What McDonald’s Should Learn From Mike: How Customer Service Brings Success to Small Businesses
Almost 20 years ago, sitting in an MBA business strategy course, the Harvard graduate teaching the class asked……
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Identifying Emerging Patterns: Product Development and Innovation Lessons from the News
This week’s product development and innovation news features an online video of Harvard’s Clayton Christensen, author of The…
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7 Secret Weapons for Starting a Successful Small Business: An Innovation Interview with an Extraordinary Dentist
It was time for a dental check-up. The timing was good. I had traveled about 6000 miles on…
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Ask the Right Question & Design Thinking: Product Development and Innovation Lessons from the News
Since innovations seem to be coming at us at an increasing pace – from the trailblazing iPod-iPhone-iPad products,…
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How to Quickly Grow an Established Small Business: 9 Innovation Lessons from a Coffee Shop
When Fabian and Lindsey Leite bought Wesley Owens Coffee (WOC) shop in Monument, Colorado, they knew the business…
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Robotics Courses for Kids: Creating the Innovators of the Future
As a product innovator, I am very interested in what is commonly called the maker movement – people…
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A Portfolio Management & Leadership Lesson from the World Business Forum, 2013: CEOs for Campbell and Frontier Communications
Each year I look forward to the World Business Forum held in NYC. The collection of business and…
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Innovation lessons from the French Broad Chocolate factory: Innovation training at its tastiest!
Dan Rattigan and his wife Jael are the founders of the Asheville, North Carolina French Broad Chocolates Lounge…
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French Broad Chocolate – factory tour and seeking innovation
Factory tours are great places to find innovators. Touring French Broad Chocolate, a bean-to-bar craft chocolate factory, provided…
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Video interview with Noah Kagan of AppSumo.com–Tim Ferriss and Noah discuss innovation and concept testing
If video does not display, copy this link to your web browser: http://youtu.be/v47WEyeSMSA When I teach about “concept…
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How to innovate: 4 simple truths – an interview with Bob Tiffin of Tiffin Motorhomes
Bob Tiffin is a legend in the motorhome business with 41 years of experience. He shared some well-earned…
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The 1 Year Plan — Ended with 22,000 Miles of Travel
This was the Start – June 2013 to June 2014 Chad McAllister, PhD and The Everyday Innovator™ Project…
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6 questions I am asking innovators
This was the Start – June 2013 to June 2014 Concept: 1 RV + road trip for a…
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Tiffin Motorhomes factory tour – innovation from the motorhome industry
What better way to begin a year+ RV road trip to study innovation than by visiting an RV…
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Why I am interviewing innovators on my road trip
This was the Start – June 2013 to June 2014 Short answer – small businesses are in…
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How do you learn about innovation–Travel in an RV for a year!
This was the Start – June 2013 to June 2014 How do you learn about innovation – what…
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PIPELINE 2013 “Innovation that Works” No-Cost Online Conference
I hope you are registered for PIPELINE 2013 – the no-cost online innovation conference occurring Thursday, May 16th,…
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Valuable Innovation Lessons from Tim Ferriss’ Recap of 2012 Shopify Build-a-Business Competition: 8 Great Questions
Would companies that went from nothing to grossing more than $300,000 a month catch your attention? If caught…
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10 Experts on How Leaders should Spur Innovation
The Wall Street Journal asked a group of thought leaders “what’s the most important thing leaders can do…
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10 Key Customer Questions
Both the CIL and NPDP certification exams ask about market research principles. The topic of market research can…
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Innovators and Business People
Recently I reread a 2011 article on the “top 20” tech start ups and reflected on how each…
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Making Innovation Work: How to Manage it, Measure it and Profit from it
I just skimmed the latest edition (is being released) of Davila, Epstein, and Shelton’s Making innovation work: How…
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New Product Development: Nordstrom’s Innovation Example
How does innovation happen? Some form of this question is frequently asked. Sometimes I respond with describing the…
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Relax and be More Innovative?
Several years ago I read “Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency” by expert…
