Innovation is Everybody’s Responsibility

There never seems to be an end to the number of new startups or new ideas floating around. Resident contributor DesignTranslator looks at how to encourage innovation as priority in an organization. So instead of wondering how and why you didn’t think of that first, take the ability to do so in your hands. Read more

Entrepreneurship is really all about a Mindset

Our resident contributor, Brian Ling offers his thoughts on entrepreneurship as a mindset. In his article, he discusses why even as an employee, you can still be resourceful and entrepreneurial. He breaks it down into three simple lessons here for you. Read more

Why does China Copy Designs?

US has Google, EBay and 2nd Life and China has Baidu, AliBaba and HiPiHi. In each of the example, for every US company which makes it work, China will have a carbon copy. This is reminiscent of Japan in the early 1970s, where they copied and innovated upon the electronic gadgets and cars. Our resident contributor, Brian Ling provides some thoughts about why China copy designs and where this is all leading to. Read more

10 Influences the Web 2.0 has on Running Businesses Online

With all the hype on web 2.0 businesses, it sounds almost easy to get one up and running, and within a few weeks, big bucks or an offer to be acquired should be in! But not quite. Resident contributor, DT aka. Brian Ling, shares with us his experience in running an online business, and how to make it work. Read more

How Asian Companies can Better Manage their Design and Branding

How are our best local companies doing in the area of branding and design? What are the best practices and strategies that they can adopt to take them to the next level? Our resident contributor, Brian Ling, aka Design Translator together with his colleague, PY from IDasia.org, offer a design and branding case study on two of the more prominent Singaporean consumer brands Creative and OSIM. In this article, they track their successes, as well as comment on what they can do to overcome their current struggles in this very fast pace and fickle consumer market. Read more

Designing products that will work with Web 2.0 Strategies

For all the talk about web 2.0 mindset, how do we actually translate the mindset into proper entrepreneurial ventures, particularly in designing products that can employ the power of communities, the wisdom of crowds and the long tail framework? Our resident contributor, Brian Ling, aka Design Translator discusses how these principles are translated into product design. Read more

Intrapreneurship in an Asian context. Possibility or Myth?

Intrapreneurship refers to the creation of an innovative enterprise within an organization. Is it really possible in Asia, given the cultural factors such as hierarchy and adhering to the viewpoint of the collective community? Our resident contributor, Brian Ling aka Design Translator examines what the Asian viewpoint of intrapreneurship and offers some tips on how to become one in our fast paced changing Asian economy. Read more

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Tips on Being Creative – Military Style

Mention the word “military”, and a whole series of words that include “rules”, “strict”, “lack of freedom” accompany it. The word usually connotes something other than creative. So how can we bridge the seeming divide between the two words? Continue reading this post by our resident contributor, DT. Read more

Why do I always get rejected? 10 tips on how to get the “buy in”. Part 2

Resident contributor, Brian Ling aka Design Translator here follows up on his second installment of his tips on how to get a decision maker to commit to a decision. Here, he talks about certain strategies you could use and also what you might not want to do in certain situations. If you have not done so already, please do take a look at part 1 first. Thereafter, continue reading this to get a fuller picture! Read more

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