Dr. Ken Gregory had a “light bulb moment” while walking through Williams Sonoma and saw dried, compressed kitchen sponges. Why not use similar-sized sponges to stop people who are bleeding. Thus was born the XStat, a dose of tiny sponge-like discs that can be injected into open wounds to stop the bleeding.
The 6 Hottest Innovation Trends
The Startup Boom, Open Innovation, The Sharing Economy, Crowdsourcing and other developments are changing how we live and work — and practice “innovation.”
Thriving in the Age of Disruption
In 1997, when Harvard professor Clay Christensen first articulated his theory of disruption, the phenomenon was confined to the disk drive industry and a few others. Today, disruption is an ever-present threat to a growing number of industries.
Greetings from the World’s Most Innovative City
Last week during a speaking engagement in Colombia, I had the opportunity to view firsthand the amazing transformation Medellin has undergone from Murder Capital of the world 20 years to being name the World’s Most Innovative City.
The Five Best Practices of the Global Innovation Elite
At The Economist’s 2013 Ideas Conference in Berkeley, Robert B. Tucker was invited to report on the best practices of the world’s most innovative companies. Guess who’s not on the list?
