Category: Technology

Innovation Lessons from the Rise of Tesla Motors

I’m in Palo Alto right now, and electric cars are all over the road. This is a pretty good sign that they are traveling up the innovation diffusion s-curve, and are coming soon to a road near you. Continue reading

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FEI 2013: Where the Trillion Dollar Opportunities Lie

Lou Killeffer reports from the Keynote stage at Front End of Innovation conference where Vivek Wadhwa artfully presented “Where the Trillion Dollar Opportunities Lie”. Continue reading

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Are You Ready for the Digital Revolution?

As the Internet of Everything begins to infiltrate the 80% of business/industry categories that have not been disrupted yet (yes we are still coming after your sector), McKinsey frames a simplified view for CMO’s/CSO’s to grasp the opportunity around harnessing Big Data mining capabilities to better target, engage and retain the next-generation of multi-channel, always-on, cloud-computing consumers. Continue reading

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Today, we’re on the brink of a new digital paradigm, where the capabilities of our technology are beginning to outstrip our own. Computers are deciding which products to stock on shelves, doing legal research and even winning game shows. They will soon be driving our cars and making medical diagnoses. Here are five trends that are driving it all. Continue reading

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Product Thinking

Product costs, without product thinking, drop 2% per year. With product thinking, product costs fall by 50%, and while your competitors’ profit margins drift downward, yours are too high to track by conventional methods. And your company.. Continue reading

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Improving Returns on your Innovation Investment

Recently Arthur D Little provided their latest innovation excellence study, its 8th Global Innovation Excellence Study, into what companies can do to achieve a better return on their investment in innovation management. Continue reading

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A nadie le gusta el statu quo. Es aburrido. Las empresas que admiramos son radicales. Tienen el coraje, la inteligencia y el entusiasmo de hacer algo realmente diferente. Continue reading

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