As a society, we love inventions. Americans are enamored with the idea that we can go into our garages and walk out with an electronic device, like Bill Hewlett and… Read More
Innovation
Adjusting the Climate of Your Innovation Program
Living in Houston, I am blessed with warm, sunny days all year around. My garden is stocked with tropical flowers, palm trees, tomatoes and pineapples. Quite enjoyable, if I don’t… Read More
What was Old is New Again
This week, my oldest sister is celebrating her 50th birthday. A half century. Wow! She insists that she’s excited for the next phase of life, and I quote, “Fifty is… Read More
Revolutionize Your New Product Portfolio
I was lucky enough to spend part of the Christmas holiday in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Williamsburg is a wonderful step back in time to the year 1775 during the birth… Read More
Now Is the Time for Open Innovation
I’ve been reading and thinking about Open Innovation a lot lately. So many books talk about the success of Open Innovation and Mass Collaboration – recently I’ve read “Wikinomics” by… Read More
Backing Up Your Innovation Portfolio
My computer crashed this week. It’s always an inopportune time for things like that to happen. And, the outlook is sobering – a phone call to the manufacturer with a… Read More
Innovation and Mass Collaboration
Go ahead…get your teenager to translate if you don’t know what Wikinomics is. I’ve been recently reading Don Tapscott and Antony Williams’ 2008 revision of their book “Wikinomics: How Mass… Read More