A friend of mine asked me to come up with a lis to the most innovative companies. How do you come up with a list like that? Here is how I approach this issue. Most innovative = game changer And my definition of game changer is something that either already has or has the potential [...]
Favorite TED quotes: 1. “Food has a primal place in our home”–Jamie Oliver 2. “What makes people a little irrational is erection and addiction”–Elizabeth Pisani 3. “epic win–beyond imagination and what was thought impossible”–Jane McGonigal 4. “Being a teacher is the world’s finest calling”–Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin 5. “Create the condition for happiness. How [...]
Calculating Risk: Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger on Innovation and Getting it Right “One does not stop learning when you finish your PhD, you’re only beginning.” 2000 was a pretty good year for Professor Alan Heeger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his efforts in the discovery and development of conductive polymers and [...]
Read it if you want to see the breaking news of 2009. Just read on the Huffington Post that President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Surprised? Yes. Proud? Yes. Too early? Never. Political? Perhaps. With his effort to reduce global nuclear arms development, negotiate solution between Palestanians/Israelies, and bring larger attention to [...]
Read this if you’d like to increase team creativity, productivity with the 21st century motivation How many of you work with people? How many of you depend on your people to produce results? How many of you would like to create an environment where people are self-motivated, creative, and results oriented? When people think about [...]
Read this if you are interested in how to have people pay attention to your story. One afternoon amongst 500 other people, I spotted an older more distinguished gentleman. You know the kind of person who you can spot amongst 1000 people. I introduced myself and turned out he is the executive producer of Pretty [...]
Read this if you are interested in hearing what type of people I’d like to meet. I have been privileged. Because of my previous liaison work and passion to learning, I have had the chance to meet some of the most influential people in the world. Eric Schmidt of Google Dr. Muhammad Yunus of the [...]
Read this if you find people fascinating and you want to understand your partners better. I am student of human behaviors. I find people fascinating. Fascinating but equally perplexed. For example, men’s obsession with cars and women’s obsession with shoes. I’d like to be able to predict the general behavior of someone. So over the [...]
Ready this if you are interested in free wi-fi spaces in the Orange County area With my new focus on internet marketing and publishing, I found myself in a lot of meetings that require everyone to have wi-fi. Unfortunately, not all wi-fi is free and not all wi-fi locations are created equal. It’s quite frustrating [...]
Social Media’s Importance In Foreign Affairs It’s no shocker that Iran’s recent elections have made the headlines of every major news network. However what IS noteworthy is the role social media is playing in the recent turmoil. Keeping information and content within your region or country has become literally impossible thanks to the world wide [...]
