Creative Phone Service – And Creative Billing
I just discovered a new phone service called Tabrio. It claims to provide Skype-like calling rates (ad-supported), without the need for any special headsets or hardware. In fact, this service runs through your existing phone provider – landline and/or mobile. You give Tabrio your callback phone number (via their downloadable application). When you make a […]
Innovation Personality Poker Manual Going to Press
We just completed the Innovation Personality Poker instruction manual. It is 85 pages of solid content. Below you will find the Table of Contents. There is a “Quick Start Guide” [chapter 1] that can have you up and running in a matter of minutes. There is a transcript of a 45 minute ice breaker [chapter […]
Do Patents Help or Hinder Innovation?
I just received a newsletter that had 10 wacky patents. Here’s my favorite: Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force: With this invention, the mother-to-be is strapped down to a table that is then is spun to allow centrifugal force to take its course and aid in childbirth. This invention by […]
Harvard Leadership and the Presidency Debrief
The other day I attended an event at Harvard about “Leadership and the Next President.” There were some big names in the audience and on stage. Today I am going to blog about one of the panel discussions which focused specifically on leadership skills necessary to be President. Not surprisingly, these are the same skills […]
An Open Innovation Dilemma Update
On Wednesday I posted an open innovation dilemma. In summary, as I created my short-list of logos developed using an open innovation approach, certain designers decided to “build on” (plagiarize?) the concepts I liked. Although this resulted in an improved design, it also presented an ethical dilemma. Only one designer can be awarded the prize. […]
An Open Innovation Dilemma
As mentioned in my previous post, I decided to use open innovation for the development of a logo. OK, it is quite small scale, but I wanted to see the results. Here are two quick interesting observations. Signal to Noise Ratio: This is my favorite measure of the innovation process. This is the ratio of a signal […]
Open Innovation
In the past I have written several blog entries about the power of Open Innovation. The most robust open innovation website out there is InnoCentive. Yesterday I decided to try some open innovation for my own business – on a much smaller scale. As mentioned before, we are launching a new website with a new web-strategy. As […]
New Innovation Article
Although I have written about this many times before on this blog, we have created a formal article on “The Performance Paradox.” This is part of an eBook being published by 21 professional speakers. You can find this, and a dozen other articles in my “innovation articles” section of the website.
Personality Poker
Personality Poker™ for Innovation – Taking orders now, shipping mid-July To order, go to our 24/7 Innovation Shopping Cart Personality Poker is a fast-paced, highly interactive game that helps employees (and individuals) understand how they contribute to – and detract from – the innovation process. This is a personality test specifically designed for innovation and […]
Personality Poker (TM)
Coming June 1, 2008 I just heard from the lawyers this morning, and they gave me the green light to tell everyone about our newest product – “Personality Poker (TM).” We applied for both a trademark (hence the TM used everywhere) and a Provisional Patent. What is Personality Poker (TM)? It is a fast-paced, highly interactive […]