by Jeff Mauzy and Richard A. Harriman

I recommend this book for executives of all ages and disciplines who want to take their individual, departmental, and corporate performances to levels they never thought possible. The authors give us practical insights on how to build an organization that embeds creativity and innovation in its core activities.
This book [...]

…AND RELEASE THE POWER OF INNOVATION
by Georg von Krogh, Kazuo Ichijo and Ikujiro Nonaka
Enabling Knowledge Creation introduces knowledge enabling and demonstrates its power to transform your organization’s knowledge into value-creating actions. The authors describe five key “knowledge enablers” and outline what it takes to instill a knowledge vision, manage conversations, mobilize knowledge activists, create the [...]

by Stanley S. Gryskiewicz
Top organizational psychologist Stanley Gryskiewicz argues that challenges to the status quo can be catalysts for creativity, innovation, and renewal. I have seen this in my own experience. These challenges show leaders how they can keep their company on the competitive edge by embracing a process he calls Positive Turbulence.
Developed through [...]

by Felix Janszen
Knowing the dynamics of the innovation process can lead to a competitive advantage, creating value for your company, your shareholders, customers and employees.
I appreciate that the author based his theories on the latest research in the fields of biotechnology, information technology, bio-informatics and combinatorial chemistry. Janszen describes the concepts of new product development [...]

by W. Chan Kim and Renée Muborgne
I like the idea behind this title: that cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool, and that lasting success comes from creating “blue oceans,” which are the untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.
This book will challenge [...]

by Kenichi Ohmae

I have just finished reading this book by a Japanese executive who shows us that the keys to business success in the West are already proven techniques of the Far East. The author explains how integrating the three C’s (Customer, Competitor, and Company) in a strategic triangle can sustain a real [...]

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2007 has been a great year for new beginnings! We’ve been in business for 12 months now, and I couldn’t be more excited about what we’ve accomplished. As we end our first year in operation, Innovationedge is getting a lot of attention both locally and across the globe. We’re [...]

 
Twelve years from now, the light bulb we’ve grown up with will be all but history. The new energy bill, which is expected to become law, phases out the 125-year-old bulb in favor of a new generation of energy-efficient lights. These new compact fluorescents and halogens, as well as emerging products such as light-emitting diodes [...]

[ February 25, 2008 to February 27, 2008. ]

Join Cheryl Perkins and other innovators for the 2008 Corporate Portfolio Management Conference in Clearwater, Florida! This converence has been designed to outfit your corporation to face the challenges ahead. Speakers will provide roadmaps to new directions, shared solutions and a compass to help you discover your own path.

Click here to register.

[ March 12, 2008 to March 14, 2008. ]

Join Cheryl Perkins in March at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa in Weston, FL (20 minutes from Ft. Lauderdale) for Packaging Strategies 2008. This event targets executives responsible for strategic packaging operations & new product/package innovation.

The Summit Meeting of the Packaging Industry is the networking event of choice for c-title executives! It [...]