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Napkin Labs: Collaboration in a Game-like Environment
For this EnterpriseLeadership.org video podcast, Tom Parish sits down with Napkin Labs CEO and co-founder Riley Gibson to discuss Napkin Labs and its unique model for open innovation. Napkin Labs is a web app that allows companies to instantly post projects and questions to a curated community of consumers who provide insight, feedback and ideas [...]
“Vision Enactors” and the “Generation Savvy’ with Sherry Lowry
In this podcast, Sherry Lowry—researcher, Business Mentor and Collaboration Coach—talks about a new group of people emerging in companies called ‘Generation Savvy’ and their impact on new socially oriented business environments in successful companies. I bet you have known the following from personal experience: In every organization are people whose leadership emphasis is on getting [...]
Using Skype Video for Thought Leadership Podcasts
This is an example of how to interview a subject-matter expert without sending a camera crew on location. True, the quality is not the same as having a dedicated HD camera sitting in front of the person you are interviewing, but the cost differential is substantial. Turn-around time from capture to posting on the web [...]
The New Polymath – Audio Interview with Author Vinnie Mirchandani
Polymath—the Greek word for Renaissance Man—is someone who excels in many disciplines. From Leonardo da Vinci to Benjamin Franklin, we have relied on polymaths to innovate and find creative solutions to the problems of the day. How would these Renaissance men and women manage our current technology bounty? Which disciplines would they choose to focus [...]
“You Will” 1993 AT&T Commercial of Promises and the Reality
I was having a conversation with Len Hause recently about the developments in the electric utility industry and all the talk about “Smart Grid”. He made an interesting conceptual leap based on his experience in working with electric utilities, which can be painfully slow at changing, despite their grand promises. Smart Grid technology is the [...]
More Interviews on “Open Innovation”
Open Innovation is a topic near and dear to my heart because I believe a new focus on innovation is critical to every business’s competitiveness in the formation of this new economy. Maybe it’s more than growing giant businesses for the sake of growth alone. Maybe it’s more about our way of life and how [...]
Making a Case for Open Innovation – Why Now?
I have a series on open innovation running at the EnterpriseLeadership.org show. This is the lastest episode with Tom DeGarmo. Here is the background on topics we covered: DeGarmo, a principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers advisory practice, talks about why companies must practice open innovation, especially in this economic downturn. What do the Apple iPhone and Linux [...]
Current Reading Interests
I’m finishing up Richard Florida’s The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity, and it’s the first book I’ve read on my iPad using iBook. I think I’m getting into reading the electronic versions of books. Love the way iBook remembers where you left off, along with all your personal [...]
Video Podcast Series for The Mobility Company
One of my clients is Techendeavour.com and we’ve been collaborating on building a video podcast channel called the “Mobility Company Channel” in YouTube for lead generation and brand awareness. It’s working well for them on both counts. One of the strategies is to break up the videos into small pieces, and typically they are one [...]