Call for Entries to Radical Innovation and Design Competition. “The A’ Innovation Awards program was established to honor and promote institutions, individuals and businesses who are leveraging the power of design thinking to solve social, economic and environmental problems in order to create products and services that are more functional, efficient and socially beneficial.” Read more from Digital Journal at… http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1792703#ixzz2w63D2CEe

Have An Innovation Story to Tell? Share it with Innovation Excellence. “Innovation Excellence is going to curate 100+ Innovation Stories this year, share them on our site, on our Cities Tour, at the Front and Back End of Innovation Conferences and beyond.” Read more from Innovation Excellence at… http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2014/03/13/what-makes-a-great-innovation-story

Sony Recognizes Need for Innovation and is Updating Product Development and Procurement. “Sony is revamping product development and part procurement in an attempt to take on Samsung and Apple in the mobile and consumer realm.” Read more from ZDNET… http://zd.net/1eUSgUS

Another Cry for Disruption over Innovation. “It is evolution, it is innovation, it is disintermediation. It is disruption.” Read more from Forbes… http://onforb.es/1dgAPU1

Understanding Trends is the Difference between Success and Failure. Chad’s note — “trends” has been a recurring theme in the innovation interviews I have been conducting. Smart business people and innovators pay attention to trends. Read important lessons from this Forbes’ post… http://onforb.es/1kV9Y1X

Keep Innovation Flowing as Companies Grow. “Successful entrepreneurs often complain that their companies have lost much of the innovativeness they had when they were small startups.” Read more from Entrepreneur at http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232233

Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Better Innovation. “So critical is the customer relationship today that we must ask if we are meeting a genuine need, in which case the relationship has more chance of surviving, or just selling something, in which case customer whim can take over.” Read more from Huffington Post at … http://huff.to/1fHjOfS

Study Shows Why Innovation Has Taken a Nosedive in Companies. “A new UBC study reveals that corporate leaders are victims of herd mentality when adopting new innovations, sometimes with deadly consequences” Read more from Phys.org at: http://phys.org/news/2014-03-nosedive.htm