Entrepreneurs' difficult childhoods

Although I haven't yet seen any solid data on this, there is some anecdotal evidence that successful entrepreneurs are more likely to have had a traumatic childhood than the rest of the population.
The Entrepreneurs Wound is a BBC radio program about this.

"Strategy management can kill innovation"

3M's  Post-it guru questions the application of 6 Sigma quality and strategy management tools to creative processes:

Teleworking backlash

Yahoo has been telling staff to get back to the office.
Maybe teleworking isn't the future after all.
Read the BBC's take on the story.

Teleworkers report having more time to spend with the family and increased productivity. Photo: Eve Fisher

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/telecommuting--the-future-aint-what-it-used-to-be-20130225-2f10u.html#ixzz2MmmnuKsZ

Language makes you poor

A Yale professor’s research suggests speaking English or European Portuguese can make you poor.  

But  speaking Mandarin or Brazilian Portuguese can help make better financial choices!

BBC report:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21518574 

Original paper:

http://faculty.som.yale.edu/keithchen/papers/LanguageWorkingPaper.pdf

Ending Poverty - What Engineers Can Do

Interesting analysis in this TEDx talk from Professor James Trevelyan of the University of Western Australia.

Portuguese innovation

Alcohol-free wine: http://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=1156-1

Iconic toilet paper: http://shop.renovaonline.net/mall/departmentpage.cfm/Renova/_238934/1/Gift%2520Pack

Brain power study from the Champalimaud Foundation

Research which could lead to new methods of brain control of prostheses has been recently published in Nature.