Futurism
A New Manifesto for Innovation
Everything i thought – and taught – about innovation was wrong. That sounds way too sensationalistic, and it probably is. But the drama of that statement is certainly rooted in truth. Allow me to explain. Several years ago, I got enamored with the concept of ‘innovation’. So much so, in fact, that it became... »
Red Dot Award for Design Concepts 2009
Inovent got invited to the Red Dot Design Concept Awards last November 25 in Singapore’s Red Dot Museum, and so Chief Inoventor Brian Quebengco, Design Inoventor, and I went to check it out and get ourselves immersed in award-winning concepts. Below are the highlights from our journey : Standing outside the Red Dot Museum... »
TEDx is Coming to Manila
TED, our inspiration behind putting up the WhyNot?Forum, is coming to Manila! This particular event is called TEDx Manila, and is being organized by Filipino UP Professor and education advocate Rom Feria (himself a TED Fellow). TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our... »
Did You Know? 4.0
I’m a great fan of Shift Happens, a presentation made by educator Karl Fisch that spread like wildfire around the world – seamlessly blending statistics, infographics, and social media and making it digestible for the 21st Century. Shift HappensView more presentations from Jeff Brenman. Of course, it was also largely due to the face... »
Why the Leaders of the Future Are Designers
In his new book Leaders Make the Future - Bob Johansen of the Institute for the Future builds a case for the new leadership skills needed for an uncertain world. Here’s his list : 1. Maker Instinct: The ability to exploit your inner drive to build and grow things, as well as connect with... »
Is Money Losing Its Currency?
The cliche’ “Money isn’t everything” has never held as much truth as it does now. You see, it used to be that we bartered and traded goods and services for other goods and services. Badly put, I’ll give you ten chickens if you build part of my house. But when this great invention –... »
All Bets Are Off
These are amazing times. And I don’t necessarily mean that in a positive slant. There’s an ongoing G20 Summit, wherein global leaders are thinking through how to get us out of this intricate financial mess. But here’s the tricky part. I really don’t think anybody can accurately predict what the other end of this... »
The Future Just Happened
the first American black president. touch and gesture-based interface technology. the internet and cloud computing. scarcity of basic commodities. climate change. nanotechnology. this is stuff i used to just see in future-themed books or movies. but they’re now very, very REAL. i don’t know when it exactly happened, but one day i just woke... »
The Death of Innovation?
I came across a relatively controversial headline from BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum, one of the foremost influencers of the global innovation conversation : “INNOVATION IS DEAD. HERALD THE BIRTH OF TRANSFORMATION AS THE KEY CONCEPT OF 2009″ »
What’s in Spore?
I have a new guilty pleasure. It’s the new game by Sims ubergamecreator Will Wright called Spore. It actually passed the wake-up-again test : I played it until i was on the brink of sleep. As i was trying to drift into dreamland, it lingered incessantly and just kept on replaying in my head.... »
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