Plan vs. Path — Which Is Better for Innovation?
Planning is a centerpiece of corporate behavior, but to encourage innovation, blazing a trail is perhaps a better approach.
A Parable of Innovation in Publishing — A Mostly True Story
This is a parable of the role in innovation in publishing and makes the case that we should not criticize companies that try and fail to do new things.
Pizzas and Publishing — Why Disruption in Publishing Isn't Coming from Within
Complexity, culture, and baked-in bias are limiting how publishers define value and approach the future.
Low-Hanging Fruit and the Re-Ordering of the Value Chain
As new business models emerge and funding sources change, can professional societies and not-for-profits respond? Or will they keep their heads buried in the sand?
10 New Business Models in 2010 — A Primer on Innovation
Want to see the business models behind PatientsLikeMe.com, Groupon, and Spotify? Here they are, along with 7 others from 2010.
The Next E-book Device Is Already Here
The next new e-book reading device is already here. (You may already own one.)
Let’s Hear It for Reckless Enthusiasm!
Innovations in scholarly communications often come about through bold and often reckless investments in new capacity, for which the utility is not always obvious.
SSP IN Field Trip Report: AS220
What would SSP IN be without a field trip? Seed Media’s Joy Moore arranged an expedition to community art space AS220 where IN attendees viewed work by local artists, had lunch, and talked with Bert Crenca, AS220’s founder and artistic […]
ARL/Ithaka Report on Scholarly Communication
Circular reasoning and tradition cloud an otherwise significant report on what constitutes scholarship today.