I am flying home from a west coast sales swing tonight and I read a blurb in USA Today mentioning a job swap between Google and Proctor & Gamble.  It appears that two Tide detergent product managers swapped with two “officials” from Google since January.  Not certain it was front page Money section worthy however, […]

Of course I can’t get into too many details but I just wanted to share a couple of data points within our business that continue to reinforce that open innovation is on the right trajectory and I want to offer the uninitiated to get on board now.
I blogged about the “Fortune 1,000,000″ as being my […]

I just registered for the Licensing Executive Society’s annual conference in October.  This will be my first annual event for LES and I am looking forward to the various topics on licensing and meeting the leading thinkers in the space.  That and playing in their tennis tournament.  Maybe next year I’ll rank to sit on […]

Study I must I love to run across new angles on innovation. I spent time this morning looking at the site trendwatching (ok, at work…) and I was both enthused and entertained by the “Top 41 Business Ideas”.  Some worth forgetting (IMO) and others quite unique.  Personal favorites:  Canadian Blanks and Edible. 
For me, I am a […]

It’s already happening - the individual Innovator (capitalized to show it’s “proper” place - at least in this blog) is coming.  Our new B2B Marketplace for Commercializing Innovation has only been up for a little while (with no marketing yet) and we are seeing a steady flow of inquiries from individuals (around the globe) wishing to […]

Forrester Research is holding one of its many IT Forums in Lisbon Portugal this week. 
In an interview with one of the attendees, Maggie Miller, CIO of Warner Music Group she comments, “Every IT leader needs people on their team who are smart and brave free-thinkers, who challenge us. We need to listen to what they […]

Company alert: we made our announcement today with Boeing becoming our latest Enterprise Client disclosing their software Innovations on our B2B Marketplace for Commercialization Innovation.
(author note:  I worked at Boeing from 1987 to 1989 in Facilities & Finance and my father was a 35 year veteran - long since retired now. And we had a bumper […]

Here in Austin we just ran a week or so of record setting heat.  It’s clear summer is here, if not by calendar, at least by temperature.  Call me crazy, but hot is fine with me.  Just like those in the northern climates in winter you find ways to embrace it.
It takes resourcefulness and creativity […]

One of the foremost executives pressing Open Innovation into the decision fabric of Corporate America is on the move again. This time he has written about Open Innovation “v2.0″ in the form of his book ““The Game-Changer,” (Crown Business, 2008), which he wrote with Ram Charan.  I’ve ordered it from Amazon and I am keen […]

Fluid Innovation VP, Intellectual Asset Management Gloria Archuleta will present at the LES Spring Meeting and International Conference in Chicago, IL on Tuesday, May 6.  The workshop is “Content Licensing for Converging Devices”.  Gloria will speak with Tyler Lenane of RealNetworks and Joy Murray of Microsoft.
For more information, visit the conference web site.