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Improve Innovation Efficiency
Download KI_20060228.mp3 Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA Segment 1: Improve Innovation Efficiency Segment 2: Use of Analogy Segment 3: Use of Killer Questions
Innovation Toolkit and Prosperity Denial
Download KI_20060220.mp3 Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA Segment 1: Innovation Toolkit Click for info on Books & Tools discussed Segment 2: Weak Signal: Denial of Prosperity Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
Innovation of Design and Finding a Mentor
Download KI_20060211.mp3 Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Innovation In Design Visit Frogdesign Segment 2: Finding A Mentor Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
The business of future gazing
The BBC has an interesting article the business of predicting the future …. The future comes in many shapes and sizes. One minute it is giant leaps to the stars, the next it is a journey through inner space. From contacting life on other worlds to creating artificial life down here on Earth, any fut
Start-up Innovation
Download KI_20060204.mp3 Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA Segment 1: Start-up Innovation Phases of a new start-up build around an innovation – Idea Germination – Trigger Event – Decision to start a business – Finding a mentor – Finding a customer – Finding a money – Delivering the first product – Hire staff – Fast growth – Financial crisis – Management crisis
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Interesting article from Fast Company … Play More A friend of mine is a corporate attorney who is married with 3 kids. About two years ago he recognized that his work was putting a tremendous amount of stress on his family and marriage. He (and his wife) didn’t like who he was becoming. And they […]
Management Model Innovation
Download KI_20060122.mp3 Dateline: Cupertino, CA Segment 1: Management Model Innovation – Level 0 – Technology Innovation – Level 1 – Product/Service Innovation – Level 2 – Business Model Innovation – Level 3 – Management Model Innovation Examples: GE, P&G, Toyota, Google For more information, visit www.woodsideinstitute.org Segment 2: Killer Questions
2008 CES Innovations
Download KI_20060108.mp3 Dateline: Cupertino, CA Segment 1: Consumer Electronics Show Innovations – The term “innovation” was everywhere – Bad Messaging – “Me To” Innovations – “So What” Innovations – Design has a growing importance – Un-anticpated Innovations Segment 2: Killer Question of the Week
Link to Booz Allen Report
A number of you have either emailed or Skyp’d me for more info on the Booz Allen report titled: Money Isn’t Everything – Lavish R&D Budgets Don’t Guarantee Performance As I mentioned in this weeks podcast, the one correlation that the report does uncover is that R&D spend (as a ratio to sales) does
Outcome Driven Innovation and Innovation Budgets
Download KI_20060101.mp3 Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Outcome Based Innovation (based on Anthony Ulwich’s book What Customers Want … see info at bottom …) – Identify “jobs” being performed – Identify customer metrics (how they measure satisfaction) – Have customer identify importance – Have customer identify satisfaction (with current solutions) – If “low”