Using your internships as reverse mentoring of you and your team S11 Ep26

[social align=”center”] Internships and Reverse Mentoring Summer is long over and now we are getting into the fall. This time of year always makes me look back on the summer internships. I’m a big believer in “internships” as a way for people to “learn”. Each summer, we bring in interns across a wide range of disciplines: technical, […]

STEAM Science Technology Art and Math

The difference between a good idea and a great idea is the timing S11 Ep25

What goes into creating an idea that can impact 100’s of million of people? If I polled most people they would say it’s the “idea”. The core of the “idea” is table stakes but it does not guarantee success. Others would say PR and marketing. While PR and marketing are important – it does not guarantee success. So what are we […]

get the timing right

How do you find inspiration? S11 Ep24

Innovation Needs Inspiration [social align=”center”] Every August, I host an annual event for about 600 people, discussing tech and innovation. This event has been going on for more than decade and I’ve been hosting it 4 years now. The challenge is how do you keep an event – or any creative endeavor fresh and interesting?? One common approach […]

innovation from inspiration

Why is Sharing so Important to Innovation? S11 Ep23

Sharing is Critical for Innovation [social align=”center”] I regularly get emails from innovators looking for advice or feedback on an idea and most are very appreciative. Some of those have resulted in major new products – and a few cases — a surprise of stock windfall since the start-up couldn’t afford to pay me. Why would I […]

Sharing is critical for innovation

Does neural diversity hiring impact your innovation success? S11 Ep22

When I look back over my career and reflect about all of the people I’ve crossed paths with such as former bosses, former team members and former members of my innovation teams — the one of the key characteristics was breadth and depth of the “diversity”. Now you may be thinking I’m talking about the HR definition of diversity. In […]

Neural Diversity Hiring Helps Innovation

Do we have what it takes to innovate the education system? S11 Ep21

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort. ~ J.C. Penney Many believe we are facing one of our largest and most important challenges – the education system. We are transitioning from an information and knowledge economy to that of the creative and innovation economy which requires a different skill set. Many are […]

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What is the impact of innovation investment on stock price?

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” ~ Zig Zigler Some believe that innovation is not something that you can manage much less measure. I don’t agree. Over the years, those of us in the innovation space have been looking […]

Be Unreasonable And Change The World S11 Ep19

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him… The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself… All progress depends on the unreasonable man.” George Bernard Shaw This weeks show was broadcast live from the Unreasonable Institute in Boulder, Colorado. The mission of Unreasonable is: … gets entrepreneurs what they need to scale solutions […]

be unreasonable and change the world

Doing The Impossible S11 Ep18

“It’s kind of fun doing the impossible” ~ Walt Disney Doing The Impossible Have you ever felt like you did something that others said couldn’t be done? There is not better feeling than completing something that the antibodies said couldn’t be done. Even when they try to use government regulations as a roadblock. When you look […]

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