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05.01.13: Soren Kaplan
Harnessing the Power of SurpriseBreakthroughs share three common characteristics: they challenge fundamental assumptions about existing products, services, business models, or organizations; they transform existing ways of doing business by rewriting rules or revolutionizing current practices; and they apply resources in entirely new ways, whether people, knowledge, relationships, or technology.
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09.28.09: Jane Margolies
SkinReport on maternity clothes made in Colombia with local labor. (No seamstresses under the age of 50 need apply.)
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09.09.09:
KivaReport on Kiva, the pioneering microfinance site, which won a 2009 INDEX award for humanitarian design.
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02.26.09: John Thackara
The Innovator Next DoorWhether it's narrowly defining innovation as technology, or imposing solutions on communities, John Thackara discusses the mistakes made by large companies.
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