“Who’s mining the shop?” This is a question that needs to be asked for every university, company, and organization capable of creating inventions. In my corporate and academic experience (am the former Corporate Patent Strategist at Kimberly-Clark Corp., and was a professor before that), numerous inventions never get the protection they deserve because nobody was…
It is nice to make a list like this! NESTA is an innovation company from the U.K. that works with high tech startups.
One of the most exciting opportunity areas for targeted innovation is in the display of digital information. The information-rich world of the film Minority Report is becoming closer to reality each day, with some practical twists. Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that Intel and Microsoft are teaming up to provide smart digital displays in retail…
Who are the best open innovation speakers globally?: NESTA Connect blog, January 8, 2010
If you are a small business owner, this new year is a great time to take stock in how your company is doing. Do you have a plan for creating more value and exceeding customer’s expectations? This year a big marketing buzzword to watch is “customer service.” Offering outstanding customer service doesn’t just make good…
So long 2009. Time to look forward… I love imagining the exciting new possibilities the New Year brings! What is on your radar for the coming year? How will the next big trends impact your business, your social life or your relationships? Over at Trendhuntertv.com, the big prediction for 2010 includes “Rental Culture,” “Next Besting”…
Sometimes what you expect from an innovative idea or a product isn’t always what you get. In fact sometimes you get the opposite end result from what you thought would happen. If you were around in the 1970’s when the computer revolution was beginning, you may remember all those who predicted that computers would soon…
December is a time when we often think about how we’ve been blessed, and how we’ve been challenged. However you celebrate the holiday season, I hope you are able to take some time to reflect and also to enjoy the people in your lives! This time of year you don’t need to look too hard…
What if you could add more than a half million new customers to your business EVERY DAY, for the next five years? Make that 548,000 new customers, to be precise. That’s what Procter & Gamble’s new chief executiveRobert McDonald says he’ll be doing for the company. He wants to do this by continually expanding P.…
I want to take this opportunity to first thank everyone who has already registered for CoDev2010. I hope you’re all as excited as I am about the incredible agenda we’ve put together. What started as an informal gathering of a small group of pioneers has evolved into the longest running and most comprehensive source for…