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.
I was thrilled to be asked by Women Magazine to be a guest blogger on its “Women Today Blog,” about my recent International Summit. Check out the blog here, where I discuss using your passions to pursue relationships with those who can help you innovate. This first Innovation Leader Summit was an event attended by…
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…
Neenah, Wis. (September 18, 2008) Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President of Innovationedge, a global strategic innovation consultancy based in Wisconsin, will be speaking at the Consumer Goods Technology Growth and Innovation Forum. The forum will be held from September 24-26, 2008, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami, Florida. Perkins will moderate a panel titled…
