New discoveries in materials science will undoubtedly lead to a new era of growth. You may be asking who is best positioned to benefit — incumbent companies or upstarts? The answer may surprise you. I found an interesting article I thought I’d pass along, highlighting several new developments that could help the chemicals industry lead…
D!gitalist Magazine is futurecasting about blockchain technology, a trend I have been blogging about more frequently in the past year. If you can see into a crystal ball, would you imagine that every agency, building, office, residence, and piece of infrastructure has an entry on a blockchain used as a city’s digital ledger? How will…
I love working with clients who value the creative process. I always learn a few new ways to brainstorm on bringing new, innovative ideas to the marketplace. But not everyone enjoys their company’s brainstorming sessions. I cover a lot of this in the book, Conquering Innovation Fatigue: Overcoming the Barriers to Personal and Corporate Success….
Have you ever stopped to think your next breakthrough product may be right under your nose? Or that ‘local’ could go very global with the right development support and customer-needs tailoring? A few days ago I was engaged in a lively discussion with my LinkedIn contacts on the story I posted, Top 10 U.S. Cities…
Yesterday I featured the Top Ten U.S. Cities for Corporate Innovation from Innovation Leader magazine, and I thought today you’d like to see the reason they selected San Francisco as the No. 1 corporate leader in innovation. Here’s what Innovation Leader had to say: Well before chip companies like Fairchild Semiconductor helped the peninsula between…
I am always amazed at the incredible amount of creative energy you can find in smaller towns across the United States. Many people think that you need to be in the hub of a big city or university center in order to see corporate innovation at work. That being said, Innovation Leader Magazine has just…
We all know that wind turbine and other solar power is a fantastic idea, but many people fear its reliability. After all, we can’t make the sun shine or the wind blow. But what about storing that energy for cloudy or windless days? ARES’ technology uses heavy rail cars that are pushed to the top…
Soundwave tattoos are the text big thing in ink trends. These innovative tattoos let you play and hear the recordings that you want memorialized. You can get inked with up to a minute of audio and play back using your mobile device. The video below has gotten millions of views. As soon as the video…
It’s a holiday weekend, and a lot of people are going to be consuming bags of chips at their cookouts. But here’s a new take to the crumply bag: Seasoned chips you season yourself. The idea is from the United Kingdom, and it’s a little “Twistd”: Twistd’s potato chips and tortillas are packaged in small,…
When it comes to creating a culture of innovation and inspiring people, I like to keep it simple. I came across an interesting article the other day about inspiring teams of people to be at their best – without the fortune-cookie axioms so many bosses plaster on their breakroom walls. These are 25 simple ways…
