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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description></description><title>Business and Innovation News</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @businessinnovation)</generator><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/</link><item><title>How Mercadona Fixes Retail's 'Last 10 Yards' Problem — HBS Working Knowledge</title><description>&lt;a href="http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6440.html"&gt;How Mercadona Fixes Retail's 'Last 10 Yards' Problem — HBS Working Knowledge&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;So much of this case is applicable beyond the retail space. In sum, People Matter.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1078877732</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1078877732</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:45:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 10 Teleconferencing Tips «</title><description>&lt;a href="http://gigaom.com/collaboration/10-top-teleconferencing-tips/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%29"&gt;Top 10 Teleconferencing Tips «&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Conference calls are a fact of life for most of us - and these are some good tips to make them more effective and interesting.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1078520865</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1078520865</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:27:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Life Cycle Of Innovation In Business</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-life-cycle-of-innovation-in-business-2010-6?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29"&gt;The Life Cycle Of Innovation In Business&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;The distinction between “sustaining innovation” in a large organization versus “disruptive innovation” can not be under appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In some respects “sustaining innovation” is hardly innovation at all…….&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1078137195</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1078137195</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:02:48 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Friday fun: product management made easy</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProductMarketing/~3/kpz2_CBqteU/friday-fun-product-management-made-easy.html"&gt;Friday fun: product management made easy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;This is a little too close to reality :-)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1065012943</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/1065012943</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:46:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Benefits of Pissing People Off</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/11/25/the-benefits-of-pissing-people-off/"&gt;The Benefits of Pissing People Off&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;The Colin Powell quote is great. One can’t be liked by everyone. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/918390801</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/918390801</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:32:33 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Seth's Blog: "Powerpoint makes us stupid"--these bullets can kill</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/04/powerpoint-makes-us-stupidthese-bullets-can-kill.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;Seth's Blog: "Powerpoint makes us stupid"--these bullets can kill&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;PowerPoint is far and away one of the most abused software programs ever. Probably more than Excel.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/554027787</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/554027787</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:45:59 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovate on Purpose: What if innovation was the norm?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-if-innovation-was-norm.html"&gt;Innovate on Purpose: What if innovation was the norm?&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/540969772</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/540969772</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:54:33 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Business Lessons Learned from Undercover Boss</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.inc.com/print/574?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20inc%2Fheadlines%20%28Inc.com%20Headlines%29&amp;utm_content=Google%20Reader"&gt;5 Business Lessons Learned from Undercover Boss&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/538648846</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/538648846</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:37:50 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Finding time to innovate</title><description>&lt;a href="http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2010/03/finding-time-to-innovate.html"&gt;Finding time to innovate&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;If innovation isn’t a priority, and time isn’t set aside for it, great things will get lost in the day to day.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/473582394</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/473582394</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:37:04 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"But what’s more important is that we occasionally forget one critical factor in innovation:..."</title><description>“But what’s more important is that we occasionally forget one critical factor in innovation: it’s not about what we, the developers and product managers want. It’s about what the customers and users want and need, and are willing to pay for.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2010/02/can-making-something-worse-be.html"&gt;Innovate on Purpose: Can making something worse be innovative?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/384836477</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/384836477</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:22:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Bayesian probability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title><description>&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_probability"&gt;Bayesian probability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Bayesian probability is much overlooked in problem solving and analysis, but I believe a very powerful tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Which reminds me, 67.7% of people don’t know basic statistics. 4 out of 5 people know that :-)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/383252771</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/383252771</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:05:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Seth's Blog: The least I could do</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/02/the-least-i-could-do.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;Seth's Blog: The least I could do&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;I agree with Godin here - being better really can make a huge difference.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/377239859</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/377239859</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:34:38 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Run a Meeting Like Google</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2006/sb20060927_259688.htm"&gt;How to Run a Meeting Like Google&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/352064159</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/352064159</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:07:32 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>On how Google Wave surprisingly changed my life</title><description>&lt;a href="http://maxklein.posterous.com/on-how-google-wave-surprisingly-changed-my-li"&gt;On how Google Wave surprisingly changed my life&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/341906448</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/341906448</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:19:31 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The Bank Channel: The Innovation Decision Tree</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.thebankchannel.com/2010/01/my-innovation-decision-tree.html"&gt;The Bank Channel: The Innovation Decision Tree&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/327190911</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/327190911</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:49:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The 4 Key Ingredients Of Great Organizations « Customer Experience Matters</title><description>&lt;a href="http://experiencematters.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/the-4-key-ingredients-of-great-organizations/"&gt;The 4 Key Ingredients Of Great Organizations « Customer Experience Matters&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/299103937</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/299103937</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:03:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>So you don't think Twitter is for B2B?  - Global Neighbourhoods</title><description>&lt;a href="http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2009/12/so-you-dont-think-twitter-is-for-b2b-.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GlobalNeighbourhoods+%28Global+Neighbourhoods%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;So you don't think Twitter is for B2B?  - Global Neighbourhoods&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/282520195</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/282520195</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:12:12 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Friday fun: imagine computing in the trillions - ProductMarketing.com</title><description>&lt;a href="http://pragmaticmarketing.typepad.com/productmarketing/2009/12/friday-fun-imagine-computing-in-the-trillions.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ProductMarketing+%28Product+Marketing%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;Friday fun: imagine computing in the trillions - ProductMarketing.com&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;I agree that this is great use of animation, but I think the message is also very poignant. Just like we couldn’t imagine the internet of today in the 80’s, we’ll look back on today and be amazed.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/279909908</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/279909908</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:56:55 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike - New York Times</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30know.html?_r=1"&gt;Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/279770751</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/279770751</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:55:16 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovating beyond the headlights</title><description>&lt;a href="http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2009/12/innovating-beyond-headlights.html"&gt;Innovating beyond the headlights&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Some really great thoughts on the harsh reality of innovation time lines - especially in publicly traded companies.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/270738276</link><guid>http://business.outsidelook.com/post/270738276</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:14:00 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

