What the world needs isn't more ideasit's better, more innovative systems for executing them, says author and ChangeLabs founder Peter Sheahan. More than a decade ago Peter Sheahan left his accounting job to work in a pub and manage a hotel in Sydney, Australia. Managing the staff of about 35 wasn't easy—especially difficult was relaying expectations to younger staff members
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Feed SubscriptionNintendo’s Wii U Is Flashy–But Its Competitors May Be Flashier
Nintendo's Wii U device promises to truly reinvent the console-gaming scene. But rivals Apple and Sony are hot on its heels, promising similar, if not better, touchscreen innovations that will be on the market sooner. A look at the contenders for consoles of the future
Read More »The Uptight Citizens’ Brigade
Can TV's Ashton Kutcher, Improv Everywhere's Charlie Todd, tech giant Intel, and random people on the street find the gooey center of viral hilarity? At the very least, we'll laugh and learn while their IdeaJam project publicly fails
Read More »The FTC’s New Marketing Rules To Squash Greenwashing
It's been scarily simple for companies to make false claims about how good their products are for the environment, but now the government is stepping in. It's scarily simple for companies to make inauthentic "green" claims about their products. They can just slap an unregulated green seal of approval on their product.
Read More »Unlocking how brain makes and keeps memories
Expert: Happy, sad times, what parents have said, are recalled best; memory is like a puzzle -- one recollection leads to next
Read More »Actos banned in Europe after diabetes drug tied to cancer
French and German health officials pull popular diabetes pill after government-funded study finds bladder cancer risk
Read More »Video: German officials confirm sprouts cause of E.coli
The German disease control center said locally grown sprouts - ruled out for a time - are the cause of the E.coli breakout that killed 29 people and sickened 2900. Jeff Glor reports.
Read More »Video: Bedroom boredom? Rejuvenate your sex life
Ian Kerner, sex therapist, and Dr. Gail Saltz, psychiatrist, talk about how to spice up a relationship to avoid bedroom boredom. (TODAY)
Read More »Quitting smoking makes you fat, and now scientists know why
Why slim smokers gain weight when they kick the habit
Read More »iFive: Google Buys Admeld, Google’s BBM Rival, Apple Intervenes In IP Suit, Security Holes In Popular Apps, Congress Tweets Less
Did you know that on this day in history Alcoholics Anonymous was founded, Saab made its first auto, and the first Apple II computer shipped? That was then, this is what's happening today: This is part of a 1977 advert for the Apple II. Yup, he's working the numbers over a cuppa joe while she's chopping food for dinner.
Read More »Earless bunny video stokes Japan nuke fears
"Nuclear rabbit" tape posted on YouTube shows bunny supposedly born near crippled Fukushima plant; Sign of mutations to come?
Read More »DIY U: The Future of Learning [Video]
How to build an education from just one blog post: The Pippa Buchanan story.
Read More »Germany: E. coli definitely came from sprouts
Disease officials say evidence sufficient to blame outbreak, for 2nd time, on locally-grown veggie sprouts
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