http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ Thoughts on design, strategy and innovation. en-us zacharyp@id.iit.edu 2007-11-04T23:25:55-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000065.html An interview with Adam Greenfield, author, Adjunct Professor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program and principal at Studies and Observations NYC . I got a chance to catch up with Adam to chat about some key themes related to... 65@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-11-04T23:25:55-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000064.html I got a chance to catch up with Jared Braiterman, PhD. in Anthropology and Principal of Giant Ant, to chat about some key topics from this month’s DUX2007 in Chicago (you can still register). The following is an excerpt of... 64@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-10-29T12:10:10-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000063.html I got a chance to catch up with Elizabeth Churchill, PhD. and Principal Research Scientist with Yahoo! Research to chat about some key topics from this month’s DUX2007 in Chicago (you can still register). The following is an excerpt of... 63@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-10-21T14:30:32-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000062.html Radiohead's new record, In Rainbows, is fantastic (although I'm not sure you can accurately call a folder of mp3s a "record"). With it, we witness the band's return to form following a one album slump. With it, we witness the... 62@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-10-10T23:19:39-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000061.html This past May it was a pleasure to meet John Maeda, designer, author and co-director of MIT's Media Lab, at the IIT Institute of Design Strategy Conference. I gave him a copy of Naked Innovation and, low and behold, he... 61@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-10-10T23:04:42-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000060.html I've been on extended break from adding any content to creativeslant for a few reasons. First and foremost, I graduated from a Masters program at the IIT Institute of Design and I just needed some time to relax. Second (and... 60@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-08-12T19:19:19-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000058.html I just finished writing my first book with Institute of Design colleague and McKinsey consultant, David McGaw. We are currently in talks with publishers about getting it distributed through traditional channels but I wanted to give a preview here. You... 58@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-05-14T15:46:55-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000057.html I know Bruce Nussbaum personally. He is nice man who has become the most vocal and probably most important proponent for design, my chosen field. For this, I am deeply appreciative. Unfortunately, like many journalists writing for popular publications like... 57@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-04-02T16:31:38-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000055.html We are two hundred years past the birth of the Industrial Revolution. In those two centuries, the main force for generating value in society has fundamentally changed three times. First, at the dawn of well-organized society, value was generated through... 55@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-01-28T12:27:00-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000053.html There has been much written of late regarding the notion of “Design Thinking”. Everyone from Rotman’s Roger Martin to Adaptive Path’s Peter Merholz from IDEO’s Tom Kelley to the Institute of Design’s venerable Charles L. Owen has an opinion of... 53@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2007-01-08T13:38:31-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000052.html The Royal College of Art in the Netherlands has named me a “Mastermind” of interactive media design. As such, I'll be writing for their new blog as well as visiting the school at some point to interact with faculty... 52@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ personal 2006-12-15T13:33:00-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000054.html 54@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ personal 2006-11-15T13:49:29-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000051.html I don't generally cover politics on my website, largely because I feel the politial process in the United States is broken. In my opinion, there is virtually no meaningful "conversation" happening currently amongst our citizens here in the United States.... 51@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ personal 2006-10-19T09:43:03-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000050.html Dave Pollard published a piece today (September 11, 2006) on his Salon blog titled, The REAL Innovator's Dilemma. In it he suggests three issues with innovation and wonders aloud at the lack of any possible solutions. Per Dave's comment, his... 50@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2006-09-12T17:51:38-06:00 http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/archives/000049.html Idea generation is an important activity for those doing value-creation work within an organization. Whether one is a designer, marketer, product manager, engineer, or in business development, the need to explore new possibilities is ever present. Much has been written... 49@http://www.creativeslant.com/mt/ 2006-08-30T13:56:25-06:00