Harris, Whirlpool Innovate Key Processes
Last week, I attended a very interesting conference on information search and visibility hosted by Endeca, a Cambridge, MA, company that provides search applications. Two presenting companies, Harris...
View ArticleWhen Conventional Logic Isn’t Enough
Is there a formula for breakthrough innovations? Could there be a cookbook recipe that companies can use and use again to create a game-changing new product or service that will leave the competition...
View ArticleManaging Innovation: An Oxymoron?
Is true innovation a random act that really can’t be managed in a classical business sense? Do ideas that can result in a new product or a new market or a new way of doing something just emerge from...
View ArticleFor ERP Vendor SAP: Balancing Acts
Under the theme of “Delivering on the Vision,” ERP supplier SAP last week held its 7th annual Influencer Summit, a gathering of market researchers, analysts, and press who came to Santa Clara, CA, for...
View ArticleGaming Our Way to Better Plant Management
Siemens’ online game, Plantville, is an innovative approach to educating the masses on how to operate a plant at peak performance. I think Siemens is on to something with its new approach to improving...
View ArticleA Chat With SAP’s Bill McDermott
SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott talks about the ERP maker’s broadening product horizons, its belief in innovation, and what it’s like to be CEO of one of the software industry’s biggest companies. After...
View ArticleThe Future of Humanity: Will We Be the Last to Die?
Now, there’s a provocative thought if ever there was one! Underlying it is the notion that technology is advancing so rapidly that we can envision the day when people won’t die anymore in the...
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