Innovation Insights
From the desk of Braden Kelley
August, 2009 - Vol 3, Issue 6
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| Greetings! |
I hope this e-mail finds you enjoying a last bit of glorious seasonal weather. If you enjoy our newsletter, please feel free to forward it along.
August has been a great month so far. I had the privilege of attending the Spigit Innovation Summit, I've started building an innovation strategy with a new client, and I'm preparing to teach a workshop at the Open Innovation Summit in Orlando, FL on December 2, 2009. Thanks to you, Blogging Innovation will log 80,000+ unique visits this month ( Alexa Rank - Top 1.5%). If you enjoy the blog, please review it on Alexa or favorite us on Technorati.
If there are any innovation topics you would like to see the Blogging Innovation contributors write about (or would like to contribute yourself), please reply to this e-mail. I hope you enjoy the content we have selected this month. |
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| Making the Change to "Proudly Found Elsewhere" |
I had the opportunity to interview Chris Thoen, Director Innovation & Knowledge Management at P&G about the challenges of shifting an organization as big as P&G from closed innovation to open innovation, and the P&G Connect + Develop program. Dr. Thoen is a twenty year P&G veteran who started his career as a research scientist in the Fabric & Home Care division and now heads up the Global Open Innovation Office, also known as Connect + Develop.
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| Do You Have Innovation Fatigue? |
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I had the opportunity to interview Jeff Lindsay, one of the co-authors of "Conquering Innovation Fatigue" about the recession, innovation challenges that organizations face, the role of government in innovation, and needs of the innovation workforce.
Looking across the broad range of our conversation, the importance of alignment is probably the thread that ties it all together.
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| Directed Innovation for Strategic Success |
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 At the same time organizations are creating their mission statement, many take the time to create an organizational strategy, only to then neglect the creation of an innovation strategy. I believe that every organization should create an innovation strategy with the same diligence and precision that they attempt to create their organizational strategy with. Has your organization created an innovation strategy? |
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The Open Innovation Summit will take place October 2-4, 2009 in Orlando, FL. September 18, 2009 is the last day for the $400 early bird discount. As an added value for my loyal readers, I have negotiated an extra $300 discount. Just register using the discount code - NXB458. More than enough to add Workshop B. |
Offer Expires: September 18, 2009 (Discounts offered by World Research Group and are solely at their discretion to grant)
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Braden Kelley
Editor, Blogging Innovation
Founder, Business Strategy Innovation
(206) 349-8931
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