Doug's TwitterA gift expert once said that gifts are a means for communicating to others what values we want them to develop. A brother might give a book on self-reliance to a sister who has low self-esteem. An uncle might give his nephew tickets to a ball game to get him more interested in sports. [...]
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What a wild week. On Tuesday VP Biden announced the expansion of the USA National Innovation Marketplace. And since then things have gone kinda wild for us and our NIST/MEP Network government partners.
The lesson for all of us – is the importance of credibility. In a world of invention scams – the US Government’s involvement [...]
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What a WICKED COOL Day. It’s not often that you get an e-mail just as you’ve landed at an airport – saying the White House just announced that a dream of your team and client (NIST/MEP)- The USA National Innovation Marketplace was important and valuable to the nation!
There are a ton of people who have [...]
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A conversation today with a top expert in the world of Open Innovation helped me understand why most open innovation efforts fail. He explained that most Open Innovation efforts are “Tech Mining” efforts at the end of the innovation process. Companies use open innovation tech mining to find a technical solution for an existing [...]
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The benefits of Open Innovation or as I call it Open Collaboration between inventors, companies, brands, distributors are clear.
The hard data — companies that openly collaborate realize as much as a tripling of innovation success rates, 85% improvement in R&D output and a 50% reduction in capital spending (P&G results).
The challenge is today in most [...]
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I have it confirmed from two independent sources that the new TV show Shark Tank is “charging” all contestants. To be on the show you have to sign over 2 to 15% ownership in your company/invention. This is the case even if you don’t get a deal from the deal makers.
Recall – Shark Tank [...]
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Have you ever tried to start a conversation with your child and felt you might as well be talking to one of those Magic 8 balls? Sometimes we have to practically turn our kids upside down to get a response — and when the kids do open their mouths, they close them [...]
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The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside. …….The first step is transformation of the individual. This transformation is discontinuous. It comes from understanding of the system of profound knowledge. The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, [...]
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Profits Drive Profitability
Data from Georgia Tech shows that Innovation is the best way to make more money
AND – just the same a business strategy of quick delivery, voice of the customer or fast delivery are better but not great.
To win in today’s economy you must LEAD and that means Innovation.
It the difference between being [...]
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This past week I was in PEI Canada – working with companies. Given the beauty of the surroundings and given that my wife was with me with no teenagers – I stopped Twittering, Blogging and Facebook Posting.
From this I learned that instant feedback from the web had caused me to change the “voice” of my writing. [...]
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