Newton Campos, a good friend who lives in São Paulo, Brazil, is one of those rare people who is at home in both the business world and academe. He’s executive vice-director of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Research Center at FGV-SP — and...
You don’t have to be at the top to be lonely. Pioneers with new ideas know the feeling, too. These thoughts came to mind after reading Patrick Allan’s (@mr_patrickallan) keen observations on a Lifehacker blog. On one post, he discusses “Build Your...
C. Todd Lombardo (@iamctodd) is an Innovation Architect for small business software provider Constant Contact [link]. He is also one of our NextSensors [link] and worked on the major NextBrief project that examined the future of television [link]. In the first of a...
Some people routinely lose the remote control for their entertainment devices. Why not have a Bluetooth-enabled sticker that will track it via your smartphone, even setting off a buzzer or red light just in case it’s super well-hidden? Ah, it would be nice,...
If you are into nextsensing, you have to be into entertaining new thinking. This means that you have to be open to challenging ideas, concepts and possibilities — no matter where they come from. Some days, I don’t spot anything that tickles my next sense....