Here's what you need to know about innovation this week:

1. But success actually hinged on enhancing their core product with a powerful narrative.

2. Flashcards and multiplication tables aren't the way to inspire love for science, technology, engineering and math. Instead, hands-on experiments teach kids the skills they need to excel.

3. Technology is tipping the scales for some new, superpower cities. But there are lessons to be learned from some great cities of the past.

And here's the music for the week:

• "Build Me Up Buttercup" - The Foundations
• "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
• "We Built this City" - Starship
• "Neon Tubes Part 2" - Lotus
• "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell