Eye on Innovation, Design and Technology

Slides from my ProductCamp Austin presentation on the benefits of Open Innovation in product development

Open Innovation is now a very fashionable term and many companies are rushing to implement an open innovation process without fully understanding its value nor how it fits within their existing product development process.

In this Chapter of the “Beyond Stage Gate” series we will discuss the different definitions of Open Innovation, where does it fit in the development cycle, software tools available and a case study. We will show how Smarty Ears, a developer of iPad apps for Speech Therapy and Communication, has used open innovation to greatly increase the number of ideas to market, as well as accelerate the product development cycle.

http://slidesha.re/yOq4cA

Link to my new white paper on the spiral approach to disruptive innovation management. This will form the basis for an upcoming book on the subject.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81385071

Join us this Friday at noon CT on http://DotJenna.TV/ . Dot Jenna and I will be chatting live about Privacy in the Age of Facebook. See you then!

Global Product Management Talk

Join us Tomorrow Monday Oct 3 at 6 p.m. CT for a Global Product Management Tweet Chat. I will be leading a discussion on Value Co-Creation. You can join the discussion by following the tag #prodmgmttalk on Twitter 

DFW ProductGroup Workshop

Summary review of DFW ProductGroup Tools Workshop

Value Co-Creation Case Study: iPad Apps for Alternative Communication

Innovation Case Study: Assessment of iPad Apps for Augmented & Alternative Communication  

This is my video submission for the Stage II semifinals of the Wipro Technologies/Wharton Innovation Tournament of "Beyond Stage Gate: A New Approach To Innovation Management"

New iPad Apps For Speech Therapy And Communication Are Showcased At The SXSW Conference

Smarty Ears LLC, has introduced 3 new and updated apps designed for individuals affected with Apraxia, Autism or Stuttering. These new apps will be showcased at the SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin, TX.  

Egypt's success with the 1st social media revolution of the 21st century brought memories of an earlier social media success to achieve change in a country.
This is my presentation on how social media was used to drive change to a Democratic form of government in Mexico in the 90's. I was lucky to have been part of that effort

In time for the State of the Union Address, this is my opinion on what I think are the 3 most damaging trends that have occurred in the US economy for the past 10 years:
‎1) The Financialization of the U.S. economy. This is evident in 2 ways: Doubling of the size of the financial sector as % of the economy, and every other corporation in the US emulating the mode of operation of financial companies regardless of the product or service manufactured or offered. The end result has been a hollowing out of our innovation capacity in pursuit of short term profit.
2) Regulatory environment has moved away from favoring entrepreneurs to favoring large corporations. This is moving the US away from creative destruction, where market forces are allowed to work and there are consequences for bad management, towards state capitalism or robber barons capitalism, favoring the few over the many. The bailouts are the best example of this.
3) Government investments and incentives moved away from basic research and infrastructure toward "picking winners" in the marketplace, in the same way that Japan used to pretty much give away their economic advantage and set the country in terminal decline. The ethanol boondoggle is the best example of this.

Slides for my ProductCamp Austin Preso: "My Boss Just Told Me to Get the Voice of the Customer, Now What?" http://ht.ly/3EtEO

Beautiful Failures: The Best-Designed #Technology That Flopped http://ht.ly/2VB9i

7 Tips for Managing the Complexity of a Product Launch http://ht.ly/2VAPZ

The Case for #Crowdsourcing #Innovation & Social Change http://ht.ly/2VAxq

UN Report: Cellphones a Ticket Out of #Poverty for the World's Poor http://ht.ly/2VArz

How IT's Role Will Change Beyond Cost-Cutting & Efficiency http://ht.ly/2VA9C

'Bring Your Own #Technology' Is In Your Future: The consumerization of IT at work http://ht.ly/2VA4h

The Trouble w #Technology Disruption: IT market is splintering making it hard to decide what to buy http://ht.ly/2VzYU

Three Big Dangers Facing #China's #Economy http://ht.ly/2VzTq

Infographic of the Day: The 28 Flavors of Online Conversation in 2010 http://ht.ly/2VzCV

Inside "Tower Madness": iOS Developers Reveal Secrets of In-App Purchasing http://ht.ly/2VzwW

Smartphones Make More Money from Streaming Music Than Downloads http://ht.ly/2Vzpa

Genomatica has a new trick up its sleeve: producing chemicals from trash http://ht.ly/2Vz6H

U.K. Launches #Innovation Fund for International Development and Aid http://ht.ly/2VyIQ

Why the #smartphone money is on #India http://ht.ly/2S0KP