There was a conference in Silicon Valley not too long ago where Entrepreneurs gathered to hear some great speakers on the topic of innovation. One such speaker was the head of IP and Broadband for Ericsson, the telecom giant based in Sweden, Maya Strelar-Migotti. There was a great synopsis of the key elements in her… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Steps to Innovation
Innovation is ALL about Leadership…or is it?
There was a great article in Forbes, “An Innovation Leadership Revolution is Brewing,” by Henry Doss. He starts it off with a great quote by T.S. Eliot, “If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” That is awesome. It really says how limiting we can be as leaders… Continue Reading
Do you have “Model T” or “RW” leading your Innovation?
OK, I didn’t know what either of these meant either before I read the article by Henry Doss in Forbes, “Innovation: Time to Ditch “Model T Leadership.” It is such an interesting read about what I believe is a fundamental change in the way we look at employees today and how we hire them for… Continue Reading
Get your Employees Involved to Solve…
One question I get asked on a regular basis is, “How do you get employees involved and interested in helping you innovate?” Great question and like most good questions, there is more than one answer. We have talked about several ways other organizations have been successful in getting this to happen, and here is another… Continue Reading
Three Lessons Learned from Open Innovation
As we continue to build more around being an innovative company, it is interesting to learn from others what works and where companies stumble along the path to being effectively innovative. One recent blog post from Andy Zynga of Harvard Business Review, “Where Open Innovation Stumbles,” talks exactly about this issue. I wanted to share… Continue Reading
Apple just THINKS different when it comes to products
I was thinking about our own company over the holidays and looking at who we were and where we are going in the coming year. We have been quite successful and to me, being the competitive person I am, this is when we should really accelerate our innovation. While others might sit back, I want… Continue Reading