Eye on Innovation, Design and Technology

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