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April 08, 2009
 

Innovation & Design

A weekly guide to innovative people, ideas, and companies

NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY
VIEWPOINT
The Problem with Problems
"Deficit thinking" sees organizations focusing on what's wrong and problems that need to be solved. In doing so, they often overlook real opportunities


  MORE TOP STORIES
HEALTH CARE
GE Healthcare Unveils a Plan to Stop Epidemics
A new partnership with the CDC and Johns Hopkins aims to get info out in the open that will nip public health threats in the bud

INNOVATION
P&G's Trickle-Up Success: Sweet as Honey
Vicks Cough Syrup with Honey started out as a Latin American product, but Procter & Gamble saw an opportunity to offer it in richer markets

IN DEPTH
GE's Jeffrey Immelt: All Boxed In
No matter what the CEO does to try to save his company, it has lost its aura of greatness

SOFTWARE
Software: Lean and Green
Software vendors are competing for shrinking IT budgets by touting products that can save energy, save money, and save the environment

INFO TECH
Soon TVs and PCs May Work Like the Wii
Real-world devices with gesture-reading abilities are set to debut next year

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  Inside: This Week in Innovation
This week, Case Western Reserve professor Fred Collopy took a look at "the problem with problems," arguing that companies succumb to deficit thinking when they become too focused on fixing problems rather than innovating their way out of them. It's a timely piece that focuses on the power of positive thinking, a rare commodity in these tricky times.

Elsewhere, Senior Innovation & Design Writer Jessie Scanlon digs into a new partnership between GE Healthcare, the CDC, and Johns Hopkins University that aims to help nip public health threats in the bud.

And Management Editor Jena McGregor also looks at GE, assessing how CEO Jeff Immelt is attempting to save the company.
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