Here’s a trend that I find interesting: The ability to purchase gold through ATM-like machines branded Gold To Go. We first saw these machines appear this spring in Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace Hotel and in Germany. I remember wondering about the kind of investors who would seek out these machines. As it turns out, the…
Innovationedge President, Cheryl Perkins, will present at the Consumer Goods Growth & Innovation Forum at 10:55 a.m. on September 23, 2010 in Miami Beach, FL. Cheryl will moderate the General Session “Developing Leadership & Talent” Moderator: Cheryl Perkins, President, InnovationEdge Panelists: 1. Bennett L. Brenton, Chief Innovation Officer, Snap-on Incorporated 2. Barry Calpino, Vice President,…
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…
Apple’s commercial success has often been linked to its intellectual property. Today IP and apples’ success is in the news again–the other apple, the kind you eat. The story involves the theme of tension about the way universities pursue technology transfer. The story begins with the University of Minnesota and their agricultural research that led…
Overcoming Obstacles To Innovation The American Institute of Engineer’s CEP Magazine featured Cheryl Perkins and Jeff Lindsay of Innovationedge in their September issue in an article about their recent book topic, Conquering Innovation Fatigue. Click to Read Article
The World Economic Forum held in Switzerland last week announced its new class of Technology Pioneers: 31 of the most innovative technology start-ups from around the world– the companies representing 13 countries. (Interestingly, more than half of these Technology Pioneers are from the United States!) Many of them you’ve never heard of, but they will…
If you still think social media sites like Twitter is a time-waster, it’s time to re-consider this incredible business innovation. Twitter can be a wonderful customer-service tool, IF you know how to use it. Check out what Best Buy is doing to maximize its Twitter impact on its customers all around the world. The company…
Toppan Printing in Japan has developed an innovative smart label that combines holographic security with RFID technology. The cool thing is that the metallic antenna needed for transmitting and receiving radio signals–normally a metallized spiral or other shape that tends to be unattractive–has become part of the aluminum metal of the metallic holographic label. This…
Cheryl’s article, “Companies expand commitment to innovation; planning becomes a priority,” was featured on pages 32-35 of the July 2010 edition of PDMA Visions. The article provides highlights from the 9th annual PDMA/MRT CoDev conference that was held in Scottsdale, Ariz., in January. Click here to view Cheryl’s full article.
London may be getting a boost in innovation with an exciting new innovation training program, the “MICL” (pronounced like “Michael”), short for Masters in Innovation, Creativity, and Leadership, a masters degree program offered at City University London. See http://creativity.city.ac.uk/ for details. The program involves the arts, business, law, social science, and informatics. Looks like a…
