Creating Tomorrow, Geopolitics and Innovation
A couple of quite interesting books to consider for your next visit to the beach ... The Accidental Superpower, by Peter Zeihan Zeihan is a geopolitical consultant and strategist who…
Helping UNICEF Create a Polio Free World
Innovation is critical not only for the success of a business, but also in addressing broader social needs. For the last few years, InnovationLabs has been working with UNICEF to…
Two New Books: The Innovation Formula and Soulful Branding
InnovationLabs and our partner firm FutureLab have two new books available for you, and we hope that you find them useful and interesting. The first, The Innovation Formula, is available…
Innova-Con Innovation Conference
You've undoubtedly noticed that the world is changing, and quickly. We took this photo in an airport a few years ago, and now here it is 2015 and lo and…
Driven to Death by the Rate of Innovation
We recently had a fascinating meeting with a prominent venture capitalist based in Palo Alto, and during the course of our conversation about the pressures that his portfolio companies are…
The Innovation Master Plan: A New Book
I've just released a new book (shown above on the left), The Innovation Master Plan. Here's a short passage from the introduction: "Some executives look at the innovations that come…
Do “Lean” and “Innovation” Go Together?
Once the Toyota management system became more widely known by the single word “lean,” it became a fad and a mantra (and also a boon for authors and consultants…
Concept Cards™ – Innovation Tool for Developing Insights
In a recent newsletter I wrote about one of the tools we use in innovation consulting engagements to help client teams develop insights. The following short video will introduce you…
Innovation in Social Action
What happens when 1000 innovators and community leaders get together? Great things can! For the last few years, InnovationLabs has partnered with CFED, an organization that has for more than…
Two New Publications
Managing Innovation Portfolios Langdon Morris has recently written a companion to his Innovation Metrics white paper entitled Managing Innovation Portfolios. The purpose of this white paper is to explore the…