Need Innovation? Why You must Inspire Entrepreneurship and Creativity in Your Business. “Over the last few years many companies have begun looking beyond the traditional idea of what makes a company innovative and have started to explore a kind of mix and match approach to applying various creative methodologies within their organizations in the attempt to inspire innovation.” Read more from Wired at… http://innovationinsights.wired.com/insights/2014/04/innovation-capital-inspire-entrepreneurship-creativity-business/
How GE is Innovating Like a Startup. “With a newly expanded innovation center in San Ramon, General Electric is trying to prove that even a 136-year-old company with more than 300,000 employees can act like a Silicon Valley startup.” Read more from SFGate at… http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/GE-brings-own-brand-of-innovation-to-its-5430937.php
A Master of Science Graduate Degree in Innovation from Northeastern University – About Time! “Northeastern University has launched a one-year, part-time graduate program aimed at teaching working professionals how to infuse innovation into the DNA of their organizations.” Read more at… http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2014/04/northeastern-launches-master-of-science-in-innovation/#sthash.vlPKwReO.dpuf
Technology, Media, and Telcoms Innovation Leaders Focus on Key Areas to Ensure Innovation Delivers Consistent, Tangible Results. “The pressure to innovate is fierce – TMT companies have to be committed to creating an environment that can anticipate and eradicate innovation hurdles.” Read more from Financial at… http://finchannel.com/Main_News/Tech/130667_TMT_Innovation_Leaders_Focus_on_Key_Areas_to_Ensure_Innovation_Delivers_Consistent,_Tangible_Results/
Need Innovation? Why You must Inspire Entrepreneurship and Creativity in Your Business. “Over the last few years many companies have begun looking beyond the traditional idea of what makes a company innovative and have started to explore a kind of mix and match approach to applying various creative methodologies within their organizations in the attempt to inspire innovation.” Read more from Wired at… http://innovationinsights.wired.com/insights/2014/04/innovation-capital-inspire-entrepreneurship-creativity-business/
Larry Page’s Journey as Google Founder, Child, and CEO. Wow, too much in this article of Page’s history to identify a unifying quote – just read the article at http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-the-untold-story-2014-4
Improve Your Company’s Innovation Culture by Creating an Innovation Ecosystem. “Truly effective ecosystems manage to turn outsiders into de facto collaborators. Enabling external innovation becomes as important as improving one’s own.” Read more from Bloomberg at… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-30/how-innovation-ecosystems-turn-outsiders-into-collaborators.html
How to Lead a Culture of Innovation. “Innovation is intrinsically a contradiction, offering significant improvement to your business, just as it offers up disruption and change.” Read more from Forbes at… http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrydoss/2014/04/29/being-innovation-leadership/
Asking Better Questions Makes us Better Innovators. “Finding better problems is actually a key innovation skill. And you find better problems by asking better questions.” Read more from Tim Kastelle at… http://timkastelle.org/blog/2014/04/can-asking-better-questions-make-us-better-innovators/
The primary responsibilities for an organization are product management and innovation. They deliver value to customers. They're also exciting responsibilities for those properly equipped. That is my job - equipping product managers and innovators. 