[ October 30, 2007; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Please join us for “Insights to Innovation” a 45 minute overview of contemporary tools and techniques for uncovering hidden customer and consumer insights and translating those insights into business building innovation. Hosted by EMM Group and Innovationedge, the webinar will deliver a best practice approach to discovering hidden customer and consumer insights and sharing and [...]

I’m preparing for a live Webinar event this afternoon called “Insights to Innovation,” and it’s a free, 45 minute overview of contemporary tools and techniques for uncovering hidden customer and consumer insights and translating those insights into business building innovation.
Innovationedge is teaming up with EMM Group to host the Webinar, and you can find out [...]

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October 29, 2007 – Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President of Innovationedge and former Chief Innovation Officer for Kimberly-Clark, announced today she has partnered with author and marketing expert Hunter Hastings to deliver a webinar on “Insights to Innovation.” The webinar is geared for anyone wishing to significantly improve innovation in their organization through [...]

I’ve been  reflecting on last week’s Tri-State PDMA conference in Cincinnati, where I did the keynote address on The Keys to Sustainable Front-End Innovation.
Some stats from this conference:

74 percent of companies say they will increase their spending on innovation
66 percent of companies say innovation is one of the top three strategic priorities
90 percent say generating [...]

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(London) October 23 – Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President of Innovationedge and former Chief Innovation Officer of Kimberly-Clark will be a featured guest panelist for this year’s Burning Questions  2007: Leading for Innovation. The event is sponsored by Harvard Business School Publishing, and is held October 24-26 at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in [...]

If you’ve never looked into podcasting before, here’s a chance to treat yourself to a free Harvard Business Online podcast interview on one of my favorite topics: Lean and Green Sustainable Innovation. HBR’s Steve Singer recently interviewed me for his IdeaCast, and it’s a free program.
You often hear experts talk about creating an “Ecosystem of Innovation.” But what is it? [...]

I’ve been doing quite a few Webinars and Podcasts lately on a variety of innovation topics. I recently teamed up with Mike Docherty of Venture2 to record the first of a series of Webinars that will provide a toolbox targeted at senior leaders to ensure success of a company’s open innovation efforts. The toolbox will [...]

[ October 11, 2007; 7:00 pm; ] Join Cheryl Perkins for an introduction to this powerful approach to innovation and growth!

Orignal Air Date: 11 Oct 2007

This is the first in a series of Webinars that will provide a toolbox targeted at senior leaders to ensure success of a company’s open innovation efforts. The toolbox will range from models, processes and metrics to [...]

One of our Innovationedge team members, Dr. Jeff Lindsay, is participating today at an Open Innovation Roundtable in Vancouver where he will be discussing the university/industry interface needed to identify the needs and resources necessary for innovation to flow to industry.  Jeff will discuss how universities can become a partner of choice. The event is [...]

I am in Scottsdale, Arizona today preparing to present at the 13th annual Innovation Immersion conference. The theme this year is the 360 Degree Innovation Experience, and will focus on how companies need to approach innovation in order to grow. If you lead your company’s innovation efforts, I encourage you to click on the above link [...]