Wharton released an interesting article this week called "Can Lean Co-Exist with Innovation?" In essence, the article walks through how Lean and Innovation play contributing roles in the complete product development lifecycle. Overall, it is a fantastic article, but there are a few key points ..
I was incredibly fortunate to be one of a very select handful of innovation thought-leaders invited to the 3M Customer Innovation Center yesterday for a behind the scenes look at how and why 3M innovates. This visit moved me in a totally unexpected way. As a person passionate about ..
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas EdisonI recently ran across an organization...a current Fortune 500 organization...that is dead. That's right...dead. Oh...you wouldn't know it yet. They are still selling, ..
I was recently given a copy of "Innovation Passport - The IBM First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Journey from Research to Reality" by Mary Jo Frederich and Peter Andrews, and I realized the depth of my innovation "geekness" when I flew through it in one sitting! Let's be honest here, this is a book ..
"If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail" - Abraham MaslowWhen I work with clients, I tend to use a lot of tools. I have tools to assess innovation maturity. I have tools to lead a root cause analysis. I have tools to do customer interviews. I have tools to ..