The Reinvention Economy unfolded in 2009, recasting the rules of the corporate world. Leading brands worked to redefine and reinvent themselves in ways that proffered optimism and illuminated paths out of the dark financial storm.

Much of this period's first phase was focused on rebuilding the broken infrastructure that led to our economic demise - be it faulty corporate governance, laws, and structures; or the poor social support systems of education, finance, home-buying, and healthcare.

This year, we will go ...