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The Innovation Master Plan: A New Book

August 12, 2011

I’ve just released a new book (shown above on the left), The Innovation Master Plan. Here’s a short passage from the introduction: “Some executives look at the innovations that come from companies like Apple or P&G, and they think to themselves, ‘Well, we don’t have people or the resources like theirs.  We can’t do that kind [...]

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The Billion Dollar Bump

June 20, 2011

When a company achieves greatness, one of the unwelcome side effects is that its leaders become tempted by new challenges elsewhere. So is Apple’s triumph in the market going to cause the company to  start bleeding executives? Last week Apple’s head of retail, Ron Johnson, announced he was leaving to become CEO of J.C. Penney. [...]

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When Desiging a Conference, Remember that Structure Wins

October 10, 2010

I’ve helped design a number of conferences over the years, often working with organizations who want to make significant changes to the format of their conference so that it can be more productive. I offer some options here that you may wish to consider for the design of small conferences (20-50 participants). Structure Wins The [...]

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Two New Publications

April 11, 2010

Managing Innovation Portfolios Langdon Morris has recently written a companion to his Innovation Metrics white paper entitled Managing Innovation Portfolios. The purpose of this white paper is to explore the elements involved in optimizing innovation investments while laying out a process recommended for Innovation Portfolio management. Some of the topics covered include: Purpose The “Innovation [...]

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Introduction to the iLands of Innovation

April 29, 2009

What is Innovation?While we may think of innovation as the emergence or creation of something completely unique, the dictionary definition suggests something more modest—and maybe more valuable to the practitioner. To innovate means simply to renew. It means to bring some idea into the world that is new or that can be presented as new. [...]

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Armano on the move – to Austin and a new career

April 12, 2009

Anyone who has followed my scribblings has recognized my appreciation for David Armano’s work and his generous contributions to the creative commons of impactful visuals to explain the reach and power of social media. David epitomizes the values of the Creative Commons. Here’s a quote from his blog announcing a major change in David’s life [...]

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