In describing why business models must change, Kay Plantes pointed out a study that indicates 78% of respondents believed the American Dream has died.
This has bothered me all weekend.
I believe that most positive change comes from optimists building what they believe is possible. (Have you ever worked with a pessimist trying to build what they [...]
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Is The American Dream Dead?
It’s In The Details
I’m not usually one to point out spelling mistakes (glass houses and all) but this sign was pointed out to me by my lovely wife during a quick stop in Peoria the other day to see my son perform in the All-State Honors Band and I figured I would share.
Even in today’s wonderful world of [...]
Open Innovation – Filing a non-patent
The top 25 companies by US patent value was released by Business Week and it is worth a look. IBM generated the largest number of patents while Microsoft generated patents of the highest value (according to the BW study).
The number of patents involved at IBM is a simply mind-boggling 4,914. That’s over 13 patentable inventions [...]
Filtering Ideas – Yodeling Pickle
How many ideas have you rejected this week? It’s tough to keep track given the velocity they come at us. (Heck, we get bombarded with 34 gigabytes of information including 100,000 words a day, not to mention what we think up for ourselves.)
As children most of us were thoroughly trained to censor our thoughts before [...]
Parking, Romance and Cafe Pazzo
Parking meters and I have never gotten along all that well. I tend to be late and they tend to be early. At least that’s what I tell the judge.
The relationship hasn’t improved since Chicago Parking Meters have been ‘upgraded’ over the past year with space age technology and higher rates. Most retailers understand that [...]
Nice article, Fred. .-= Ja-Nae´s last blog ..NPR wants to know: Who hates Voicemail? =-.