Innovation

The most central role in helping ideas take root, however, is that of the idea practitioner—someone who has developed a “practice” of idea implementation, a task that’s much harder than idea generation. Idea practitioners determine what makes sense for their companies, modify the ideas to suit their needs, and mobilize their organizations to make those real. In many cases, they’re ...

Fast Company | coping – Dan Hanson Funny how cancer cuts through the b.s. Here’s an article from Fast Company about a guy who got cancer, and it changed his whole outlook on the workplace, among other things. Another inspriing story from a survivor and instructive about work. Some quotables:

It is often assumed that the more knowledge that is gained in a specific area the less there is to discover within that specialty. Indeed if boundaries are placed on a specialty area the knowledge to be gained within the defined area may indeed be finite. As a species we do seem to love borders and boundaries. They help us ...

“We have an answer here…But what are the questions?” Dr. Paul Agre, winner on Wednesday of 2003 Nobel Prize for Chemistry