When I read on the website the headline of smart concrete could pave the way for high tech, cost effective roads, it captured my immediate attention. Concrete?! Self healing roads? If you can find major possibilities like this in concrete, you

P392 Major E-commerce Innovations Capable of Creating Competitive Advantages Vs All Companies Including Amazon and Walmart

Feb 28th, 2021 13m 35s

It is a bit stunning but there has been almost no relevant innovations to product pages in 20 years when 1-Click and product reviews were introduced. We have developed six innovations that optimize product page persuasiveness and create much hi

P391 Two Potentially Powerful Innovation Methods That Can Work For Almost Everyone

Feb 21st, 2021 12m 49s

Recently in reading Entrepreneur magazine I discovered it couple of simple but potentially very powerful methods of helping people to be highly successful with innovation. In this short podcast I share these insights and there's a good chance t

P390 Innovation Strategy to Consistently Beat the Odds and Your Competition

Feb 14th, 2021 21m 20s

If I say so myself, this is a really practical, solid research-based podcast that I believe can help virtually everyone that is even close to the field of innovation. It is a checklist of what your strategy needs to encompass if you are going t

P389 Auto Industry Needs to Innovate NOW---It Is Now or Never.

Feb 7th, 2021 24m 47s

Make no mistake about it, there is an extraordinarily high level of disruption going on in the auto industry. It is led by Tesla. At the moment, companies are making big noises and promises about getting into electrical vehicles, but they are y

P388 INTERVIEW Fascinating Father and Son Innovation That Is a Thriving Company Today

Jan 31st, 2021 22m 57s

Tyler, the son, first tasted coffee when he was five years old. His father could not tolerate it because it upset his stomach. Ian, the father, a genius biochemist, tinkered on his own time to develop what no university lab or mega corporation

P387 CPG Product Develop Product Managers Are Critical to Innovation Success

Jan 24th, 2021 16m 39s

This is drawn from an article published by McKinsey. Successful innovating in CPG like companies is extremely challenging and difficult, as I know from my own experience being in CPG companies as an executive for 26 years. This article points o

P386 CPG Companies Must Innovate in Ways they Never Have Had To

Jan 17th, 2021 18m 46s

This is drawn from an article published by McKinsey. It provides compelling data and suggestions on the need for innovation in this post virus world, the kind of innovation that could be needed, and the challenges we face in innovating in new w

P377 MUST LISTEN Interview Very Successful Innovator

Jan 10th, 2021 33m 43s

My interview with Susan Robertson is a very insightful one. Her successful career spans CPG, innovation consulting, Harvard Continuing Education, and now her company Sharpen Innovation. Contact: [email protected]

P385 Innovate Now Using Only Proven Best Practices to Consistently Double Your Success Rate

Jan 3rd, 2021 14m 48s

In this podcast, I urge you to innovate now to take advantage of the major changes in consumer habits and practices and position yourself for growth coming out of the pandemic. I also urge you to use highly proven innovation best practices so t

P384 Why the Urgency for Innovation Has Never Been Greater

Dec 27th, 2020 11m 36s

This podcast is drawn from a Forbes related article pointing out the urgent need for innovation. As I have mentioned in previous podcast, research demonstrates that the level of innovation during the pandemic across industries has dropped signi

P383 McKinsey Stimulus About Major Retail and E-Commerce Changes and Opportunities.

Dec 20th, 2020 11m 43s

Change is happening so fast and so dramatically in the retail and ecommerce worlds, that I wanted to share this stimulus with you about the direction and nature of these changes. Clearly understanding customer needs and frustrations is a great

P382 Battery Innovation for ANY Use That Lasts 90,000 Years In Production

Dec 13th, 2020 12m 34s

I am sure that when you read the title of this podcast, you thought I probably made a big mistake. Nope. This is an extraordinary breakthrough that has major implications for every form of energy use ranging from traditional batteries to cell p

P381 MUST LISTEN McKinsey Six Problem Solving Mindsets for Very Uncertain Times

Dec 6th, 2020 22m 48s

This will very probably become a classic episode. Yes, it's about the mindsets necessary to solve problems, but it's also how you use exactly the same set of skills and abilities to develop breakthrough innovative solutions to problems and opti

P380 McKinsey The Need for Speed and How to Get It In the Post-Pandemic World

Nov 29th, 2020 17m 10s

In the early stages of the pandemic, companies learned that they needed to change far faster than they ever have thought possible in the past. This has provided some very valuable lessons about how much greater speed can benefit every major par

P379 McKinsey Research Details on How the Pandemic in 8 Major Ways

Nov 22nd, 2020 17m 13s

You are probably aware of many areas of our life that have changed as a result of the pandemic. McKinsey published some very helpful research about the specifics of how the world has changed in eight areas of our life. You may be amazed at the

P378 McKinsey Critical to Innovate Now for the Post C-19 World

Nov 15th, 2020 17m 24s

Highly respected McKinsey issues a warning two innovators during the current pandemic. It is great advice about what we can do and should do as innovators. This is a period of time we're the best innovators can create new sustainable competitiv

P376 IMPORTANT McKinsey Innovate NOW for Post Crisis Success

Nov 9th, 2020 14m 52s

In this powerful and insightful research done by McKinsey, we learn that 90% of executives believe their business will fundamentally change in the next few years because of the current pandemic. Unfortunately, we also learn that during the pand

P375 Lessons From an Innovation Powerhouse: Israel

Nov 2nd, 2020 12m 53s

Israel combines the power and urgency of necessity based on where they are located with a government that supports and nourishes innovation. Learn the details of how they are known as the Start Up Nation. Contact: [email protected]

P374 Healthcare Innovation During COVID-19

Oct 26th, 2020 13m 22s

Historically the healthcare system has had innovation but most innovations took years to develop. During this crisis the pace of innovations has needed to rapidly accelerate. This shares a doctor's innovation frustrations and hopes. Contact: ri

P373 An Innovative Idea A New Science Way to Beat a Pandemic

Oct 19th, 2020 12m 33s

Science is already learning lessons about how to respond to a pandemic. Interestingly and MIT economists has come up with a proposal for dealing with this in any future pandemics that holds great hope of responding faster with better solutions.

P373 An Innovative Idea A New Science Way to Beat a Pandemic

Oct 19th, 2020 10m 37s

P371 Pandemic Brings Fundamental Change Quickly and Powerfully

Oct 5th, 2020 9m 45s

Our world has had no choice but to innovate and innovate quickly and in many ways to change fundamentally. Occasionally, I am sharing with you stories that people are writing about their experiences with this kind of change in the hope that it

P370 When the Unexpected Leads to Innovation

Sep 28th, 2020 11m

Some wonderful plain spoken innovation advice form a small business with an eye on constant innovation. A small business that thinks big. Contact: [email protected]

P369 Great Small Business Innovation Advice for All of Us

Sep 21st, 2020 11m 15s

This advice comes from a small company in a CEO in small town North of Boston. Normally I do not share advice except from bigger companies which is something I should probably reexamine. This is great plain talking innovation advice that all of