Here’s a question: Where did the mountain bike come front? Traditional thinking might suggest that it emerged either from the R&D department of a large bike manufacturer, or from the shed of a lone, slightly eccentric, entrepreneur… but neither of these is correct. It was put together, literally, by a community of Californian [...]

They say you learn the most when your worldview is being turned upside down. Innovation and learning happens when chaos meets order. When we let go of the status quo, say no to more of the same, and give ourselves over to something new, something unfamiliar. We need just enough order to give us [...]

Nothing helps us focus on the map better than knowing that there’s a pot of gold at the X. The X Prize Foundation is all about focusing our attention on innovation, and through high-profile competitions they’ve stimulated a huge wave of private enterprise in relation to space travel, genomics and automobility. It is [...]