I didn’t fully appreciate the lessons that I received from Larry Keeley’s Innovation Frontiers class last semester until I started to explore the X-prize model in depth.
Listen to their elevator statement:
“The mission of the X PRIZE Foundation is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. The Foundation fosters innovative, high-profile competitions that [...]
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On May 22-23 (Thursday and Friday), the Institute of Design is hosting a Strategy Conference at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
As usual, I’m pretty excited about the speakers: notably, Bill Buxton, AG Lafley, Roger Martin, John Seely Brown, and Paul Polak! How amazing is it that we get so many great minds in [...]
How does “Fair & Lovely” fare?
21Mar07Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Unilever or associated brands. These are just my thoughts on a heated debate.
Sometimes, it’s hard to get people to talk about selling to the Base of the Pyramid and looking to the emerging markets as a source of revenue. I think the latest BoP [...]
Consumer responsibility
16Mar07I’m interested in corporate social responsiblity and the evolution of enterprise (I am brewing a post on this subject that will be up here soon). Tangentially related to corporate responsibility is the notion of consumer responsibility. How does one, as a product designer, inventor, or entrepreneur create platforms that create infectious positive social [...]
I’m writing this post to resolve, in my mind, the approach for MNCs toward opening product and service offerings in the developing world targeted at consumers who earn $2 a day or less.
I am currently working on a project called Design for the Emerging Markets here at the IIT Institute of Design… We changed the [...]
The closing keynote for the Net Impact conference was given by Andy Lock.It was fantastic- Andy is a guy who truly "gets it" when it comes to CSR and values-based leadership. Here’s what he had to say:
* Meaning MATTERS.
* In the coming war for talent, people have tremendous choice over where they’ll work. People [...]
Participants:Kat Walsh - Living Tree Paper companyJP Kusz - Center for Sustainable EnterpriseDawn Danby - WorldChangingSteve Bishop - IDEO
Key takeaways:
* 51 of top 100 capitalized business are larger than countries by measure of GDP* Changing nature of Design: - 1 time transaction –> Annuity stream - Designer = socially conscious architect meeting need of [...]
At this year’s Net Impact conference right here in Chicago, I learned a ton and met a multitude of interesting people.
I got to catch panels about Social entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsiblity, and Business and Technology for social good at the Professional Summit.
I will be posting some highlights and notes from the conference since [...]
