Elder Wisdom Circles

My family was vacationing in Hawaii on December 7, 2006 - the 65th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor. We met many of the survivors who traveled to take part in the ceremonies, some for the last time. To hear their stories, in their words, in their voices is a rare priviledge. I have always been interested in learning from those who have lived so much life. In that spirit, I am captivated by the Elder Wisdom Circles, which I just came across on NPR.

A Great Business Idea?

Anyone read Strategy+Business? A great publication indeed.

The Innovation Network, in December 2005 (yes, the annual email cleanup yields great blog posts) Strategy+Business' criteria for determining a really good business idea:

(1) It is timely: It addresses, in a new, compelling way, an issue that is important to people right now.

(2) It has explanatory power: It reveals the hidden patterns and interrelationships that shape the phenomena we see, and that other theories or disciplines have not fully explained.

(3) It has pragmatic value: It can be put into practice to produce replicable results.

(4) It has a robust empirical foundation: It can be tested with real-world experience, and ideally with measurable data, and can survive theoretical challenge.

(5) It has a natural constituency: A group of key people are ready to hear it.