Most Active Articles 2009-11-24T14:09:53.924-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:business-innovation Michael Arndt marndt561 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15738581221077945650-2fe2e06baeb3dd46071aa518a38fd76e 2009-11-24T10:36:16.399-05:00

Remote working, or working from home, is becoming increasingly popular as companies seek the economic benefits of moving some of its team out of the office, or having employees that are able to log on at home. But, businesses could be exposing themselves to more risk by using remote workers if the process is not properly thought through and monitored.

Remote working, or working from home, is becoming increasingly popular as companies seek the economic benefits of moving some of its team out of the office, or having employees that are able to log on at home. But, businesses could be exposing themselves to more risk by using remote workers if the process is not properly thought through and monitored. http://information-security-resources.com/2009/11/23/telecommuting-and-enterprise-security/ Anthony M. Freed afreed536 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14894756983552745254-72ebbd24a797c7baee384a36385bd752 2009-11-24T10:59:29.795-05:00

Innovation Perspectives - Do you need permission to innovate? This is the first of several 'Innovation Perspectives' articles we will publish this week from multiple authors to get different perspectives on 'What is the most dangerous current...

Innovation Perspectives - Do you need permission to innovate? This is the first of several 'Innovation Perspectives' articles we will publish this week from multiple authors to get different perspectives on 'What is the most dangerous current... http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2009/11/innovation-perspectives-do-you-need.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6495799115677472365-594538799c78a5782853a192159d921e 2009-11-23T23:23:57.832-05:00

Do you remember the annual Christmas special about the island of misfit toys, where Rudolph ends up because he doesn't "fit in" with the other reindeer? The island is full of misfit toys that weren't acceptable for one reason or another.

Do you remember the annual Christmas special about the island of misfit toys, where Rudolph ends up because he doesn't "fit in" with the other reindeer? The island is full of misfit toys that weren't acceptable for one reason or another. http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2009/11/land-of-misfit-ideas.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 7 5 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2930854426334095220-8e6382ffcfbdc89e5baca9e61fab2468 2009-11-20T13:40:58.529-05:00

The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME's picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year

The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME's picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1934027,00.html Terri Griffith tgriffith986 300 297 1 2 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14832120556927698544-7d0cb246fc10cce3cd42d828ae0efa06 2009-11-24T05:58:21.307-05:00

It goes without saying that true customer loyalty is one of the most rare yet rewarding goals a company can achieve. In today’s highly competitive, ultra-connected world, instant gratification is often not fast enough. Consumers have more choices...

It goes without saying that true customer loyalty is one of the most rare yet rewarding goals a company can achieve. In today’s highly competitive, ultra-connected world, instant gratification is often not fast enough. Consumers have more choices... http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/brands-and-brand-loyalty.html Itamar Medeiros imedeiros325 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17407717374813710090-55d4c9262e501628e3bef98b089c5f5c 2009-11-24T05:44:26.636-05:00

Innovation Starts with Empathy The importance of developing deep connections with the people you serve. By Dev Patnaik, Founder and Principal, Jump Associates A few years ago, my publisher asked me to write a book about innovation. They’d read some...

Innovation Starts with Empathy The importance of developing deep connections with the people you serve. By Dev Patnaik, Founder and Principal, Jump Associates A few years ago, my publisher asked me to write a book about innovation. They’d read some... http://designmind.frogdesign.com/articles/the-substance-of-things-not-seen/innovation-starts-with-empathy.html Itamar Medeiros imedeiros325 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3404187215987305158-01413f06da7b689ee0334652f7fc8f03 2009-11-23T16:34:36.867-05:00

“The biggest waste in software is building something nobody wants” what a great quote. The same holds true for build-to-order, configure-to-order and product configuration strategies.

“The biggest waste in software is building something nobody wants” what a great quote. The same holds true for build-to-order, configure-to-order and product configuration strategies. http://productconfiguratorblog.com/product-configuration/building-product/11/19/2009 Steve Kayser skayser152 4 3 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3241999208899604920-bace7fa1736c1dec7f1eee902d481544 2009-11-24T00:54:57.197-05:00

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Men who suppress their anger about unfair treatment at work are two to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or die from heart disease than those who quickly vent their frustration, a Swedish study shows.

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Men who suppress their anger about unfair treatment at work are two to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or die from heart disease than those who quickly vent their frustration, a Swedish study shows. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aVODGIssb9Zw George Mattathil gmattathil715 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9907692651434706741-81fb6d14330eb2b2df3bb473a549ccf0 2009-11-23T06:37:13.111-05:00

Open your mind to the idea of innovation By Stefan Stern Published: November 17 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 17 2009 02:00 The three most dangerous words in management? "Not invented here." Only complacent leaders believe that their way of...

Open your mind to the idea of innovation By Stefan Stern Published: November 17 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 17 2009 02:00 The three most dangerous words in management? "Not invented here." Only complacent leaders believe that their way of... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ab24d24-d31b-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 Patricia Seybold pseybold008 12 11 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17887436669677535610-3c3d44e74fe308d4a830b544f42dbb6a 2009-11-22T15:55:52.369-05:00

American Eagle Outfitters offers 15 secs of fame in Times Square Posted by: Venessa Wong on November 19 American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) is giving its shoppers 15 seconds of fame. A 15,000 square foot LED display atop the retailer's new store in...

American Eagle Outfitters offers 15 secs of fame in Times Square Posted by: Venessa Wong on November 19 American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) is giving its shoppers 15 seconds of fame. A 15,000 square foot LED display atop the retailer's new store in... http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/next/archives/2009/11/american_eagle.html Patricia Seybold pseybold008 19 18 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:737751067827930271-c04711a708fb80170cf035c3943890bd 2009-11-23T01:28:00.914-05:00

ReadWriteWeb's list of the the best international products.

ReadWriteWeb's list of the the best international products. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_international_products_2008.php Maanasi R K mrk4439 12 11 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3504652338864918876-887dce98beef1edeb636e5f2a1edda9f 2009-11-23T19:05:46.650-05:00

Rather than demo another new tech­nol­ogy, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our ear­li­est but most inge­nious devices — the astro­labe. With thou­sands of uses, from telling time to map­ping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as bril­liant as the brand-new.

Rather than demo another new tech­nol­ogy, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our ear­li­est but most inge­nious devices — the astro­labe. With thou­sands of uses, from telling time to map­ping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as bril­liant as the brand-new. http://designative.info/2009/11/24/tom-wujec-demos-the-13th-century-astrolabe-at-ted/ Itamar Medeiros imedeiros325 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11506380734928488395-d6cc29d9d4d6b0805d678247213b15bd 2009-11-23T12:19:46.677-05:00

Innovation: What a great idea! Innovation thrives on a diet of news ideas. It needs fresh thinking and a different perspective from across the organization. We've noted that Innovation = Creative x Risk Taking. Setting aside risk for the moment,...

Innovation: What a great idea! Innovation thrives on a diet of news ideas. It needs fresh thinking and a different perspective from across the organization. We've noted that Innovation = Creative x Risk Taking. Setting aside risk for the moment,... http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2009/11/innovation-and-idea-management.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11579138367330427673-698160b19fe10a62b1282f9fe553d4aa 2009-11-23T06:57:51.582-05:00

Create Idea Hopper

Create Idea Hopper http://www.robertsrulesofinnovation.com/blogs/idea-management-blogs/innovation-and-idea-management-from-ideation-to-collaboration-to-execution.html#more-279 Robert Brands rbrands825 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16625945092288513682-534889d02110d16714a884c64ce85aba 2009-11-23T10:54:40.850-05:00

Just as markets do a better job of regulating good and bad business practices in rapidly evolving economies, the self interested protection of the security community may be the best response to the scourge of Internet pestilence. Viruses, worms, spam, spyware, and botnets have all changed the Internet and the way organizations use it for profit.

Just as markets do a better job of regulating good and bad business practices in rapidly evolving economies, the self interested protection of the security community may be the best response to the scourge of Internet pestilence. Viruses, worms, spam, spyware, and botnets have all changed the Internet and the way organizations use it for profit. http://information-security-resources.com/2009/11/22/surviving-cyber-war-a-primer-on-ddos/ Anthony M. Freed afreed536 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16065998901915423053-93e40a9e92e0720e5aa35b492f2e073d 2009-11-19T11:07:23.090-05:00

By Andrew LaVallee Google Wave is a powerful, exciting, versatile tool, but you’re not alone if you can’t get your head around what it does, said Gina Trapani, the former editor of Gawker Media blog Lifehacker. Jared Goralnick/Flickr Gina Trapani Ms.

By Andrew LaVallee Google Wave is a powerful, exciting, versatile tool, but you’re not alone if you can’t get your head around what it does, said Gina Trapani, the former editor of Gawker Media blog Lifehacker. Jared Goralnick/Flickr Gina Trapani Ms. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/18/google-wave-not-for-dummies/ Terri Griffith tgriffith986 65 63 0 2 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1374700451328168408-1f3face6339da9d9b58deb7ee9744a0d 2009-11-23T05:10:42.671-05:00

(BY Cliff KuangFri) Everyone understands the various categories displayed in this Venn diagram: In hunting for a partner or a fling, we all known the trade-offs between beauty and brains. But we've never before seen a chart that so accurately describes the trials and tribulations of meeting someone worth dating.

(BY Cliff KuangFri) Everyone understands the various categories displayed in this Venn diagram: In hunting for a partner or a fling, we all known the trade-offs between beauty and brains. But we've never before seen a chart that so accurately describes the trials and tribulations of meeting someone worth dating. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/infographic-day-physical-attractiveness-vs-mental-attractiveness Itamar Medeiros imedeiros325 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16953705406794628780-da59d4a03068c12c366830ec5f799bb0 2009-11-23T05:45:39.844-05:00

Cookbooks often read better as literature than as technical lab manuals. That shouldn’t stop us from reading them, or from improvising our recipes. We no longer learn to cook solely from generations-old oral traditions. Our recipes don’t tend to get...

Cookbooks often read better as literature than as technical lab manuals. That shouldn’t stop us from reading them, or from improvising our recipes. We no longer learn to cook solely from generations-old oral traditions. Our recipes don’t tend to get... http://www.good.is/post/does-innovation-belong-in-that-recipe/ Itamar Medeiros imedeiros325 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1586343215434209316-e745499827b33d1da28bbdb65b413f39 2009-11-22T21:05:53.818-05:00

Popular opinion suggests that great innovation results from a mysterious combination of forces that make it appear to fall from the sky. Whether divine intervention, the harnessing of creative genius or luck, to many, innovation seems to surface at...

Popular opinion suggests that great innovation results from a mysterious combination of forces that make it appear to fall from the sky. Whether divine intervention, the harnessing of creative genius or luck, to many, innovation seems to surface at... http://adage.com/cmostrategy/article?article_id=140647 Itamar Medeiros imedeiros325 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1254777460674489963-fde8f0c678ab33dee73132a1f3e87b24 2009-11-20T04:14:30.632-05:00

(by Bruce Nussbaum) Fareed Zakaria wrote an excellent book, The Post American World: The Rise of the Rest, in which he said the relative decline of the U.S. was due to political, not economic problems. As someone who’s covered the global economy for decades, and as an old Political Science major, the argument never satisfied. Fareed was right about the delta—the direction of decline, but wrong about the cause. It was economic, as well as political.

(by Bruce Nussbaum) Fareed Zakaria wrote an excellent book, The Post American World: The Rise of the Rest, in which he said the relative decline of the U.S. was due to political, not economic problems. As someone who’s covered the global economy for decades, and as an old Political Science major, the argument never satisfied. Fareed was right about the delta—the direction of decline, but wrong about the cause. It was economic, as well as political. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/11/american_is_los.html Itamar Medeiros imedeiros325 9 8 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2635408303231145657-16082f5b82590608bb7c82c3c3018705 2009-11-20T10:18:28.028-05:00

Reading through a Windows security log or any other log can be very difficult and time consuming, so a lot of companies have created their own tools to analyze windows event logs. But before you start going commercial, there is a tool that will get you going without any cost. Against all odds, it’s a tool made by Microsoft!

Reading through a Windows security log or any other log can be very difficult and time consuming, so a lot of companies have created their own tools to analyze windows event logs. But before you start going commercial, there is a tool that will get you going without any cost. Against all odds, it’s a tool made by Microsoft! http://information-security-resources.com/2009/11/19/windows-security-logs-and-ms-log-parser/ Anthony M. Freed afreed536 4 2 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:909626591104690496-4dcde053bdaf8fadf988de9e7bb91cbd 2009-11-20T09:08:26.965-05:00

Companies like IBM and P&G have prospered by opening their borders, but there are cautionary lessons from the quality movement of the 1980s.

Companies like IBM and P&G have prospered by opening their borders, but there are cautionary lessons from the quality movement of the 1980s. http://www.strategy-business.com/article/09302?gko=a702c-27802017-27863600&cid=enews20091117 Robert Brands rbrands825 8 7 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14934765435420722732-c769a5f9c5074c51906271fe9eff5317 2009-11-19T04:20:05.903-05:00

This is the third of four parts of the list of 110 Innovation Tactics. Click here to view Part One - Innovation Tactics #1-16 Click here to view Part Two - Innovation Tactics #17-42 Celebration! Celebrate! Innovative organizations are places where...

This is the third of four parts of the list of 110 Innovation Tactics. Click here to view Part One - Innovation Tactics #1-16 Click here to view Part Two - Innovation Tactics #17-42 Celebration! Celebrate! Innovative organizations are places where... http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2009/11/innovate-or-die-tactics-43-72-of-110.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 9 8 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17975623028164271554-09f9618b808227c0ab85639776641ff2 2009-11-20T17:44:02.659-05:00

The words “money” and “productivity” should be interchangeable. So, what exactly did Goldman Sachs produce in order to amass such astonishing amounts of “money?” Where is the corresponding astonishing productivity?

The words “money” and “productivity” should be interchangeable. So, what exactly did Goldman Sachs produce in order to amass such astonishing amounts of “money?” Where is the corresponding astonishing productivity? http://www.conversationalcurrency.com/5010/goldman-sachs-bernie-madoff-on-steroids/ Daniel Robles drobles975 6 6 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14405082960117853305-9bcb85d0a04c133310a9dfb365848123 2009-11-19T13:19:35.275-05:00

What is the underlying culture that fosters innovation at 3M

What is the underlying culture that fosters innovation at 3M http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2009/11/midwestern-innovation-at-3m.html Jeyash Puthuparambil jputhuparambil536 9 9 0 0