Category Archives: invention

Belle Époque 2·0

The authors look at our times and wonder whether the world is on the brink of a second Belle Époque, a new era of humanistic thought and progress.

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ET or TE?

The authors contrast the approaches and personalities of Thomas A. Edison and Nikola Tesla, and how the two types contribute to successful teams in modern organizations.

Also posted in design, history, intellectual property, marketing, philosophy, The Journal, The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 4, no. 1, 2010 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Business, Brand, Innovation and Design

The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 1, no. 1, 2007 Ava Maria Hakim  IBM Global Solutions, Business Transformation Outsourcing hakimava@us.ibm.com Microsoft Word version Thomas Watson, who helped grow one of the first truly global organizations, is quoted as saying ‘Good design is good business’. For the maverick of IBM, ‘Design must reflect the practical [...]

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