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How to innovate in spite of the corporate antibodies (Video)
I recently gave a talk at the Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference. The format was a “fireside chat” where I was asked to comment on the challenges of innovating inside a large organization, how to create an innovation culture and what tools and tricks have I uncovered over my car
NY Times Article On New Device Concept
In this mornings New York Times, reporter Randall Stross published an article that covered my recent speech in Shanghai where I revealed an investigation into the concept of connected watches. All in all a good article but it missed a key point. The author seems to focus on “do we need watches” ra
Why is it so hard to give a good speech?
The ability to communicate is a skill/ability that is in short supply. I know of a number of highly intelligent people who seem to struggle during their presentations to share their ideas. If you can’t effectively communicate, then the impact of your ideas is near zero. Communicating, especially
What does 10 years in the future look like?
Below are the slides from a speech I recently gave where I discussed the innovations that will define the landscape over the next 10 years. The world continues to undergo radical change, and it is important to understand the challenges that will arise and how businesses and consumers prepare for the
ABC News Video On 3D
Here is the ABC Tech This Out show on 3D that I appeared in. This is an old segment that I’ve been meaning to post. When do you think 3D will go mainstream?? What do you think is holding it back?? Let me know …
Your Attitude Will Predict Your Innovation Success
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 to criticize what you are doing. Your attitude can and will determine your innovation success. When I look back on innovation programs that I’ve been involved with
What is you confidence in innovation?
As some of you know, I’m currently on the Board for the Institute For Innovation and Information Productivity (IIIP). One of the projects we fund is the annual Innovation Confidence Index. Some background: IIIP commissioned the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde in
3 More Innovation Contests
The response to the original post of three interesting innovation contests was so positive, I’ve decided to start collecting contests and then posting them on the blog and on the twitter stream. I’m not sure why there is such a strong interest in contests. Maybe it has something to do with wanting t
Are You Part Of The Gray Wave? If Not Yet, You Will Be!
For the last few weeks, my wife has been back in Cincinnati helping my Grandmother who just turned 95 last week, still lives in the same house she raised her kids in and still cooks and cleans. Whenever I’m in Cincinnati for business, I have to stay at the house with her else she will kick my b** —
Video of “March On Wireless” Panel At The Churchill Club
On Tuesday, I joined the Churchill Club panel “March On Wireless”. The other participants included: Mike Bell VP, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel Hakan Eriksson, CTO, Ericsson Eric Klein, VP Technology Planning, Nokia The moderator for the panel was Don Clark, San Francisco Deputy Bureau Chief, Wall Str
