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Over my career, I’ve had the opportunity to get to know a number of CEO’s.  The general perception in the market is that CEO’s of…

With this morning’s announcement that Kodak would seek bankruptcy protection, I reflected back on how and why it reached this point.  In my opinion, Kodak…

The book launch event for Beyond The Obvious is set for Thursday, February 16th at the Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA).
The event will begin…

Last week was CES and the hype machines where operating at full speed.  Ahead of the show, I posted a column over at Forbes on…

Just as in Hollywood, the book publishing industry has a process of reviewing new books and authors and then telling others what they think.  In…

As promised, my publisher is making a chapter available for free to readers of the blog. Chapter 1, “Why Questions Matter”, covers:

The Power of…

When you put together a kick ass innovation team, be careful as they will take that innovation skill and apply it to your retirement party.…

How do you innovate a brand?
 
Back in 2008, the HP corporate marketing teams was tasked to innovate the brand.  To my surprise since…

It’s that time of year when companies prepare to show off their latest technology innovation at the show to end all shows – CES (Consumer…

What is an innophobic?  Its a person who is so afraid of innovation that they won’t even try.
Have you ever noticed that when someone…

When it comes to new innovations, we sometimes ignore the underlying ideas that make it work. Its hard but we need to look beyond the…

Over the years, I’ve seen my fair share of poorly written mission statements.  The steps to creating a mission statement, in my opinion accurately…

The economy upon which companies and employees have built their future has changed.
Just do a quick comparison of market capitalization to book value for…

As a trustee of the Computer History Museum and having worked closely with Jeffrey Katzenberg (CEO) and Ed Leonard (CTO) of DreamWorks Animation, I was…

In today’s economy, organizations can’t grow revenue by flogging the same old stuff to the same old customers through the same old channels in the…

I was recently going through some old files and notebooks and came across a paper I wrote during my sophomore year in college (Spring 1980). …

Given that today is the Thanksgiving holiday here in the states, I was reflecting back on the past year and compiling a list of everything…

Its that time of year again when managers deliver annual performance reviews.  Over my career, I’ve been shocked on how few managers have the leadership…

Even with all of the articles, columns and blog posts on innovation, the number of myths that still exist is astounding.  Below is the list…

For many of the innovations we take for granted, we miss out on hearing what went in to making it happen.  After my post yesterday…