Michael Fitzgerald writes about innovation and other big ideas in business for publications like the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, Inc. and CIO. He’s worked as a writer or editor at Red Herring, ZDNet, TechTV and Computerworld, and has received numerous awards as a writer and editor. Most...
Mentoring done right gives companies a powerful tool for developing employees, something most companies don't do much of anymore. BNET's How to Start a Mentorship Program offers a good jumping-off point. It sugarcoats in a few places -- for instance, top executives must be champions of...
Is better analytics the key to business success? In his "The Halcyon Days of Analytics," Steve Finikiotis of management consultant Osprey Associates argues that firms should be using analytics more effectively. It's an intriguing post, but a little thin on specifics. To wit, this statement: ...
Improv -- perhaps best known as the art of quipping on your feet -- might not seem to have much place in business. A staple of music, theatre and comedy, it's also becoming a tool for business thinking (comedy-types dominate the top of the search rankings on business improv:...
Business thinkers may want to skip the second part of "The Big Switch." It's learned and interesting, but not very much about business -- at least, in the short term. In the long term, his speculative logic changes everything about society. The Universal Computer that will emerge from...
Communications drives business. Thus, Web-based phrase generators can spark your career. Want to pontificate like an academic? Use this phrase generator. Need to speak like you know your Web 2.0 (and don't mind a little salty language)? Click here. Random words can spark new thoughts. Or wow your...
Pat McGovern, the head of publishing powerhouse International Data Group (disclosure: I once worked for an IDG unit), was a keynote speaker at the off-the-record Nantucket Conference this past weekend. But he gave me permission to cite his comments on the next technology bubble. McGovern's probably...
I'm attending the Nantucket Conference, where the East Coast entrepreneurial community gathers to talk about the state of the business. It's all off the record though I can negotiate to post specific comments with the speakers. Perhaps because of that, the conference has a kind of intimacy that's unusual...
National Geographic has a good, ultimately hard-headed look at biomimetics -- using nature as a model for product design. Velcro would be the best example (it was invented in 1948 by copying cockleburrs). The article, Design by Nature, starts out breathy, looking at some of the...
Just out is Back of the Napkin, a book that looks at business problem-solving by using visual cues. My review copy is sitting here waiting for me to give it a look. My first impression is that "Back of the Napkin" is a little seat-of-the-pants (that's certainly true of the...
I lunched today with a well-known quantum physicist, who mentioned that about half his ideas, and most of his best ones, happen in the shower. I asked him whether he knew why. Being a physicist, he has developed a model to explain why. It goes, loosely, as...
I went to see Palm and Treo creator Jeff Hawkins speak at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today (trivia note: RPI claims to have awarded the first engineering degree in America). Hawkins is both smart and humble and would be worth listening to just to hear him talk...
A brilliant brief profile of managing out of a morass is in a new special issue of Smithsonian magazine, titled America's Young Innovators. One of the 37 people (all under 36) profiled in the magazine is Ramon Gonzalez, who four years ago started the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology,...
The master of the Innovator's Dilemma has turned his eye on the educator's dilemma. Clay Christensen has a new book out, Disrupting Class. I'm talking with him next week about this book and his October book, a volume on healthcare called "The Innovator's Prescription."...
I interviewed management guru Clay Christensen about his new book, "Disrupting Class." He's applied his research on business innovation to education, a key issue for 21st century business see my earlier post on the book. Here are four questions and answers from a longer interview. ...
WASHINGTON -- Bank of Georgetown, a community bank chartered in Washington, D.C., has hired Nicole Gilbert to lead its Friendship Heights branch as vice president and branch manager. "We are extremely pleased to welcome Nicole to our team," said Mike Fitzgerald, president and CEO of...
DALLAS -- Toreador Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:TRGL) today announced the following management changes. On June 27, 2008, Michael FitzGerald, Executive Vice President - Exploration and Production for Toreador, resigned his employment. On June 27, 2008, Edward Ramirez, Senior Vice President - Exploration and Production for Toreador, resigned to...
WASHINGTON -- Bank of Georgetown, a community bank chartered in Washington, D.C., has hired H.B. Swoope, V as vice president of commercial banking for its Arlington Courthouse branch in Arlington, Va. "H.B. is a great new asset to our leadership team," said Bank of Georgetown...
Two things are happening in the family planning section, also known as health and intimacy. First, products that were once considered too risque to merchandise in mass outlets are actually finding a home at retail, and being bought there. Increasingly, consumers are walking into their local Walgreens...
Superwire, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SUPI) is pleased toannounce the appointment of Edward G. Hart to serve as a member of itsBoard of Directors. Mr. Hart's career brings over 37 years of experience ininvestment banking, investment analysis and corporate communications. Hehas been with Superwire, Inc. for almost 10 years, having...
WASHINGTON -- Bank of Georgetown, a community bank chartered in Washington, D.C., has hired Mary Kornegay-Jones to lead the Arlington Courthouse branch as vice president and branch manager. "Mary is a great asset to our team as the leader of Bank of Georgetown's Arlington Courthouse...
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Michael Fitzgerald writes about innovation and other big ideas in business for publications like the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, Inc. and CIO. He’s worked as a writer or editor at Red Herring, ZDNet, TechTV and Computerworld, and has received numerous awards as a writer and editor. Most...
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