I spent this past week in beautiful La Jolla, Calif., chairing the Co-Dev 2012 Conference. Here top innovation leaders from all over the country joined me in addressing open innovation’s critical role in achieving higher returns while managing risk, costs and uncertainty. I have been attending the conference for many years, and every year there…
Have you been pinning? if you are one of those folks who love collecting things (rooster figurines, baseball cards, antique gardening tools), you may have discovered how to collect and share without clogging up your attic or that guest room closet. Pinterest is one of the hottest new social platforms for collecting and sharing sharing…
High above the soil and sod, a German company is building an aquaponic farm on the roof of an old malthouse in Berlin that will produce both vegetables and fish. Rooftop farms are gaining in popularity in many areas of the world, and German company Frisch vom Dach is doing something that may lead to…
Here is a prototype from the Netherlands, where riding your bike to work or school is the norm. These inventors are taking the bike idea to the next realm: Public transportation. Here is a story of the “bicycle school bus” from Fast CoExist: World Changing Ideas and Innovation: The Dutch are bicycle fanatics. Almost half…
If you want to start creating a culture of innovation, try getting rid of the time clock. According to Inc.com, business supervisors should stop trying to track their employees’ work hours. The result they say is that employees will be more productive. Read on: “What time do you want me to start work?” That’s the…
I’m now on the exciting two-week countdown to the February CoDev2012: Achieving Higher OI Returns while Managing Risk, Cost and Uncertainty. There’s still time to join me, as I team up once again with Management Roundtable and PDMA for the upcoming 11th annual event. If you need a little convincing, check out this FREE PODCAST…
I love working with inventors. I don’t work with Dave Foster, but I’m sharing his interesting (and much welcomed) idea: using solar power to charge our electronic devices. Foster came up with a case he calls the LilyPad which does precisely that. The LilyPad uses new solar ink technology to convert outdoor and indoor light…
The winds of change may be unpredictable, but forecasts are improving. New partnerships between energy companies and government agencies are helping to predict wind speeds far enough in advance to save energy companies billions of dollars. Power companies, grid operators, and energy traders often pay close attention to the nightly forecasts on television news, but…
I’m passing along some ideas from Harvard Business Review that emerged in 2011 as powerful “innovation invitations.” HBR says these seem certain to intensify in global power and influence, and I do agree that they will spark innovation differentiation in the months ahead: 1. The Slacktivism Co-Opt As much a term of derision as global…
Here is an interesting idea sparked by a man who recently entered the U.S. from Canada without his passport. Instead he presented the border authorities with his iPad, which contained a scanned image of his passport. I wonder if this is a sign of things to come? Read on: Martin Reisch said Tuesday a slightly…
