Thisismarkantony.com

How is it that only a few business leaders and entrepreneurs seem to drive exceptional results and disruptive innovation in this rapidly changing market economy (marketquake) ?  These few seem more adept at executing market and technology turns, not just incremental evolution. They consistently take bold steps to stay ahead of the curve, often contrary to conventional wisdom. Steve Jobs  of Apple may have been the most visible example of this ability to “see around the corner,” but others often mentioned include  Richard Branson  (Virgin Group), and  Elon Musk  (SpaceX). Most of you could suggest one more, but not many. While searching for some structure that could facilitate learning the process, I came across a classic book by  G. Shawn Hunter , “ Out Think ,” which offers  a step-by-step outline  for executives to achieve this stage of creativity. It suggests that they need to shed outmoded management and organizational biases, to...

PHP, javascript, and HTML5 are essential programming languages for creating dynamic websites that work with the MySQL database. PHP and MySQL provide a robust, easy-to-learn, open-source solution for creating superb e-commerce sites and content management. javascript and HTML5 add support for the most current multimedia effects. This one-stop guide gives you what you need to know about all four! Seven self-contained mini books cover web technologies, HTML5 and CSS3, PHP programming, MySQL databases, javascript, PHP with templates, and web applications.

The phrase  “Pilgrim Innovation” could appear in the dictionary as an example of the word “oxymoron,” which is defined as two contradictory terms placed next to each other in a single phrase. After all, Pilgrims are often seen as relics of a bygone era, known more for their large, shiny belt buckles, funny hats, and quaint ways than for delivering new thinking and ideas. Yet as many of us take time off this week of Thanksgiving in the United States, a brief investigation of so me of the events in the story of how the Pilgrims voyage to  America yields lessons for the modern-day innovation practitioner. Nearly every student in America  can recite the story of how the Pilgrims arrived at the tip of what is now known as Cape Cod on board the three-masted sailing ship known as the  Mayflower . Less is known, however, about the second ship that the Pilgrims originally planned to take on their voyage, the  Speedwell . Facing a long, dangerous voyage across the...