While the innovation prowess of the top-performing companies are well known, the “big business” side of the market only represents one-third of the $30 trillion dollars in private sector gross receipts. The mid-market, representing another third, is largely defined as firms with annual revenues of...
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Maintaining an innovation network is easier said than done. With 150 scientific articles, 720 patents filed, and 80 startups founded every 30 minutes, even the most lavishly staffed innovation teams cannot parse this level of data.
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In the last thirty minutes, 700 patents were filed, 150 scientific articles were published, and 70 new start-ups were founded.
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External technology networks consist of industry experts, supply chain partners, university researchers, start-ups, and government research laboratories. These technology networks change as new partners emerge and new technologies are unveiled within existing partner networks. In order to gain an...
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I will keep my first post short, given that I have just returned to the world of technology transfer after a short hiatus with other knowledge management disciplines, including a short stint for a start up software company in the realm of document and records compliance in the Cloud. Returning to...
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Last week Barcelona was the place to be with both the colossal Mobile World Congress and the much more targeted Breakthrough Innovations (BI) conference. BI was focused on innovative product development with product leaders from a range of industries, including telecom to consumer products to...
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You interview, hire, show them to their desks, and then what, hope for the best? Hiring an inspired and innovative staff is one of the biggest challenges you as a manager will ever take on, but getting innovative results from your staff takes more than just hiring the best candidate.
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Everyone is getting back and settled in after the inaugural Wellspring Worldwide Sophia User Group meeting. I can’t speak for everyone who attended, I know all of us at Wellspring Worldwide had a great time and learned a lot, too. The User Group was a huge success, with more than 70 Sophia users...
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