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What is the secret to Apple’s innovation leadership?
In Silicon Valley, you can’t avoid the game of comparing every company to Apple. There is no…

With the launch of the book yesterday, there seems to be a lot of interest in the history of how Beyond The Obvious came to…

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…

It takes innovation leadership skills to win in the highly competitive world these days.  While most will try to rest on the traditional management and leadership skills…

Earlier today, I announced that I will be retiring from HP.
This is not the traditional retirement.  I’m not planning on spending my days playing…

A box arrived this week and what do you think was inside?  The galley proofs of the book!
Its hard to believe that the book…

I recently gave a speech at the annual PDS Conference (Milwaukee, WI) on the topic of Enabling Innovation: A Strength In Any Economy.  In the…

Great leaders understand that one of their key responsibilities is to set the goals for innovation.  Most leaders don’t take this effort seriously and as…

In a recent survey of senior executives, 91% say that innovation is very important or highly important to the success of the organization.  At the…

In the 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation, the Law of Patience states:
Innovation takes time.  More time than is expected.  The organization must take the…

I’m amazed at how many executives will put off investing in innovation until they are faced with a crisis.  Then they run around lamenting the…

In the 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation, the Law of Resources states:
Innovation requires a committed level of resources (people, money, time, equipment) over an…

Over the years of being in the innovation space, I’ve discovered a set of laws by trial and error.  Needless to say, I have the…

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This weeks Killer Innovations podcast is ~15 minute segment from a one hour talk I recently gave to the team at PureMatter…

 
In most organizations these days, decision making is held in the hands of the few.  This is especially true when it comes to innovation.…

Best practices for innovation makes no sense. The consulting industry is built up on the idea of taking the “best” from each of their clients…

When it comes to being part of a team that is tasked with creating killer innovations, there will be people coming out of the woodwork…