A Think and Do Tank
By Brian Skeele, on May 24th, 2011
From where I stand, Innovation is the name of the game.
How can we create an atmosphere conducive to innovation to better support the emerging sustainable economy in …emerging??
I’m envisioning an affordable, interdisciplinary Think and Do Tank, an innovation lab. As I contemplate this “Center for Innovation’, I can see there are several ways it could be configured to serve each region’s needs. This Think and Do Tank could well have an online presence that facilitates innovation. Today, I’m going to focus on “real world” applications.
Some businesses, such as Google, pay their employees every week to spend 20% of their time on endeavors outside their “normal” jobs. These pursuits end up generating something like 80% of the innovative products Google develops.
The Think and Do Tank could be this kind of an asset for our community;… READ MORE >>
Entrepreneurship-Innovation from here on out
By Brian Skeele, on March 20th, 2011
Collaboration!
Our times call for rapid prototyping social, economical, and ecological strategies so the emerging sustainable economy can….emerge! Many of the jobs being created from evolving technologies, don’t even exist yet. We are inventing the future as we travel forward.
Half of the hottest futurist jobs don’t even exist yet, according to Daniel Burrus, author of Technotrends and CEO of Burrus Research Associates. “We’re in the early stages of shifting gears into the e-society,” he says. “Virtually every part of an enterprise will be e-enabled, which includes connectivity, content, commerce, communication, collaboration, and community.”… READ MORE >>