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Oct 20, 2014 How to Turn Conflict Into Creativity Two talented people who have nothing in common are more likely to create something exciting than two talented people who think the same way. Read More

Sep 29, 2014 Innovation: Hide Inside Trojan Horses Whether Greeks bearing gifts for stalwart King Priam of Troy or a malware computer virus masquerading as a can’t miss offer, the Trojan horse has come to represent a manipulative strategy of trickery and deception. Read More

Sep 17, 2014 Jeff DeGraff on “Small Business: Smart Solutions” Jeff DeGraff was recently a featured guest on the radio show “Small Business: Smart Solutions.” Read More

Sep 15, 2014 Innovation: Master the Art of SODOTO Ornithologists report that New Caledonian crows fashion twigs into tools for collecting and extracting insects from the hollows of trees. Read More

Sep 2, 2014 Innovation: Old Crops, New Soil Did you know that some of the largest chapters of agricultural groups like the Future Farmers of America are in urban centers? Read More

Aug 25, 2014 Jeff DeGraff on “The Second Stage” Jeff DeGraff was recently a featured guest on the radio show “The Second Stage.” Read More

Aug 25, 2014 Can the “Commies” Innovate? The headlines about the economic fortunes of the 1% and the associated political maneuvering to influence and manipulate our world view are disturbingly reminiscent of those in the early-twentieth century when mega-corporations called “trusts” ruled the day. Read More

Aug 18, 2014 Innovation: There Is No Final Destination Innovations don’t stay innovations. Read More

Aug 4, 2014 Innovation: Making the Unknown Known In his magnum opus Critique of Pure Reason, the philosopher Immanuel Kant builds a bridge between what is known, what is unknown and what is unknowable. Read More

Jul 28, 2014 Innovation Starts in Dark Places There is a dark, untold back story of innovation that may disturb you: many of the earliest forms of the world’s biggest technological advancements were pioneered by bad people in morally corrupt contexts. Read More

Jul 21, 2014 Originality is Not All That Original What do William Shakespeare and Led Zeppelin have in common? Read More

Jul 14, 2014 The False Ambition of Innovation Booze only brings false courage but coffee incites false ambition, an equally dangerous proposition. Read More