Tag Archives: innovation

How the iPod Indirectly Leads Companies to Abandon Innovation

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

The following is an excerpt from Saving Innovation: In the 1990’s and 2000’s, we all saw companies making billions of dollars thanks to incredibly innovative ideas.  Businesses were enamored by the potential for astronomical economic returns from new products and … Continue reading →

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The Futures Mindset and Changing the Way Employees Think About Problems

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

An excerpt from Saving Innovation:  In 1982 when the EPCOT theme park opened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, a reporter on the scene commented to Roy Disney, brother of the late Walt Disney, “Isn’t it a shame Walt … Continue reading →

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Know the Difference: High Performance & Customer Focused Innovation; Internal & External Innovation

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Types of innovation versus types of idea generation In the continual goal of clarifying the Language of Innovation, there are some terms going around with confusion and I hope the next couple definitions help clarify and demonstrate how I think … Continue reading →

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To Save Innovation, We Must Define Innovation

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

We’ve all heard the word “innovation.”  Most of us have used the word “innovation.”  But do we really know what it means?  And are all of us using the word “innovation” in the same way.  Here’s how I define the … Continue reading →

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Innovation is in Danger!

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

An excerpt from “Saving Innovation:” Daily advancements in technology, our ever-lengthening life expectancy, instantaneous global communication and a galaxy of consumer choices few ever imagined support a belief that innovation will continue to reliably answer our toughest questions. That may … Continue reading →

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Book Excerpt: The Barbaric Manager

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

The following is an excerpt from my soon-to-be published book, “Saving Innovation.” I uncovered an employee working to kill innovation: the “Barbaric Manager.”  Squashing ideas that could become breakthroughs because of his own insecurity or ego he tops the list … Continue reading →

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My Journey to Save Innovation Begins

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

The following is an excerpt from the Preface of “Saving Innovation:” Somewhere between Buffalo Bill’s Grave and Museum and the Sandstone Ranch it became clear to me that application, not philosophy, needed to be the focal point.  If my participants … Continue reading →

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