innovation

First, it’s consumer trends that we’re interested in. Not the ongoing macro-trends (see above) that will form the backdrop to 2015. learn more in trendwatching 

The world has changed in recent years. A number of common jobs, especially those influencused by technology have faded away while  whole industries have emerged in their place. This why you can’t really study certain jobs in school today as…

Ustraap has created a bracelet that identifies obstructions, allowing a visually impaired person to point it in any direction and receive either a vibration or a buzz when an object is in their way. learn more at fastcompany  This Bracelet…

For those of you looking to create and grow a successful 21st Century Organization in the face of modern market pressures and uncertainties, the important question continues to be: What do you focus on now to be competitive and leading-edge?…

The company recently unveiled its annual “Next Five in Five,” showcasing five innovations it thinks will hit the tech market in the next five years. This year’s list is filled with better batteries, 3D holograms, computer heat energy, better GPS,…

The share of profits from new products is particularly high in medtech compared to other industries; and Arthur D. Little’s recent global Innovation Excellence study demonstrates that a high performance innovation system generates significant and quantifiable effects on profitability and…

In spite of all the economic, societal, and environmental obstacles thrown their way, millennials the world over still believe that things can change–and that business in particular can move the world into a better place.   Deloitte’s 2013 Global Millennial…

Twenty years from now it will be bizarre if you walk into a store and the store doesn’t know who you are,” say veteran technology journalists Robert Scoble and Shel Israel in Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the…

It’s no longer a question of when and how mobile will emerge as a payments platform. The habit of paying for things on smartphones and tablets is already ingrained in modern consumer society, particularly among young demographics. In the same…

There is no place like the connected home sweet home    learn more in fast company  The world’s top 10 most innovative companies in the Internet of things by Fast Company Staff was last modified: February 28th, 2014 by futu…