I recently returned from our first Food & Beverage 2011: Sustainable Innovation Summit last week in Chicago, where some of the top innovation leaders from small and large global food giants (Kraft, General Mills, Heinz, Smuckers and many others), gathered to talk about innovation. We learned from each other how to better create a user…
Can consumers embrace product packaging that looks dull, or somewhat imperfect, in exchange for packaging that is good for the environment? Check out this article on Greener Package.com about a new package disrupting the detergent aisle. It has a molded-pulp outer shell made from recycled cardboard and old newspapers, with an inner film pouch–both parts…
Can consumers embrace product packaging that looks dull, or somewhat imperfect, in exchange for packaging that is good for the environment? Check out this article on Greener Package.com about a new package disrupting the detergent aisle. It has a molded-pulp outer shell made from recycled cardboard and old newspapers, with an inner film pouch–both parts…
I am very excited about the new developments in bioplastics research! Within the past few years there have been numerous new-to-market plastic products that either decompose in the landfill or make the recycling process cheaper, easier and more environmentally friendly. One company from France has launched a plastic “coffee pod” (like the kind used in…
I am very excited about the new developments in bioplastics research! Within the past few years there have been numerous new-to-market plastic products that either decompose in the landfill or make the recycling process cheaper, easier and more environmentally friendly. One company from France has launched a plastic “coffee pod” (like the kind used in…
I am very excited about the new developments in bioplastics research! Within the past few years there have been numerous new-to-market plastic products that either decompose in the landfill or make the recycling process cheaper, easier and more environmentally friendly. One company from France has launched a plastic “coffee pod” (like the kind used in…
Remember a few years ago when the utility companies sent meter readers from home to home to read and jot down energy usage? Not too long ago technology changed and a new process, the automatic meter reading, allowed meters to send a signal to a utility truck that drove through neighborhoods collecting the data. Sounds…
In one of my recent newspaper columns, I wrote about how IBM is doing something with social media that most companies wouldn’t dare try: allowing their employees to speak for the company! While most corporations hire PR firms or rely on their communications director to carefully craft messages that appear on public sites, IBM lets…
I’ve just come back from hosting an incredible conference in Phoenix, where I met some of the leading innovators who have broken down walls to collaborate with other companies to deliver innovation and customer satisfaction. Here’s my newspaper column this week on how co-creation can work in organizations of any size: This week I had…
Here’s an interesting article I saw in Business Week some time ago, but the content still poses intriguing questions for innovators today: Does innovation need a parent or two? Or three? Notice that innovation teams are working through three stages of innovation. I would agree that this type of idea parenting needs to be a…
