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January 24, 2008
Innovation & Design A weekly guide to innovative people, ideas, and companies

INNOVATION STRATEGY

DAVOS SPECIAL REPORT
What's Really on the Davos Agenda
It officially focuses on innovation, but the specter of global recession promises to dominate the discussion at the World Economic Forum

DESIGN
Masters of Collaboration
The 21st century design environment trades individual stars for teamwork uniting designers, engineers, anthropologists, and others

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
A New Model for Green Design
A radical document, supported by industry organizations, major designers and leading consultancies, aims to set a new standard for sustainability in design

PRODUCT DESIGN

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
LG Bets Big on TV Design
The Korean electronics company unveils sleek plasma and LCD sets it hopes will rival Sharp, Samsung, and Sony models in the digital TV stakes

TECHNOLOGY
EA Leaps into Free Video Games
Electronic Arts aims to make money online through in-game ads and micro-transactions. Will the radical new business model fly?

TOP NEWS
The Death of Mass Luxury
Formerly free-spending shoppers who were "trading up" to high-end goods are now less likely to treat themselves to that Gucci bag

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Inside: This Week in Innovation

It's that time of the year again: The World Economic Forum kicks off on Jan. 23 in Davos, Switzerland. A BusinessWeek delegation, including innovation chief Bruce Nussbaum, will be reporting and blogging from Davos during the event. As a prelude, Nussbaum wrote about what's likely to be on the agenda, including the official theme, "collaborative innovation," and the unofficial agenda, economic recession. Back in the U.S., correspondent Jessie Scanlon reports on a new environmental pledge from various high-profile designers and design firms that promises to create and promote greener products and practices. And, while "design by committee" isn't usually meant as a compliment, senior writer Steve Hamm and I track the ongoing trend of trading in individual stars for collaborative teams with two articles tracing the work of iconic designer Richard Sapper and the global consultancy Continuum.
-- Helen Walters
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Channeling the "Opposable Mind"
Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, discusses his theory of "the opposable mind," the ability to assess and balance wildly conflicting ideas, business models, or strategies and come up with an entirely new way of doing things

NUSSBAUM ON DESIGN >>

The most serious discussion on the first day of the World Economic Forum at Davos is whether or not Europe, Asia and the rest of the globe can "decouple" from the declining US economy.

-- Bruce Nussbaum

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