In the past weeks I have had more occasions than usual to speak with retail CEOs and innovators. Because of the critical role they play in their companies, these executives are fed with highly detailed information about a broad range of topics. This makes for invaluable insights. Highlighted below are…

Kudos to Dyson for designing a ventilator in only 10 days with 4K of 15K units to be donated abroad. It happens to be a rather complex piece of equipment which make it all the more amazing. “While American companies including GM, Ford, and Tesla have expressed a willingness to produce ventilators to address current shortages, the medical technology used by existing ventilators is proprietary, and most reports say it could take months to convert such vehicle manufacturers to ventilator production. What’s novel about Dyson’s approach is that the ventilators are designed and engineered in-house.”