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May 10, 2012

Glenn Keyes and 10 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Energy Policy in 2011: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [6/8 @ 11 am]

Will Obama's renewable energy initiatives create a significant number of net new jobs in the US?

Energy policy is an interesting dichotomy; fuel prices need to be high in order to make the electric and hybrid vehicles viable and to help develop the technology and buy ins needed to get us off of the fossil fuel merry-go-round. People complain and the ... more

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Nov. 13, 2011

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Does your business have sustainability goals? If so, how do you measure sustainability?

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Oct. 7, 2011

Larry Cornett and 4 other people commented on a roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind

Absolutely. I think the key is to have the right people on the innovation team first (e.g., those with the product knowledge, influence, and ability to take the innovation forward in addition to disruptive thinkers) and then give the team time and space to create. ... more

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Oct. 7, 2011

Dr. Jeffrey Everson answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

What are the pros and cons of a more formal corporate innovation process?

It is not entirely clear that U.S. corporations are the best incubators of innovation. Here's why. A large fraction of U.S. inventions were created by individuals during the past two hundred years, rather than corporations. Corporations are less interested in inventions because they are more ... more

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Oct. 7, 2011

Dr. Jeffrey Everson and 3 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

Who is best positioned to drive innovation within a company?

A CEO like Steve Jobs, if there are any.
Dr. Jeffrey Everson
www.jheversonconsulting.com

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Oct. 6, 2011

Dr. Jeffrey Everson and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

What definition of innovation are you using? It would help to get everyone on the same page.

Larry Cornett's response is well considered. However, I would frame my answer in terms of the well-known Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, first conceived in 1982 and supported by 11 Government agencies. If you receive a contract award from the SBIR program for your ... more

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Oct. 3, 2011

Craig Malmloff answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

Can you effect culture change of innovation with a small design team within a large company full of sleepy employees (>100 or even 1,000 employees)?

Hi Thomas,
You can yet it a long and involved process, think years not months. There are many great articles on it.
http://www.inc.com/articles/201106/josh-linkner-7-steps-to-a-culture-of-innov...
http://core77.com/reactor/11.07_sylver.asp
http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2010/08/six-secrets-to-creating-a-cult.html?cm_...
http://www.changefirst.com/uploads/documents/3_Principles_for_helping_people_...
http://www.managementexchange.com/blog/encouraging-organizations-change-influ... more

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Oct. 3, 2011

Larry Cornett answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

How do you know when you're onto something you think is going to be big and worth pursuing?

I think one of the best things that you can do to "test" an innovation is to get it into the hands of some real users. This can be managed through internal testing, alpha releases, or a very limited invitation-only experience. I am biased towards ... more

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Sept. 29, 2011

John O'Dea answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

How can a community college student find entry level work at a startup?

Try to find an incubator nearby and do anything you can (answer phones, make copies , work social media, etc). there's a lot of business garbage that needs doing - benefits, payroll, insurance, basic tech ops, printing, binding, etc. more

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Sept. 28, 2011

Larry Cornett answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

How can you innovate in a way to allow GREAT changes the best chance to propagate across the web for the greater good rather than remaining in-house?

Are you familiar with the Open Innovation Community? If not, I think you would find it particularly interesting, given your question.
http://www.OpenInnovation.net/
A quote from Henry Chesbrough (who coined the term):
“Open innovation is the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and ... more

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Sept. 28, 2011

Larry Cornett and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

How can you inspire your stale company into an innovation mindset?

Good question and it depends a little bit on where your company is positioned in the market. When a company becomes a dominant market leader, there is often an increasing level of risk aversion. You will hear people say; "Don't rock the boat", "Don't kill ... more

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Sept. 28, 2011

Larry Cornett answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

Most of you appear to have come from software design based businesses. Have any of you worked in hard goods or services or event development?

Hi Rosemary! Yes, my background is in both Software and Web services. But, I think some of the learnings and advice that you heard shared today can apply to any organization that wants to be more innovative and deliver more innovative goods, services, and/or experiences ... more

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Sept. 28, 2011

Larry Cornett answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

Where do users fit into sustainable innovation?

Great question, Michael! I believe that a sustainable and successful innovation process must exist at the intersection of Strategy, Insights, and Capabilities. Insights are the result of ongoing interaction with your current users and your potential customers to gather data on how they are using ... more

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Sept. 28, 2011

Larry Cornett and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind [9/28 @ 1 pm]

In your experiences, what approaches worked the best when presenting innovative ideas to the executive team?

In my experience, the most effective "Innovation" presentations to executive teams were the result of a joint effort of a designer and an engineer/prototyper. Powerpoint slides just don't have the same impact, even when screenshots of a design are included. The ability to present some ... more

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