Just this week Business Week came out with an article called "The Hard Sell" showing that, basically, retailers turning the corner on 2009 into 2010 are all over the place on their strategies regarding what they will sell and what…
i. Prologue - Written by Melissa Giovagnoli - What was the original genesis of the Innovation Center concept? How long of a gestation period was there? What earlier attempts had been made? What was learned from those experiences? What specific…
Like many successful efforts, the genesis of the Chicago Innovation Center was an improbable series of chance encounters, unlikely events, and the coming together of a disparate group of individuals who barely knew each other – if at all –…
November 11, 2011 Breaking through the scattering of silver-lined rosy pink clouds on the horizon on this invigorating Autumn morning, the sunrise over Lake Michigan bathed downtown Chicago in a soft amber glow reflecting off the peaks of its soaring…