business model innovation design we're on a road to nowhere // on a quest to analyze and explore the design of business model innovations, i.e. 'hideous and hidden things' like organizational structures and capabilities, corporate strategies and all things related // on a yellow brick road with a girl, a lion and a straw-man wasting our time // …

… called NEXT Innovation Tools & Trends, see here at BusinessWeek:

What comes next? BusinessWeek Innovation Editors Jessi Hempel and Helen Walters chronicle new tools for creativity and collaboration, innovation case studies in both the corporate and social sectors, and the new ideas that have the power to change the way things have always been done.

This is an interesting while fluffy mix, while I am always keen on innovation case studies, especially when they focus innovation processes and related collaboration issues, I sure hope that their “tools chronicling” goes beyond mere tools – after all they point out the power of ideas (i.e. the set of paradigms, principles, methods and tools) themselves …