This month, researchers at the University College London (UCL) released a study that found America’s “Green Economy” generates $1.31 trillion in annual revenue, or about 7% of U.S. annual GDP. They also concluded that almost 9.5 million Americans, or about 4% of the workforce, are employed in the “Green Economy”. They reported that this represents 16.5% […]
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09/30/2019
September 2019 – Using Mashups as an Innovation Technique
Earlier this month I attended an incredible performance by the music group Spinphony. They describe themselves as a crossover string quartet that fuses classical, rock, and pop music. Many of their high energy songs are mashups between well-known rock melodies and famous classical arrangements. Some of their mashup tunes are: Don’t Stop Beethoven (Don’t Stop […]
02/28/2019
February 2019 – With Innovation – “Platforms” Are Where the Profits Are
In January, in a highly unusual move, Toyota Motors announced it had offered to share its automated safety system which uses self-driving technology to keep cars from crashing, with its car manufacturing rivals. The system, which is known as Guardian, takes control of a vehicle to steer it around an impending crash or accelerate it out […]
01/31/2019
January 2019 – Want to Change the World Through Innovation? Then Do This
A game changing innovation was announced this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that could alter the way we buy consumer products. The tool for this potential shift is called Loop, which aims to eliminate disposable containers for food, beverages, and consumables like shampoo and laundry detergent. Some of the world’s biggest […]
11/30/2018
November 2018 – Why the US is the #1 Place for Businesses – Innovation
You may have seen the 40th annual release of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report in October ranked the United States as the world’s most competitive economy. The report looked at 98 criteria involving social, political and economic factors for 140 different countries and ranked the United States as the #1 country because of […]
09/30/2018
September 2018 – With Innovation, You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
As it turns out with innovation you can teach an old dog new tricks, and Microsoft Word is a great example. Word processing software, which was first developed by IBM has been around since the early 1970’s, so you would think that everything that could have been added to it in the past 45 years would […]
01/31/2018
January 2018 – Innovation: The Yin and Yang of the 21st Century
Over the past 20 years, there has been an increasing interest in the topic of innovation, and virtually every business, organization, and country espouses the virtues of innovation. This is reflected in a recent survey published in The Business Journals which showed that the second biggest challenge facing companies was Increasing Profit. It reported 45% […]
12/31/2017
December 2017 – Creating the Organization to Achieve Your 1, 3 and 5 Year Company Goals
At the beginning of the year, like many other businesses and organizations leaders you may find yourself working on the plans for your company’s future operations. One of biggest challenges with this task is how to translate Strategic Plans into the detailed and tactical steps that are necessary to achieve the goals in your Strategic […]
10/31/2017
October 2017 – Do This One Thing and the Dreams for your Business Will Come True
At a meeting last week, I was talking with a person who told me about some large challenges they were wrestling with in deciding where they wanted to take their company. As they shared the pros and cons of their various options, first from one angle, then from another perspective, I realized that this person […]
08/31/2017
August 2017 – How to Properly Retreat in Your Business
Recently I was watching a TV Documentary on the United States Revolutionary War, and it discussed the fact that in a key battle the Colonists retreated from the initial fight, which in turn allowed them to re-group, attack again and win a key victory. Retreats can be part of an overall strategy that can lead […]
