Thursday, November 13, 2025

News and Ideas Worth Sharing

Howard Lieberman

Howard Lieberman is a local musician, writer, and lapsed tech guy who moved full-time to the Berkshires ten years ago. An entrepreneur, teacher, and speaker, he previously worked in sound at Bose and Apple, studied acoustics at MIT, and, most recently, composition at Juilliard. Howard is currently at work manifesting blogs and books about innovation, innovators, and innovation relationships. Howard has the good fortune to work mostly in and around world-class innovation cultures, including Apple, Bose, DARPA, MIT, and Juilliard. More information is at HowardL.com

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TECH & INNOVATION: The breath behind the story

Numbers don’t lie, but they don’t sing either.

TECH & INNOVATION: Finance, narratives, and bubbles

It is simply easier to tell a story than to deliver a product. What to do when storytelling outruns substance.

TECH & INNOVATION: Books, cake and the cloud

How the new publishing ecosystem works for authors and readers alike.

TECH & INNOVATION: Our world has changed

Many of the systems, beliefs, and habits we rely on were built for a world that no longer exists. That is why so many of our institutions feel out of sync and why so many people feel disoriented.

TECH & INNOVATION: The new way to validate a hypothesis

How imagination meets experiment in the modern creative process.

TECH & INNOVATION: Long Arc Economics

It takes a long time to make anything real happen.

TECH & INNOVATION: From inspiration to impact

Being creative is not enough; you need to get it out there for others to share.

TECH & INNOVATION: The paradox of prosperity

Psychologists refer to the existence of too many choices as choice overload. This is where we live right now!

TECH & INNOVATION: When unsustainable systems collapse

When collapse comes, renewal follows and each time it comes faster and faster.

TECH & INNOVATION: Short attention spans

Creators create meaning for themselves by sticking with projects longer. Consumers with short attention spans pursue instant gratification. t

TECH & INNOVATION: Broadcasting learning, streaming culture

Culture is no longer bound by walls or geography. Streaming and community broadcasting together create a hybrid model that connects the local and the global, transforming concerts, galleries, and classrooms into shared experiences that both educate and inspire.

TECH & INNOVATION: Deeper structures

While melodies, like individual voices, capture our attention, it's the underlying harmonic progressions that create lasting impact and infinite possibilities in music, leadership, innovation, and society.

TECH & INNOVATION: Tools of freedom, walls of power

Wealth, influence, and decision-making power are concentrating faster than ever in a smaller number of companies, platforms, and individuals. This is not just a tech story. It is a shift that affects markets, politics, and daily life.

TECH & INNOVATION: Innovation diplomacy

Why the rules of innovation apply to diplomacy.

TECH & INNOVATION: Uncertainty opportunity

Why great change always unleashes great opportunity.

TECH & INNOVATION: The Irreplaceables

Why the future belongs to those of us who display the most human skills and characteristics
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