Innovation has finally reached the least likely place you would expect to find it – the family dairy farm. When you think of a dairy farm, most likely you don’t think of technology involving robots, artificial intelligence, and tablets brimming with data on each cow. While employing innovative technology in dairy farming is more commonplace […]
Archive for 2020
11/30/2020
November 2020 – Effectively Finding Great Innovations During COVID-19
This month, fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle announced that it is introducing a new restaurant format that is designed to only provide pickup and delivery of orders. Chipotle Digital Kitchen is the company’s venture into the innovative, “ghost kitchen” business model that has caught on as a result of the coronavirus. In this business model, restaurants […]
10/30/2020
October 2020 – How Successful Companies Mine Innovative Ideas During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic reared its ugly head in the United States back in January this year and it has changed all our lives, including how each of us thinks, makes decisions, and acts. One big decision that people have to deal with is, since the COVID-19 virus remains on surfaces of various things that are […]
09/29/2020
September 2020 – If You Are Drowning in Difficulties, Innovation Can Be Your Lifeboat
One of my favorite comic strips is Pearls Before Swine. Recently the author, Stephan Pastis, had a particularly funny and poignant comic strip. In it, Goat asks Pig if he was worried about being able to pay his rent. Pig responds by asking Goat “What day is today?” Goat responds “Sunday”. Then as Pig ticks […]
08/31/2020
August 2020 – COVID-19 “Quaranteams” and Innovation Teams
With no end in sight in having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and Fall and Winter approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, we are hearing more and more about the bad effects of social isolation. As a result of this situation the use of “quaranteams” is a growing suggestion to try to manage the social […]
07/31/2020
July 2020 – Building a Team of Innovators to Conquer COVID-19
This week a Phase 3 clinical trial of the very promising COVID-19 vaccine known as mRNA-1273 began. The vaccine, which was co-developed by the U.S. biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will involve approximately 30,000 adult volunteers who do not have COVID-19. The “mRNA” stands for “messenger […]
06/28/2020
June 2020 – How to Fan the Flame of Innovation Within Your Company
Last week Major League Baseball announced that the 2020 Major League Baseball season, which had been delayed as a result of COVID-19, will begin on July 23. To successfully play baseball in an environment that has been and will continue to be so heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic requires the adoption of a number of changes. Some of the […]
05/29/2020
May 2020 – Effectively Translating an Innovation into a Successful, Thriving Business
Let’s assume you have a developed a great invention or innovation, or even just a breakthrough idea. How do you effectively translate your innovation into a successful, thriving business during the COVID-19 pandemic? First consider, what do the following companies have in common? A&W Restaurants Big Boy Restaurants Carvel Ice Cream Dairy Queen Gallo Winery […]
04/30/2020
April 2020 – With COVID-19, Necessity Is the Mother of Innovation
As the world finds itself in the COVID-19 pandemic, many people and organizations are trying to overcome it or help mankind deal with it through innovation. Relatedly, one of the key components of successful innovation is to celebrate innovation successes, which is what I would like to in this Innovation Newsletter with regards to COVID-19. […]
03/31/2020
March 2020 – Innovation and the Coronavirus Pandemic
The world-wide Coronavirus pandemic has changed or is about to change virtually everyone’s life. As we deal with this is a terrible situation it is important to keep in mind that innovation can be used to address many of the challenges the world is now facing. Just like President John F. Kennedy’s commitment in 1961 […]
