The concept of punctuated equilibrium was, to some, a radical new idea when it was first proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972. Now it is widely recognized as a useful model for one ...

Over the past 500 million years, nearly all evolutionary changes in octopuses and squids occurred in rapid bursts during the emergence of new species, according to research from the University of ...

Is evolution like a well-tuned car that purrs down the road at a steady pace? Or is it more like an aging, rattling jalopy that often lurches forward? The aging jalopy is a handy metaphor for the ...

What does an esoteric concept in evolutionary biology have to do with the speed of change we are seeing in the workplace, retail and entertainment? Punctuated equilibrium is a theory that evolutionary ...

Kudos to all those who participated in, organized or even attended the Enterprise 2.0 conference in drizzly Boston last week. There is a lot to write about. The big ideas that I took away include ...

Advertisers and online retailers have been boosted by the pandemic but investors need to put up with the herky-jerky nature of this evolution. Investors who want to make sense of today’s hyperactive ...