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    Entries in Innovation (9)

    Tuesday
    Jul032012

    Tips for Selling Innovation

    AuthorKristann Orton

    One of my favorite scenes from the sitcom, “Love and Marriage” was when Bud built an innovation in his basement while hearing a loud voice in his head booming, “if you build it they will come”.  He obsessively worked day and night on the solution and was surprised that when he was finished, no one came.  This is how many innovations are approached by businesses - their employees are so in love with the innovation they can’t imagine anyone being able to resist it.  The reality is that any new solution will need sales and marketing to present the innovation and differentiate it from the competitors.

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    Wednesday
    Jun272012

    7 Steps to an Innovative Team

    AuthorKristann Orton

    Recruiters are searching for very specific technical knowledge rather than soft skills such as teamwork and collaboration that make for a good long-term employee.  A good technologist can pick up a new technical skill easily through formal or on-the-job training; it’s not so easy to teach the soft skills often requiring years of experience to develop.

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    Wednesday
    Jun202012

    Innovation Shouldn't Be Limited to Products

    AuthorKristann Orton

    Enter the 21st century, the age of the Internet and connected-ness, where everyone and everything is intertwined.  Now suddenly there are many ways to do business with more emerging each day.  And innovation has a new focus - business models and markets.

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    Wednesday
    Jun132012

    How Safe is Your Business from Mid-Life Crisis?

    AuthorKristann Orton

     

    photo credit: tuppus via photo pinThere is hope, but it takes discipline – and perhaps some outside objective expertise - to navigate through this knothole.  Two recent articles highlight considerations for businesses making this transition. 

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    Friday
    Jun082012

    Design for an Audience of One

    AuthorKristann Orton

    However I think there is a bigger problem that needs to be addressed – products and services that actually fulfill the purpose for which they are bought.  In a mass production commodity market, this will be impossible to achieve.  Enter 3D Printing and the ability to design for an audience of one.  Full disclosure: I am part owner of a 3D Printing business, LandPrint.com, so I have been drinking the coolaide of the potential for this technology for a while. 

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