What do you think about companies that go the extra mile to enhance their customers’ cultural experience? That’s what Virgin America Airlines has done, by adding an in-flight art gallery for passengers in business class. Passengers are able to view and purchase paintings with the click of a button from the comfort of their seats….
The 2013 edition of CoDev Conference took place this week in San Diego. This conference is the premiere gathering for those who are developing cutting-edge open innovation partnerships. Here innovation leaders from all over the world learned from each other how to find new ways to define their business models to deliver growth through Open…
I’m making final preparations for a big week in San Diego, where some of the top thought leaders in innovation will join me for CoDev2013: Forging Collaborative Capabilities & Relationships to Accelerate Innovation. The three-day event i actually in nearby La Jolla, and kicks off Monday with a workshop that will help innovators built trust…
What do thoughts look like? Here is a fascinating video of how Japanese researchers recorded a real-time video of thoughts forming in the brain. This brain is of a live animal called a zebrafish — a species with a translucent head — as it was stalking its prey. The scientists used a fluorescent protein that…
Imagine an online farmer’s market where the fresh, farm-grown food comes right to your workplace. Farmigo is a new web-based model that connects local farms with consumers for custom delivery subscriptions direct to a convenient community location. Here’s how it works: I’d try this! Farmigo now works with more than 300 farms in 25 states…
There have been many efforts to purify water and make it safe for drinking in the poorer nations of the world, but now it is possible to take the salt right out of the sea water. It’s called Eliodomestico, and it is an eco-distiller that uses solar power to make salt water drinkable. Photo courtesy…
With CoDev2013: Forging Collaborative Capabilities & Relationships to Accelerate Innovation being just three weeks away, I want to encourage those of you who are still sitting on the fence to join us in La Jolla, Calif. On Monday, February 11 we are doing a workshop that will help you drive innovation through trust. You can’t create…
Companies these days cannot afford to sit still! If you’re near the Palo Alto area next week, I’m teaming up with my friends at Xerox to present PARC FORUM: “Be a Leader of Unorthodox Ideas.” It’s a free event happening February 7 at the George E. Pake Auditorium, Palo Alto, California. I will shares best…
Two more weeks, and we’re excited to bring you Forging Collaborative Capabilities and Relationships to Accelerate Innovation, happening Feb. 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla (at Aventine) in La Jolla, Calif. Over the past decade, CoDev conferences have been a driving force in leading a cross-industry exchange on the evolution of open innovation practices….
I’ve traveled quite a few miles in my career and no matter how much I traverse the globe, I keep learning about how to do it better. Travel begins with preparation, and although it is taking years I’m still learning and reinforcing to myself that packing light is important. There is always the urge to…
