Archive for Innovation Edge, LLC
Innovative technology brings viewers into the cartoon action
Reality television has been around for awhile, but thanks to technology and a strategic partnership viewers will soon get to be a part of television history.
The first interactive cartoon series is set to be launched in the U.S. in the next few months through production company RDF.
RDF is the company behind shows like “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” and “Wife Swap,” and is now partnering with Artificial Life, a new media company. The producers are designing a TV series in which viewers can participate in the onscreen action.
Here’s how it works: In a series called “Sleuths,” viewers can customize their own avatars. These characters will appear onscreen during the show’s live telecast. The competition between the avatars comes through quiz questions that the viewers answer via text message. Those who answer correctly continue to the next round, or be eliminated if they give an incorrect answer.
The technology is called MoPA-TV in the industry, and it means “mobile-participation television.” MoPA is becoming popular in Japan and Europe, so it was only a matter of time before this fun, interactive means of entertainment went global.
It’s all cartoon fun for now, but who knows what innovative solutions this new technology can inspire?
There’s no reason to let “innovation fatigue” get in your way!
We’re incredibly excited about the response to our new book, Conquering Innovation Fatigue: Overcoming Barriers to Personal and Corporate Success.
My colleagues and co-authors Jeff Lindsay of Innovationedge and Mukund Karanjikar PHD of Technology Holding wrote the book for inventors, entrepreneurs, researchers and leaders seeking success through innovation.
We set out to reveal the sometimes hidden “innovation fatigue factors” (there are nine of these barriers we’ve identified), that can block the path to innovation success. Not only do we identify them for the reader, we explain practical ways to overcome them.
We also wanted to personalize this journey by taking a unique look from each of our own perspectives at the challenges innovators face. We draw upon case studies of success and advances in innovation theory and practice to show how innovation can be energized to conquer innovation fatigue.
Check out the book reviews and order a copy for yourself here! Our hope is that the book will show you that understanding and overcoming these barriers is vital not only to you, as an inventor, entrepreneur, or researcher, but also to business leaders, licensing professionals, IP professionals, corporations, and even leaders of nations!
IE and Insight collaborate to launch Inforum
I am excited to launch a new partnership for Innovationedge: Inforum is a way to bring together thought leaders from all across northeast Wisconsin to collaborate on innovative ideas.
For Inforum, we teamed up with Insight on Business Magazine, and one look at this cutting-edge online publication and you’ll see why Insight is an excellent representative of innovation!
Check out the full Inforum here, and browse over to Page 26. You can click on the photos of our thought leaders to hear and see how they responded to this quarter’s topic: How do you Innovate in Challenging Times?
You’ll hear how each leader expounds on the importance of building collaboration with your customers to build value and to strengthen corporate culture.
Our thought leaders come from a wide variety of industries and each are experts in their fields. Future topics will include generational marketing, social media and going green.
The Blog is Back!
We’ve been doing some spring remodeling here at Innovationedge, and I think you’ll like the fresh upgrades. Take a look around and check out the addition of more resources and easy-to-use navigation to help you find what you need!
Our team has been tirelessly working to provide even more of the content and capability today’s innovation leaders can put into practice immediately. We’ve also partnered with others to provide top-notch innovation tools that you can’t do without in today’s global landscape.
Now that the legwork is done and the new site is launched, I have more time to Blog about the up-and-coming trends and tips to stay on top of the latest news and events throughout our industry. And I’m particularly excited as “launch day” draws near for the new book, Conquering Innovation Fatigue that I co-wrote with Jeff Lindsay and Mukund Karanjikar. I’ll write more about the book and the extremely positive responses we’re getting in the days ahead. You can pre-order here, and look for your copy to arrive in July.
Glowing reviews from CoDev ’09!
“My expectations are generally quite low for such conferences, but this one far exceeded them.”
That’s just one of the many comments I’m hearing today from our participants at CoDev ’09 (8th Annual Congress on Open Innovation and Co-Development) last month! The conference is sponsored by Management Roundtable (MRT) and the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA).
I was so honored to personally connect with so many attendees. Of course it’s always great to be in Scottsdale, Ariz., in the middle of winter.
I was especially excited to be back chairing this great event, which was titled, Building Open Innovation Capabilities for Higher Value Business Opportunities.
If you want to listen to any of the interviews I gave before and during the conference, click here:
Planning will soon be underway for ext year’s 2010 event, and if this year’s feedback is any indication, it’s a can’t-miss event:
“Many of the presenters are highly educated and accomplished and effectively share their knowledge.” (Bissell Homecare Inc.)
“Helps to open up your eyes on what is possible.” ( Pro Actuate)
“If you are new to Open Innovation, or if it is happening on an ad hoc basis in your organization, this conference helps you organize thoughts and provide structure to bank on power of Open Innovation.” (National Starch Food Innovation)
“If you have ‘innovation’ or ‘open innovation’ in your job title or in your job description you need to be at CoDev 2010. It doesn’t matter if you are an expert or a beginner, this conference is very relevant.” (Pure Insight)
Even though the economic forecasts continue to be dim for 2009, it was encouraging to see that leading companies consider open innovation and co-development efforts imperative at this time. Together top experts and advanced practitioners of Open Innovation, Henry Chesborough and I gave high level insight and practical applications for how companies can foster environments that allow open innovation to thrive and integrate multiple business models to achieve greater returns on their open innovation investments.
We had great dialoge with these experts, including open innovation practitioners from General Mills, Weyerhaeuser, Sara Lee and Kraft Foods, P&G, The Clorox Company, Honeywell International, HP Labs, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Burrill & Company Booz & Company, WD-40, Cadbury, R.J. Reynolds, JohnsonDiversey, Frito-Lay, UBS Investment Research, Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever, and many more.
Hope to see you next year!