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Quantum Superposition and Quantum Entanglement are hard ideas to accept because they run counter to what we experience in normal life. Yet it is exactly these ideas that IBM is betting on now. To help me wrap my head around it all, I spent several hours talking to Charlie Bennett, an IBM Fellow considered to be one of the founders of quantum information theory.

The stark truth of platforms and ecosystems for B2B companies is that there will never be one dominant platform that everyone accepts and leverages. In fact there will almost always be several segmented platforms in any company or industry. This means there is real value in being a platform bridge or connector.

It is well known that our physical attitude can affect our mental attitude.  If our posture is more positive then our thinking is more positive.  Researchers Slepian and Ambady report an experiment in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.  They had some subjects move their arms in big fluid movements and other subjects moved their arms in short, precise movements.  Then ...

Learning curve matters above all else. Michelangelo is my new innovation hero and Ancora Imparo is my new innovation mantra.

Brandon Klein shares 5 steps of analysis that are useful in creating high performance connections. His post highlights the process of how TechCrunch is innovating in the conference space, and employing tactics to drive innovative, and ultimately profitable, connections.

There's a viral video that makes it's way around during the winter holidays in which Star Trek's Captain Picard repeats his trademark command, "Make it so." (A play on the holiday jingle "Make it Snow.") We'd all like to lead like Picard, but in the real world it's not that easy, especially when it comes to innovation. Still, I've heard founders repeatedly say, ...

Chad McAllister interviews Richard Banfield, co-author his soon-to-be-released book "Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams". Their discussion will give you a preview – and valuable insights for becoming a product leader.

When we get called into a company it is often because a very expensive innovation effort failed. One of the huge global innovation firms was called in to create a new platform and what happens next is very much like a bad action movie—you know the story. No surprises. The company received breakthrough concepts but they don’t know what to do with them, ...

I continue to investigate and explore as much of the thought leadership on innovation as I can, it continually points to a change in how we approach innovation. Delivering this changing message becomes simply a cause in itself as so many are failing to recognize it as radically different from their past innovation management. I have written about the new innovation ...

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