Although we have yet to discover the whole story of the underlying causes of the unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles, I suspect that we may be seeing more of these dangerous types of incidents in the future. A growing culprit will be the complex computer software and hardware systems that run the machines that we…
Does your company Blog, Tweet or Facebook (yes, it is a verb these days!) to communicate to your customers? Nearly 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies do. And nearly all of the Fortune 100 companies wouldn’t be without some form of social networking. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and corporate blogs are all ways to have…
When it comes to innovation and business growth, there are exciting success stories all over the globe. For example, in Brasilia, a small state in Brazil with 2.6 million people, a recent experiment has resulted in astounding economic advances and record low unemployment, even as much of the rest of the world struggles with recession…
Here’s a brief Pixetell video presentation introducing some of the issues you should be considering in terms of defensive publications. Assistance with low-cost intellectual asset strategy is an important service Innovationedge offers for its clients. If you would like to know how we can help you save money and improve the results you’re getting with…
I spent this past weekend cheering on my favorite athletes, and looking forward to more of the same this week. Although the torch-lighting ceremony had a glitch, the world’s enthusiasm for the beloved Games shines bright. Last week I wrote about the 2010 Winter Olympics going green by offsetting carbon credits, a trend that will…
One of the most important lessons I learned about intellectual asset strategy during my time as Corporate Patent Strategist at Kimberly-Clark Corporation was the value of aggressive defensive publications. IBM, one of the world’s leaders in extracting value from its patent estate, publishes about half of all its invention disclosures. John Cronin of ipCapital Group…
With about a week to go before the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, it’s interesting to note that there is a green effort underway to make these events more environmentally friendly. Twenty-five partners are heading an ambitious effort to leave a legacy of carbon neutral Games by doing things like offsetting air travel for…
In Conquering Innovation Fatigue, we emphasize that many innovators are motivated by the desire to make a difference in the world rather than merely obtain personal profit. We also discuss the concept of innovation competitions as a great way to fuel innovation success and access new talent. We also emphasize the importance of collaboration across…
We like gadgets at our house, and I am amazed at what I saw last week at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, the premier event for the presentation of the industry’s latest electronic products. Without a doubt I have to say that the event was the coming-out party for consumer three-dimensional (3-D) display technology. 3-D…
“Who’s mining the shop?” This is a question that needs to be asked for every university, company, and organization capable of creating inventions. In my corporate and academic experience (am the former Corporate Patent Strategist at Kimberly-Clark Corp., and was a professor before that), numerous inventions never get the protection they deserve because nobody was…