Learn how Amazon decides where to expand, focuses on customer happiness, takes the long-term view, leverages core strengths, doesn’t fear big bets, and more; how you can adapt these approaches to fit your organization. Amazon’s 20-year record of double-digit revenue growth is unmatched in industry. While much of its success can be attributed to CEO…
Do you have a “personal innovation strategy?” Do you need one? My friend Robert Tucker recently published a Forbes article on disruption, and why we generally associate it with companies rather than our own careers. He notes, “in a time of exponential change and dislocation, with job functions being automated and algorithms doing more of…
Google is one of the most innovative companies in the world, because it actively pursues a culture of innovation. Google for years has worked to ensure that innovative ideas are continually flowing in order to position the company for success well into the future. What is Google doing, and how can we learn from their…
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…