Like many companies, I’ve been exploring new ways to share information through my website. Many thought leaders are doing the same. It has become clear that the old model of the static website as an advertising medium where we talk and customers just listen is a concept whose time is fading. Because of the latest…
Today is “Cyber Monday,” and anyone who likes the idea of avoiding retail crowds will be scouring the Internet looking for online deals. It looks like Black Friday, the biggest retail shopping day of the year, went better than expected, with $816 million in consumer sales. That is the heaviest online spending day ever, and…
As we get ready to close out November, I’m reflecting on how the innovation frontier has changed, and will change in the year ahead. Earlier this month I had the opportunity to join many innovation professionals in Phoenix for the 35th Annual Global Conference on Product Innovation Management. We all know that leaders who aren’t…
Some engineers think that a catastrophic climate event is coming, and they are pointing to giant fly-swatters and freight containers as a solution. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has designed “artificial forests,” with technologies that absorb CO2, in a similar way to trees. Below is a photo of what this could look like in…
Where do your best and brightest ideas come from? A lot of organizations are continually trying new ways to tap into that thing that sparks our creativity in order to help solve a problem or bring innovative new products and solutions to the marketplace. How does groundbreaking innovation happen? Check out this video story of…
We can’t ignore the fact that Open Innovation has become a critical component within the innovation framework of top companies. The challenge you now face is fueling your innovation engine in this less-than-optimal climate! That’s why I’m inviting you to join me, as I team up once again with Management Roundtable and PDMA for the…
I found an interesting new tool that was just released last week for those wanting to take healthy living into their own hands—literally. Jawbone, the maker of Bluetooth headsets is hoping its new Up life monitoring wristband will sell like hotcakes this holiday season, and help those of us who enjoy hotcakes to burn those…
If you want to truly grow your business, you need to invite people and companies to move forward. I recently wrote about why it is so important to reach out beyond our own four walls of our organizations to embrace open innovation in my weekly newspaper column. There are a lot of different approaches that…
Grow your own meat? Killing animals for meat may someday become a thing of the past. Scientist Mark Post is the head of the department of vascular physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and he is at the forefront of developing research to produce meat without the need for livestock breeding. In this video,…
In my weekly newspaper column I talk about how we’re hearing that innovative technology is beginning to transform the poorest areas of developing nations in South and Central America, Africa, Asia and beyond. This is great news: New well-drilling equipment and water filters are providing clean drinking water to many impoverished communities. Inexpensive mobile phones,…
