Comment on a series of posts other professionals in your area of expertise seem to be talking about. Read something in a totally different genre like philosophy or history and try and put it in the context of your job. Blog some rhetorical questions that are on your mind. Interview someone you find interesting by email. 3-5 questions will do. MORE >>

When toy company Geared for Imagination needed a presentation for online, for at a trade show, and for internal training, it found Prezi, a fast-growing interactive alternative to PowerPoint. When Ryan Hamilton and Bret Faber started a wholesale toy company in Ohio three years ago, they decided to present their wares differently. MORE >>

I read a fascinating article in New Scientist (sub required) which cites several academic projects to profile us based on social network data. These include: a) Work by Lars Backstrom, a researcher at Facebook, showed he could locate 2/3rd of MORE >>

Innovation isn't the trickle-down process we often imagine it to be. Two authors envision the developing world as a fertile research-and-development lab for companies in any market. We imagine innovation as a trickle-down process. But the days of rich countries' hegemony over innovation may be numbered. Govindarajan spoke with Inc. That's $1.5 MORE >>

If you are a young startup founder, how do you find that CEO or other executive for your “dream team” to close on funding and kick start your company? If that’s as far as you go, you haven’t done the whole job. In reality, none of these alternatives is as effective as face-to-face networking. " Provide effective leadership. Everybody wins. MORE >>