Sept 09: Insight on Business

Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent: Cheryl Perkins, InnovationEdge By Cheryl Perkins, President, Innovationedge LLC More and more companies are facing talent management challenges. Downsizing, the aging of the workforce and the ongoing retirement of resources with years of institutional knowledge are making it even harder for them to have the right people, with the right…

The New Consumer: How Shopping Has Changed For Good Candy & Snack TODAY, September/October 2010 Cheryl Perkins, founder and president of Innovationedge, LLC, a brand consultancy, expands on this notion: “Private label continues to be a focus for innovation. We’re seeing retailers figuring out how to deliver quality products while still maintaining lower prices for…

InForum: Connecting you with thought leaders for insight on innovative ideas that work: Insight Magazine, May 2009 Obstacles to business success are everywhere today. Nobody has all the answers – but successful leaders in the New North have found innovative ways to profit and thrive. To share the best advice with out business-to-business readers, Insight…

To The Edge Cheryl Perkins has no qualms about walking into a Fortune 50 company and telling the top leaders how to make big changes. Indeed, they invite her. First she listens to their story. Then she and her team from Innovationedge chart a roadmap to help steer the company down a path for breakthrough…

My brain, your brawn: The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2008 Big companies are on the prowl for small businesses that will hand over their best ideas in exchange for a piece of the action “…Compensation for the entrepreneurs in these kinds of deals varies widely, depending on the idea and the company. Technologically advanced…

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