Innovators
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Innovation is one of the mantras of modern business, a guiding principle that every company, organisation and entrepeneur strives to realise. From film and architecture to management and technology, we uncover some of today’s most interesting creative thinkers
A true original
The world’s greatest woman architect, Zaha Hadid, is one of the design visionaries of the early 21st century. One of a handful of “starchitects” whose globetrotting success is radically altering the skylines of the world’s cities, her work is ambitious, adventurous and structurally breathtaking. By Edwin Heathcote
The power of the pixel
CGI has brought unimaginable realism to all that is fantastical in film. John Lasseter, George Lucas and Zack Snyder, the creative forces behind its use, have transformed the way we look at cinema, says Nigel Andrews
Network wizard
The founder of web payments system PayPal transformed online payments and is now driving the social networking revolution. Max Levchin’s aim is simple: to change people’s lives, discovers Rob Minto
Reinventing management
The most recent initiative from Gary Hamel, the celebrated business thinker, is an energetic effort to develop a new form of management, writes Stefan Stern
Rewriting the rule book
Stuart Evans and Hermann Hauser’s company Plastic Logic is creating a stir with a new type of microchip based on plastic rather than silicon, says Peter Marsh
