Podcast Series Incite Innovation!

Incite Innovation is a podcast series designed to advance innovation leadership and inspire teams. Featuring Cheryl Perkins, it offers fresh insights and incisive guest interviews on key trends, practices, technologies, and ideas. Check out our first two episodes:
 
Episode 1 Collaborative Innovation, Partnerships, and Ecosystems for the Digital Age. How top companies build their networks to deliver complete customer experiences. Open innovation has grown up; what does it take to win today – and in the future?
 
Episode 2 Balancing Long-Term Growth with Short-Term Profits. How to make the business case; what to do when torn between big bets with high growth potential and maintaining the ‘bread and butter.’

18 Oct 09: The Post-Crescent

Local leaders pen book to aid inventors: The Post-Crescent, October 18, 2009 Cheryl Perkins and Jeff Lindsay of Innovationedge in Neenah authored “Conquering Innovation Fatigue,” which reveals how to overcome the many barriers faced by innovators.

Are you connected?

It is nearlty impossible to be innovative without relating to people. And social networking is by far the easiest way to keep relationships and connections fresh. So let me ask: Do you blog? Tweet? Own a Facebook page for your company? I’ve been using social networking for several years, and I can’t imagine not having

CoDev 2010

I am excited to announce our exceptional line-up of keynote presenters at next year’s PDMA/MRT CoDev 2010 conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., which I am chairing on January 25-27. (That’s just a few months away!). Our theme is Expand Open Innovation Capabilities to Accelerate Profits, Product Innovation and Market Responsiveness. CoDev 2010 is considered the leading

College students reflect trends of our time

A few weeks ago my husband and I packed up our youngest for college. For parents the new empty nest syndrome is bittersweet, but we’re excited to see what the future holds for this emerging generation. There are a couple of trends I am seeing in colleges across the U.S. One trend is a major

TII (Technology Innovation International) Annual Conference – Greece

Europe’s premier independent association of technology transfer and innovation support professionals. Members include innovation and technology consultants, technology brokers, university and research center transfter offices, regional development agencies and chambers of commerce, science parks, government agencies, professional organization and innovation centers. All of the members work to provide high quality innovation support to ultimately develop

FIRST Championship – Atlanta, GA

More than 10,000 young people competing with 500 robots on six fields. The FIRST program’s mission is: “To inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.”

5th Annual Northeast Wisconsin Global Trade Conference – Green Bay, WI

The topics of this conference’s seminar sessions include: export-import documentation and procedures, international technology trends, cultural impact on global business and understanding China and India. The goal of the conference is to provide business professionals with the skills and tools needed to compete in a growing global marketplace. The conference is designed primarily for CEOs