If you’ve been waiting to get an e-reader upgrade (or your very first one), Barnes & Noble unveiled its newest e-reader today: a smaller, black-and-white touchscreen device called the Nook Simple Touch Reader. It is selling for $139, the same suggested retail price as Amazon’s Kindle. How do the two compare? Both devices have built-in Wi-Fi,…
More and more marketers are turning to 3D technology in a big way: Using skyscrapers as a giant projection screen. This month in Atlanta, Coca-Cola is celebrating its 125th anniversary by stationing 45 projectors around its headquarters building and projecting a thank-you message to its fans. Much of the video shown on the building is…
Disruptive innovation is underway in higher education. While many will benefit, gaining access to personalized education at lower cost, some institutions will suffer if they fail to change now. Insights into the innovations coming to the university of the future is found in The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside…
Allergan (NYSE: AGN), the major multi-specialty pharmaceutical company with expertise in ophthalmology and beauty, has been on a tear in the stock market, driven at least in part by its bold approach to innovation. The market cap, now $25 billion, has roughly doubled in the past year. I heard CEO David Pyott speak to Jim…
Remember “green stamps?” When I was young, my parents saved them in a booklet, carefully collecting them until they had enough to send away for some great housewares or knick-knacks. S&H Green Stamps were popular in the United States from the 1930s until about 30 years ago, and were distributed as part of a rewards…
A problem with many corporate IP management efforts is that they are reactive only. These IP systems typically focus on incoming invention disclosures and existing patent applications, leading to recommendations on which disclosures to file, which countries to file in, and which existing applications to abandon for cost control. These are vital components for intellectual…
Innovationedge president, Cheryl Perkins, will moderate a panel session at the Conference on Social Product Development & Co-Creation, a 2-day conference on June 27-28, 2011 at Local Motors Micro-Factory in Phoenix, AZ. The Conference on Social Product Development and Co-Creation is a groundbreaking event developed by the PDMA in partnership with co-creation pioneer, Local Motors,…
At Innovationedge, one of our favorite activities is working with a team in what we call an “Edge Session” to create new intellectual assets. It’s not not brainstorming, where a flood of bad ideas are welcome, but an iterative process in which the goal is enabled, good concepts that are fleshed out enough to support…
Cheryl Perkins will present a “Innovation for the Enterprise” session at the TiE-VISTA Venture & Innovation Summit on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Atlanta, GA. TiE-VISTA is the the Largest Entrepreneurial Summit in the SouthEast. VISTA 2011 will focus on two key component tracks of Entrepreneurship – Innovation and Venture. The conference aims to bring…
I recently met Nick Davis, Regional Executive Chef for Whole Foods out of Colorado. He handles Whole Foods cuisine for a large portion of the West. For quite a while Nick has been pushing and approving new products and services based on street food. In my experience, the street is where some of the heartiest…
