What if you could – with just a wave of your smartphone – order and pay for food at a restaurant or movie theater, redeem a promotional offer at a store, or gain entry … Read More »

Apple recently found itself on the winning side of its iPhone patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, receiving over $1 billion in damages.  And while a big number, it’s a rounding error for a company … Read More »

Many large companies are engaging in open innovation (see previous post), in which they ask external partners or even the general public to participate in the company’s innovation efforts by submitting product or … Read More »

Any Innovation manager will tell you that Innovation is not for those looking for instant gratification. Innovation managers go through months of copious consumer research and dozens of new ideas to get to that … Read More »

Many companies nowadays aspire to be more innovative, and yet after hours of meetings discussing how innovation should play a larger role in the organization, most of the employees return to their desks and … Read More »

The failure rate for consumer packaged goods is staggering—with experts estimating this at 85 percent or even higher—yet companies keep churning out new products in the hopes of striking gold with the next iPhone … Read More »