Week in innovation (Aug. 19-24)

24 August 2012


Week in innovation (Aug. 19-24, 2012)

Links to timely stories about innovation, electronics and the entrepreneurial spirit relevant to our coverage on Drive for Innovation.

Storified by Brian Fuller · Thu, Aug 23 2012 17:56:14

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TRENDS
Apple, Samsung Patent War Puts Future of Innovation At Risk“That is effectively what makes our patent system stronger and makes innovation stronger. That gives new people the incentive to invent. …
Help Define How The US Government Promotes Innovation Over The Next Four Years | Techdirtfrom the take-part-now dept Here’s a chance to help define how the US government promotes innovation over the next four years. Over at ou…
Watch the premiere of NASA X, a new video program on NASA innovation. See how we’re changing the future of flight: http://www.nasa.gov/nasaxNASA
Manufacturing Innovation Consortium announced by White House.August 23, 2012 – White House, on August 15, 2012, announced launch of public-private institute for manufacturing innovation in Youngstow…
Spurring innovation: Post readers share their ideasHow do you encourage the next great U.S. inventions? Washington Post readers have been weighing in with their pie-in-the-sky ideas and th…
White House Innovation Fellows Tackle Federal IT ProjectsParticipants in the Innovation Fellows Program, which was announced by the White House in May 2012, will work in groups in the mode of se…
Illinois universities get better at capitalizing on researchIllinois universities are commercializing more of their research through technology licensing and startup formation, but they continue to…
BEST PRACTICES
When My Business FailedWe had 400 full-time employees. Sixteen U.S. offices. We were completing a year in which 58,009 people would participate in one of our lo…
Are You Talking Your Way Out of Innovation? – ForbesHow often do you hear these kinds of phrases in your company? Or worse, how often do you say them? We already tried that; it’ll never wor…
It’s More Important to Be Kind than CleverOne of the more heart-warming stories to zoom around the Internet lately involves a young man, his dying grandmother, and a bowl of clam …
Why America Lacks Global LeadersThere’s a difference between leading a global company and being a global leader. America has a lot of people who can do the former, but n…
COOL STUFF
Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come fromtedtalksdirector
Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivationtedtalksdirector
The Helping Hand – a story by Z. Murphy & L. Kranenanswers
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Nothing says so much to employees than a strategy that is executed.. Jim Woods #Quotes #Innovation http://bit.ly/Jein9UInnoThink Group
Innovation is when you change something completely, not partially.Bobbie Mack

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