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Every meaningful discovery opens up new questions that only show us all the wonders that we don’t understand. – Noam Chomsky “Left of Boom” is a term of art used by the U.S. Department of Defense to describe the time before an explosion occurs, or as they say, “before things go kinetic.” In innovat…

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We’re doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change—inch by inch, day by day. – Barack Obama In 2012, the Eastman Kodak Company, the firm that dominated still and motion photography for over a century, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The rise of digital imaging had…
Innovation in the sciences is always linked in some way, either directly or indirectly, to a human experience. – John Maeda Deep science wrestles with the principles and fundamental concepts of the universe. It is inherently disruptive and results in disruptive innovation. However, the first market…
Play lies at the core of creativity and innovation – Stuart Brown Play excites. In motivates. It encourages creative problem solving. But play is much more than an antidote to despair, it produces higher performance in knowledge workers of all types. A problem in our country is the current method o…
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter DruckerMost companies are built to manage, which can come at the expense of innovation. Conversely, companies that are built to innovate are often challenging to manage. In this episode, Patrick K. Sullivan and Catherine Cruz discuss how vertical, comm…
“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.” – Nikola TeslaA former DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project…
“It is better to create than to learn. Creating is the essence of life.” – Julius Caesar When we’re young, we learn by doing, by making things. Unfortunately, this “making stuff” mindset is largely stamped out by high school in the name of efficiency and classroom control. A contributing factor is …
“I have never let schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain Education is one of the most important innovations the world has ever produced. The ability of individuals to pass on their hard-won knowledge and experience to another, in a fraction of the time it took to acquire, is a feat of…
“Geography is destiny.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Technology development in the United States has recently been concentrated in a handful of regions, like Silicon Valley or the Northeast Corridor. Oceanit was founded in Hawaii; not just outside this traditional “loop,” but remote from it: 2,500 miles fr…
“We all have a blind spot, and it’s shaped exactly like us.” – Junot Diaz In Games for the Super-Intelligent, James Fixx tells the anecdote of a high school physics teacher who challenges his students to determine the height of a building using only a barometer. He believes the “right” method is to…
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