Consumer Goods Technology- Review and Outlook 2011
Cheryl Perkins, one of Consumer Goods Technology’s board members, joins the rest of the board to examine big changes to come in consumer goods. Click here to read the full article.
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Business Model Innovation: E-Lynxx Makes Procurement Transparent with Automated Auctions
Ask the leaders of a business how much they spend on printing. The response can be interesting, even hilarious. It’s an expense that is easily overlooked yet can be substantial. Few companies know if they are being overbilled. Decisions may be handled by cloudy processes where influences other than quality and value sometimes hold sway….
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May 2011: Insight Magazine
May 2011, Insight Magazine If your office employs a diverse array of age groups, chances are you experience a clash of temperaments now and then. To shed a little light on the issue, Insight invited Innovationedge President Cheryl Perkins to lead a…
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Will cancer scare change the way we use cellphones?
Today we are learning that an international panel of experts has announced that cellphones are possibly carcinogenic to humans. The International Agency for Research on Cancer issued a statement this afternoon after reviewing details from dozens of published studies and meeting with cancer researchers for the past week. The agency is part of the World…
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Simon Sinek and an Innovation Lesson from Aviation History
Simon Sinek’s famous TED presentation, “How Great Leaders Inspire Action,” includes a valuable lesson on innovation. He discusses the race for flight between the well-funded, highly educated, and widely acclaimed Samuel P. Langley and the unfunded, unknown Wright Brothers. Langley was after fame and wealth while the Wright Brothers were pursuing a dream with all…
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Why the Cosmic and Corporate Org Charts Are Broken: Dark Energy, Dark Matter, and Intangibles
In the past decade or so, scientists have been astounded to discover that the universe that we can see represents only a tiny fraction of the matter and energy that governs the cosmos. Based on the motion of stars and galaxies, strange “dark matter” must be present, increasing the gravitational tug on celestial bodies more…
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Kindle vs. Nook: a tale of two e-readers
If you’ve been waiting to get an e-reader upgrade (or your very first one), Barnes & Noble unveiled its newest e-reader today: a smaller, black-and-white touchscreen device called the Nook Simple Touch Reader. It is selling for $139, the same suggested retail price as Amazon’s Kindle. How do the two compare? Both devices have built-in Wi-Fi,…
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Amazing 3-D technology illuminates Coke and other brands
More and more marketers are turning to 3D technology in a big way: Using skyscrapers as a giant projection screen. This month in Atlanta, Coca-Cola is celebrating its 125th anniversary by stationing 45 projectors around its headquarters building and projecting a thank-you message to its fans. Much of the video shown on the building is…
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Disruptive Innovation Meets Higher Education: Review of The Innovative University by Clayton M. Christensen and Henry J. Eyring
Disruptive innovation is underway in higher education. While many will benefit, gaining access to personalized education at lower cost, some institutions will suffer if they fail to change now. Insights into the innovations coming to the university of the future is found in The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside…
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Allergan’s Eye on Innovation
Allergan (NYSE: AGN), the major multi-specialty pharmaceutical company with expertise in ophthalmology and beauty, has been on a tear in the stock market, driven at least in part by its bold approach to innovation. The market cap, now $25 billion, has roughly doubled in the past year. I heard CEO David Pyott speak to Jim…