The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is seen as the busiest travel day of the year in the United States, and as I post this, millions of Americans are sitting in airports, train stations or in their cars waiting to get going on their Thanksgiving travel plans. About 38 million domestic travelers are expected to go somewhere…
It’s been a couple of months now since Starbucks launched its instant coffee, after spending years developing it and months preparing its employees to pitch the granules. The product is called Via, and comes in three-packs that go for $2.95. So has Via been an idea that will work? I haven’t had a chance to…
PC users are now able to switch to Windows 7. Microsoft officially released the upgrade system yesterday, and a few hours later Apple answered back with its own updated iMac–and a new “Get a Mac” series of commercials. You know the ones: “PC” and “Mac” are two characters who represent the competitive companies…but in the…
I am excited to announce our exceptional line-up of keynote presenters at next year’s PDMA/MRT CoDev 2010 conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., which I am chairing on January 25-27. (That’s just a few months away!). Our theme is Expand Open Innovation Capabilities to Accelerate Profits, Product Innovation and Market Responsiveness. CoDev 2010 is considered the leading…
More than 10,000 young people competing with 500 robots on six fields. The FIRST program’s mission is: “To inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.”…
Today’s blog is a blog of a blog! Seriously, I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately about the economy and how businesses can strategize around their outsourcing efforts: How to make those decisions sound, get them set up correctly and and make the most of those partnerships. So I put together a blog-like article…
I’ve been looking at trends in the food manufacturing realm lately, and while the processors are feeling the crunch of our economic climate as are most businesses, some analysts are predicting big problems in store for the entire industry. In fact author Hank Cardello, a food industry expert and author of Stuffed: An Insider’s Look…
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…
“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…
Join me along with corporate investors and business development executives at the Corporate Venturing and Strategic Investing Conference. Here we will be discussing utilizing corporate venture capital, M&A and corporate partnership to capture innovation, market share and revenue streams. See the agenda here.
