Insights from The New Yorker Profile John Mackey, the co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market The New Yorker has a long article on Mackey which was a very good read. Since it is so long, I've summarized what I found interesting from it below. I'm terrible at summarizing and in college never got into highlighting my textbooks. When reading I either found it all really interesting or all really dull, so it was...
How Collective Intelligence Outperforms Individual Expertise How many jelly beans are in this jar? The crowd might know better than you do. I haven't had a chance to read Wisdom of Crowds yet by James Surowiecki, but an article in Building43.com was very interesting. It shows that collectively, a crowd/group's mind is better than your own when trying to solve a problem or answer a question. Check this out... So, although individually everyone was woefully...
From the video: "The color helps us to accept diversity and understand that we are all different. We live in America and Randy just sets that tone. Randy just sort of gave us that opportunity to be your own self." From PopCityMedia.com: "North Side resident Randy Gilson spent 25 years revitalizing a section of the North Side with bold colors and designs, art and more. Randyland is now a landmark, an act of love for...
Think Different Fostering Innovation in Your Organization Apple's iconic "Think Different" campaign from 1997 Apple had a famous ad campaign in 1997 asking people to "think different". How many of you think different? If you find you or your company struggles to think differently, I just reviewed a great list of 50 ways to foster innovation and here are my favorite from the ideachampions.com article: Remember that innovation requires no fixed rules or templates --...
Mark fractured his neck when the wheel on his bicycle came off unexpectedly on a Chicago area roadway. Since then he has inspired the world with his relentless drive to teach himself to walk again. "If you think you are done. You're done." — Mark Stephan.
Moobella, a company based out of Faunton, MA has created an innovative machine which makes freshly churned ice cream in 40 seconds. About The Company Machines in the Northeast by 2010 Machines in U.S. and international locations by 2011 How It Works Select Flavor Choose from 96 different flavor variations Machine Churns The machine churns fresh ice cream in just 40 seconds Enjoy! Enjoy freshly made ice cream for $2.85 per scoop Source: Forbes