Issue 226 - January 2021
Article – Covid, Complexity & Contradictions
Article – Free, Perfect & Later?
Definitely Not Funny – Worst Of 2020 Awards
Patent of the Month – Metasurface Skin Cloak
Best of The Month – MC24
Wow In Music – Aja
Investments – SARS-CoV-2 Detection
Generational Cycles – The Sovereign Individual
Biology – Dragonfly
Issue 227 - February 2021
Article – To ISO56000 Or Not ISO56000
Article – Quantifying Complexity Pt1: Two Kinds Of Complexity
Not So Funny – 40 Inventive (Ig Nobel Award) Principles
Patent of the Month – Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields
Best of The Month – How The Weak Win Wars
Wow In Music – My Sharona
Investments – AI Hybrid Chip
Generational Cycles – Quarter-Life Crises II: FOMO-to-JOMO
Biology – Mole Snake
Issue 228 - March 2021
Article – Operational Excellence Capability Maturity Model (OECMM)
Article – 2021: From Expedience To Innovation?
Not So Funny – 40 Inventive Ladybird (Book) Principles
Patent of the Month – Self-Transforming Flexible Film
Best of The Month – Is It Tomorrow Yet?
Wow In Music – Price Tag
Investments – Nano-Origami Microchips
Generational Cycles – Cas & Dylan
Biology – Brown Treesnake
Issue 229 - April 2021
Article – NEPTUNE: The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective (Innovation) Project Managers
Article – ICMM – A Decade Down The Road
Not So Funny – 1 + 1 < 2
Patent of the Month – Protective Helmet
Best of The Month – Business Recoded
Wow In Music – Good Morning, Captain
Investments – Transparent Electronics
Generational Cycles – The Map Of Tiny Perfect Things
Biology – Rolling Swarms
Issue 230 - May 2021
Article – Quantifying Complexity Pt2: Ashby Numbers & Stress Ratios
Article – Innovation Projects: Handovers Or No-Handovers?
Not So Funny – Separation Principles
Patent of the Month – Thermal Storage System
Best of The Month – The Project Revolution
Wow In Music – Glastonbury Song
Investments – Wastewater Treatment System
Generational Cycles – Dominant / Recessive
Biology – Virginia Opossum
Issue 231 - June 2021
Article – The Triune Brain In Innovation
Article – Red World / Green World
Not So Funny – Upcycling?
Patent of the Month – Quantum-Analogue Computer
Best of The Month – The Scout Mindset
Wow In Music – Drive Home
Investments – Acoustic Amplifier
Generational Cycles – Xennials?
Biology – Snake Tongue
Issue 232 - July 2021
Article – Being (More) Green
Article – Skunkworks Principles
Not So Funny – 40 Inventive (Sign) Principles
Patent of the Mmuse adonth – Methods For Treating Obesity
Best of The Month – Platform For Change
Wow In Music – Swan Hunter
Investments – Skin In The Game
Generational Cycles – To Boldly Go?
Biology – Termite Mound
Issue 233 - August 2021
Article – Special Cause/Common Cause Redux
Article – The Science Contradiction?
Not So Funny – ‘Temporary Fixes Are Neither’ Top 5
Patent of the Month – Splitting CO2
Best of The Month – The Utopia Of Rules
Wow In Music – Lucky
Investments – Human Body Communication
Generational Cycles – Influential Film Directors
Biology – Pennsylvania Meadow Vole
Issue 234 - September 2021
Article – The Power Paradox
Article – Case Study: ‘Cosmic Concrete’
Not So Funny – 40 Inventive (Feline) Principles
Patent of the Month – Ultrasound Hearing
Best of The Month – The Creative Habit
Wow In Music – La Saboteuse
Investments – Liquid Metal Energy Harvesting
Generational Cycles – Douglas Sirk
Biology – Stingray
Issue 235 - October 2021
Article – Science Is Not A Game Of Averages
Article – Garbage-In, Garbage-Out: Innovation Tools
A Different Kind Of Funny – (Almost) 40 Inventive No-Exit Principles
Patent of the Month – Hearing Aid
Best of The Month – The Network Always Wins
Wow In Music – Walking On A Wire
Investments – Chain-Mail
Generational Cycles – Sticks & Stones
Biology – Smoothhound Shark
Issue 236 - November 2021
Article – The Innovation Project Exponent
Article – Case Study: The Robin Hood Dilemma
40 (ish) Inventive James Fridman Principles
Patent of the Month – Drag-Reduction Lattice
Best of The Month – Everything I Know About Life I Learned From PowerPoint
Wow In Music – Teardrop
Investments – Full-Duplex Nonreciprocity
Generational Cycles – Partings
Biology – Guppy
Issue 237 - December 2021
Article – Seeing The Future (In Turbulent Times)
Article – Difficult Conversations #1: Binary-Non-Binary
Not So Funny – 40 Inventive (Not Rocket Science) Principles
Patent of the Month – Energy Generating Device
Best of The Month – Multipliers
Wow In Music – Fast Car
Investments – Anti-Corrosion Coating
Generational Cycles – West Side Story
Biology – Ocean Pout
Issue 238 - January 2022
Article – “Comfortable In Green World, Able To Speak In Red World Language”
Article – Case Study: Elinor Ostrom & The (Non-) Tragedy Of The Commons
Definitely Not Funny – Worst Of 2021 Awards
Patent of the Month – Chocolate (Emulsifier)
Best of The Month – Exponential
Wow In Music – Avalon
Investments – Fibre Battery
Generational Cycles – Crisis v Non-Crisis Wars
Biology – Song Thrush
Issue 239 - February 2022
Article – Measuring Overall Organisation Capability
Article – Trend Conflict Radar: Pt1 - Model
Quite Funny – Celeste Barber’s Asymmetric World
Patent of the Month – Blood Pressure Monitor
Best of The Month – The Clock Of The Long Now
Wow In Music – The Killing Moon
Investments – Ultracompact Camera
Generational Cycles – “Hard Times Create Strong Men”
Biology – ‘Heater’ Bees
Issue 240 - March 2022
Article – The One-Hour Thought Leader
Article – Edward De Bono And A Rule Of Six
Not So Funny – Top Twelve Step-Change Dysfunctions
Patent of the Month – Wound Healing
Best of The Month – The Art Of Insubordination
Wow In Music – Harry Hood
Investments – Plant-Derived Composite
Generational Cycles – Theories, Ideas, People, Systems
Biology – Giant Honeybees
Issue 241 - April 2022
Article – A Word Speaks A Thousand Pictures
Article – Route #2 Out Of Chaos
Not So Funny – Statues
Patent of the Month – Bicycle Frame Aerodynamics
Best of The Month – Seven Stories (Every Salesperson Must Tell)
Wow In Music – Torch
Investments – Solar Nanowire-Nanotube Filter
Generational Cycles – OK Boomer
Biology – Cinerous Mourner
Issue 242 - May 2022
Article – New Trend: AI
Article – Case Study: Breaking The World High-Jump Record
Not So Funny – 40 Inventive (Coincidence) Principles
Patent of the Month – Paper-Based Centrifugation
Best of The Month – Winning The Right Game
Wow In Music – A Forest
Investments – Ferrocenes
Generational Cycles – Reputations
Biology – Sulphur Molly
Issue 243 - June 2022
Article – Too Much Knowledge?
Article – Anti-Goals?
40 Inventive Clet Abraham Principles
Patent of the Month – Photochromic Water Harvesting
Best of The Month – Build
Wow In Music – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Investments – Dissolving Pacemaker
Generational Cycles – Typicality Survey 1.0
Biology – Cape Penduline Tit
Issue 244 - July 2022
Article – Confident & Wrong?
Article – The Creativity Faucet(s)
40 Inventive (Trip Advisor) Reviews
Patent of the Month – Wound-Care
Best of The Month – Suspicious Minds
Wow In Music – Woman In Chains
Investments – Drug-Free Pain Relief
Generational Cycles – This Be The Verse
Biology – Tortoise Beetle
Issue 245 - August 2022
Article – A Crash Course In Contradictions
Article – The Final Ascent Of Mount Stupid
40 Inventive (Don’t Forget To Check The Background) Principles
Patent of the Month – Metamaterial Reflector Wireless Power Transfer
Best of The Month – Dangerous Company
Wow In Music – Myopia
Investments – Low-Cost Desalination
Generational Cycles – Black Holes And (Generational) Revelations
Biology – Peacock Fly
Issue 246 - September 2022
Article – Case Study: Ecosystem Innovation
Article – iSTEEPLE
40 Inventive (Tom Gauld) Principles
Patent of the Month – Solvo-Dynamic Printing
Best of The Month – #futuregen
Wow In Music – All Right Now
Investments – Electricity From Air Moisture
Generational Cycles – Che Chic
Biology – Oxalis
Issue 247 - October 2022
Article – (Woodstock And) The AntiFragile Zone
Article – A Contradiction Glossary
Not So Funny – Lost In (Tattoo) Translation
Patent of the Month – Ultra-High Surface Area Materials
Best of The Month –
Wow In Music – Memphis In The Meantime
Investments – Miscibility Gaps Alloy
Generational Cycles – Jump Street & Backpack Straps
Biology – Indole
Issue 248 - November 2022
Article – Thirty-Years Of Psychological Inertia (Case Study)
Article – 40 Inventive (Saatchi & Saatchi) Principles
Not So Funny – Academi-err
Patent of the Month – Highly Stretchable, Transparent, & Conductive Polymer
Best of The Month – Thinking In Bets
Wow In Music – Velvet Rope
Investments – Conductive Plastic
Generational Cycles – Is There A Generation-Driving Root Contradiction?
Biology – Leucochloridium