Cheryl Perkins will present at the “Progress Report on Health Systems Transformation’ Conference on April 14, 2011 – a 1-day conference at Morehead State University, featuring Innovationedge and Dr.Marc Overhage, chief strategic officer and national policy adviser of the Indiana Health Information Exchange. The conference, scheduled from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m at the Morehead…
This June I’ll be in Phoenix to moderate this year’s Conference on Social Product Development & Co-Creation. I’m partnering once again with PDMA, and this year co-creation pioneer, Local Motors, is helping us raise the bar for this exciting, ground-breaking event. Social Product Development is making a major impact on the way companies are innovating now…
I’ve been spending a lot of time in San Diego lately, doing some teaching as well as learning! San Diego is known for many things: Beautiful weather, its biotechnology industry and of course the San Diego Zoo. As the keeper of the world’s largest collection of plants and animals, San Diego Zoo is working to…
Imagine if every one of the nation’s 1.3 million semi trucks in the U.S. could each save $5 billion in diesel fuel at the pump and cut CO2 emissions by 16 million tons. It’s an idea that’s catching on, thanks to a computer that is 100,000 times more powerful that your laptop. The Department of…
The most innovative wheelchairs being developed today are soon going to help the disabled get where they need to go in a new and exciting way: Thought control. Imagine a wheelchair that can be directed by brain signals detected from a unique cap worn by the user. THis is the work of scientists at the…
Science has found a new way to help people suffering from bad burns heal faster than we could ever imagine. This new technology is much like a paint spray gun that helps skin heal. Click on the video and check out this astounding innovation that I think will change the face of how our medical…
I’m just back from Scottsdale, Ariz., where we held our CoDev conference! Thanks to new friends and old for your participation. This was our tenth year at CoDev and each year seems more exciting and engaging than the last. More than 300 attendees from all over the world came to take in the newest ideas…
I am an avid follower of consumer trends, and I advise my clients to be as well. Here is a terrific video I found on YouTube from JWT. It has several interesting elements I found particularly comforting, like the fact that human downtime and relationships still matter even as we become more and more attached…
Have you had enough of cupcakes already? Last year we saw gourmet cupcake shops and mail-order sites pop up all over the place, and consumers gobbled this trend up. But it’s over, and in 2011, pies are the new cupcakes. (One popular restaurant in New York City is sponsoring a “Pie Happy Hour” featuring specialty…
Happy New Year’s Eve! On this last day of 2010, I’m looking back at where we started and finished in our own innovation projects and how we accomplished our goals. How did you do in that respect? Did you notice any trends that can help your business in 2011? One of the bigger trends of…
