Thanks to our phones, we’re becoming tightly drawn together as a global society. With half a billion users on Facebook and nearly as many on Twitter, our humanity and the way we connect is undergoing a seismic shift. Some predict that Google and Bing will no longer be our favorite search engine sites. Instead Twitter…
Innovationedge President, Cheryl Perkins, will present at the Consumer Goods Growth & Innovation Forum at 10:55 a.m. on September 23, 2010 in Miami Beach, FL. Cheryl will moderate the General Session “Developing Leadership & Talent” Moderator: Cheryl Perkins, President, InnovationEdge Panelists: 1. Bennett L. Brenton, Chief Innovation Officer, Snap-on Incorporated 2. Barry Calpino, Vice President,…
Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent: Cheryl Perkins, InnovationEdge By Cheryl Perkins, President, Innovationedge LLC More and more companies are facing talent management challenges. Downsizing, the aging of the workforce and the ongoing retirement of resources with years of institutional knowledge are making it even harder for them to have the right people, with the right…
Apple’s commercial success has often been linked to its intellectual property. Today IP and apples’ success is in the news again–the other apple, the kind you eat. The story involves the theme of tension about the way universities pursue technology transfer. The story begins with the University of Minnesota and their agricultural research that led…
The trend toward increased convergence of our social media sites, home entertainment devices and your company intranet is going to change the way you communicate to the world in the next few years. People’s identities will be embedded in our televisions, music and video devices and the like, thanks to enhanced location awareness. It’s been…
Overcoming Obstacles To Innovation The American Institute of Engineer’s CEP Magazine featured Cheryl Perkins and Jeff Lindsay of Innovationedge in their September issue in an article about their recent book topic, Conquering Innovation Fatigue. Click to Read Article
The World Economic Forum held in Switzerland last week announced its new class of Technology Pioneers: 31 of the most innovative technology start-ups from around the world– the companies representing 13 countries. (Interestingly, more than half of these Technology Pioneers are from the United States!) Many of them you’ve never heard of, but they will…
If you still think social media sites like Twitter is a time-waster, it’s time to re-consider this incredible business innovation. Twitter can be a wonderful customer-service tool, IF you know how to use it. Check out what Best Buy is doing to maximize its Twitter impact on its customers all around the world. The company…
I came across a Harvard Business Review article this week about how large corporations can better foster innovation by helping their dedicated innovation team members partner with other performance and core process teams, rather than struggle with conflict. (Culture is one of the key ingredients of a healthy company of any size!) I was drawn…
Is your marketing department engaging in effective social media strategies? A report out earlier this week suggests that one in three corporations is blogging to fill a niche that other forms of social media like Twitter and Facebook cannot. Some of the most popular bloggers who have thousands of readers will tell you that they…
