Innovation Blogs – We're #15
The blog you are reading is #15 on Blogrank’s list of innovation blogs. I am in good company, with Information Week and Richard Branson in the top 10. What I find interesting is that they know more about my website and traffic than I do. For example, I did not know that I am the […]
How to Get Emails Instantaneously On Your BlackBerry
I’ve been using a BlackBerry for many years now. It has always annoyed me that it takes 15 minutes for emails to arrive when using a pop3 email account. Today I figured out a way to get all emails on my BB instantaneously, even when using a pop3 account and not using a BlackBerry Enterprise […]
Arthur Miller Quote
“One can’t stand forever on the shore. At some point, filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere” – Arthur Miller
The First Open Innovation?
Today is “Flag Day” in the United States. Since 1960, we have had 50 stars arranged as they appear in the image left. The first flag back in 1777 had 13 stars – one for each of the original states. Since then, according to USA Today, the number of stars has changed 27 times. According […]
LG Electronics Uses Open Innovation
According to a press release I received, “LG Mobile Phones (the fastest growing mobile phone brand in North America) is partnering with crowdSPRING (an online marketplace for creative services) and Autodesk (a leader in 2D and 3D design and engineering software) to hold a new competition to define the future of personal mobile communication.” They […]
How To Build Innovation Networks
According to David Strom, a web/tech expert… “Burger King ran a promotion not too long ago where they asked people to defriend 10 Facebook friends in order to get a coupon for a free burger. They were swamped with thousands of requests, thereby establishing the value of a friend at somewhere around a quarter. That […]
What's Your Twitter Personality Style?
After giving a presentation last week on Personality Poker to a client, one of the other speakers discussed social media and Twitter. The emcee for the event asked me to comment on which personality style uses Twitter. My response was, “All of them. But WHY they Twitter and HOW they Twitter differs.” We designed Personality […]
Getting A Good Seat on a Plane
Being a frequent traveler, I am always looking for creative ways to get the best seat on a plane. Because of the extra leg room, the obvious selections are the exit rows. That is, IF your seat reclines. If there are two exit rows next to each other (e.g., rows 10 and 11), the first […]
Podcast: Creating Innovative Products
How do you create products that sell themselves? That is what I will be speaking about at the National Speakers Association (NSA) national convention in Phoenix, AZ this summer. As a way of promoting that event, I was interviewed by professional MC, Camille Valvo, for the “Voices of Experience.” This audio CD is sent to […]
Online Marketing Wisdom
Yesterday I attended the Online Marketing Summit. The day consisted of 3 parallel conversations on various online marketing topics ranging from blogging, twitter, social media, viral marketing, search engine optimization and web page design. During the event, I was twittering some interesting quotes/statistics (follow me on twitter). What was really cool was that everyone else […]