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Jane McGonigal
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Mickey McManus
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Terry O'Reilly
Finding your greatest area of opportunity -
Neal Bascomb
Hey, teacher, leave those books alone -
Lorne Whitehead
How to get your ideas across
How videogames can save the world
Hearing what isn't said key to innovating
Finding your greatest area of opportunity
Hey, teacher, leave those books alone
How to get your ideas across
The Leading Thinkers
Is Canada too conservative to innovate?
Eric Gales, president of Microsoft Canada, says our country doesn't lack good ideas but does seem to be short on the will to put them into action. "If we can't innovate," he says, "ultimately, we're actually going backwards."
The CEO innovation factor: Sculley versus Jobs
Jane Stevenson, co-author of Breaking Away, argues CEOs have massive influence on the innovations their companies create. Here she compares the CEOs of Apple, John Sculley and Steve Jobs, on their innovations.
Is Canada a "rudderless" pumper of oil?
As Canada heads to the polls, are we talking enough about the future? Tony Chapman, CEO of advertising firm Capital C and a provocative speaker, says Canada is at sea when it comes to innovation. "We have no centralized focus to make innovation a priority," he says.
At this school, the geeks own cool
Neal Bascomb, author of The New Cool, reflects on innovation lessons he learned following a high-school robotics team in California. "We really need to be celebrating scientists and engineers if we want our economy to grow and to innovate," he says.
Hearing what isn't said key to innovating: McManus
Mickey McManus, president of MAYA Design in Pittsburgh, says watching people interact with technology in real life allows researchers to determine their "unvoiced needs."
How videogames can save the world
Jane McGonigal, videogame designer and thinker at Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, Calif., says when we play videogames, "we tap into the best versions of ourselves." If we could bring "gamer powers" to reality, she says, "I think we could accomplish a lot."
Why people insist a stapler look like a stapler
Theodore Noseworthy researches the relationship between how an innovation looks and our peception of what its function is at the University of Western Ontario.
How to get your ideas across
Be ready for criticism, especially of the unfair kind, says Lorne Whitehead, a professor at the University of British Columbia. "Invite criticism of all forms and be ready to deal with it," he says, or see good ideas killed
Selling innovation can hinge on perception
When it comes to selling a new innovation it's all about image, says Terry O'Reilly, host of The Age of Persuasion on CBC Radio. Here, he describes the lessons that can be learned from the now ubiquitous 'I love NY' campaign in New York in the 1980s.
Integration rhymes with innovation
Tom Chau, Canada research chair in pediatric rehabilitation and engineering at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, says the country can be a leading innovator if its separate industries work together.
A storm forming in the computing cloud
Mickey McManus, president of MAYA Design and thinker on systems and technology, took your questions
