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By Neil Patel February 8, 2012 Do a quick, little experiment with me. Think of your favorite big brand — could be Amazon or Virgin or Coke. Now go all the way back in history to the start of those brands. Now, what do you see? If you did the experiment right, you see the now-famous founder of the company…

By Braden Kelley February 5, 2012 If you are really serious about creating sustainable innovation in your organization and engaging more than just a handful of people in the generation of ideas, you not only need to have a group of people to manage the process (either part – time or full – time), but you also need systems to…

By Angelica Mari January 4, 2012 At CES, Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating its TeleConsult and Striker public safety vehicle concepts, incorporating a Boston Life Labs telehealth platform and Vidyo video conferencing. Alcatel-Lucent Shows Telehealth, Public Safety Vehicle Concepts at CES Alcatel-Lucent highlighted innovations in health care and first-response vehicles from its ng (next generation) Connect Program during the 2012 International Consumer…

By Angelica Mari January 4, 2012 In the last decade, Microsoft has spent between four to five times as much every year on research and development as Apple. Yet, their stock price has been flat, whilst Apple’s has soared out of all proportion. If the conventional wisdom about innovation and R&D was correct, then surely the opposite should have been…

By Steve Sechrist Nov 16, 2011 Getting customer feedback into new products has always been a good idea.  Now Pleasanton, CA based Spigit, a self-described crowd innovation company, is making a game of that process with its new FaceOff application. By turning voting on brand directions into a game, the company looks to engage their customers while generating new ideas.…

By: Courtney Boyd Myers Does crowdsourcing innovation work? Yes, and here’s how. It may come as no surprise that 98% of business and government executives say innovation will be critical to the success of their organizations over the next five years. I suppose that 2% compromise the hot dog stand chefs in New York City. Many believe that innovation is by nature a social…