers? (MORE…)
Why Didn’t We Let Dun & Bradstreet Organize the World Wide Web?
In 1841, a company called Mercantile Agency was formed to collect credit data on every firm in the country. Abraham Lincoln and three other future Presidents worked there. This company’s genius was to give every single business a unique identifier. Today, they are called DUNS numbers and they are maintained by Mercantile’s successor, Dun &… (MORE…)
Are There Really No Commodity Brands?
You frequently hear companies say that innovation is easy for others, but “in our category, there’s just not much you can do.” My response? Nonsense. There are no commodity brands, only commodity thinking. Don’t believe it? Consider the lowly Birthday Cake candle and read on … (MORE…)
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