Creativity,Marketing and Innovation

IIM-A’S annual business summit Confluence 2009 concluded on Sunday with speakers stressing on innovation and entrepreneurship in relation to emerging economies and businesses and a new world order in terms of the economy.

At the valedictory function to mark the conclusion of the three-day summit, former President A P J Abdul Kalam urged the students to become “employment generators” rather than “employment seekers”.

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San Francisco – October 16, 2009 - One of my CEO leadership coaching clients is a visionary thinker. In this difficult economic environment, his senior leadership team needed to be more innovative to stay ahead of the competition. Company leaders needed to change the culture of the company to help all employees embrace change and implement disruptive innovations.

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There has been a great deal of talk about financial innovation and whether all innovation must tangibly benefit society. I’m doubtful on that criterion, as I think that so long as society isn’t negatively affected by that innovation, but someone finds it useful, then its okay with me. Meanwhile, I concede that it’s ideal when innovation does clearly benefit society. Although it’s not related to finance, in perusing… Continue reading

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DE PERE — Innovation might be no more than a new toothpaste tube cap, but however simple it may be, it’s critical for businesses to remain successful.

“You have to consistently be searching for new ideas and innovate,” said Ned Cain of De Pere, a sculpture artist and co-inventor of the Micro Machine toys.

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We can all picture the scene: A couple of guys toiling away in a cluttered garage, perfecting the next innovation that will shake an entire industry. Meanwhile, the big corporate players in the market stand oblivious—fat, dumb, happy, and too bogged down by bureaucracy and conservatism to be innovative themselves.

It’s a great image—one that has long persisted. There’s just one problem with it: It’s false. “The all but universal… Continue reading

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In my blog of March 20 I suggested the crisis is a good time to be thinking about innovation, especially for those companies that still have reasonable cash flow or employees with some time on their hands.  It was therefore pleasing to see my comments justified this week on two web sites. 

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Micro-finance is a well-established industry in the South Asian region and it is also one of the booming industries in Sri Lanka. However, to sustain in the micro-finance market, Sri Lanka has to improve the external and internal governing practices as well as the Government’s regulatory practices, Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Manchester, Dr. Thankam Arun told a seminar on Micro-finance Services in Sri Lanka, organized by the Central Bank.

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Contrary to popular belief, innovation is not about an occasional spark of brilliance. It’s about identifying with markets and customers, and filling a need.

When Pure Digital released its handheld video camera—the Flip—skeptics believed that the product, with its basic functions and no zoom lens, should instead be named Flop. Yet, the company’s founders held firm, convinced that even in a gadget-obsessed world, there exists a

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These are my notes from Dr Scott McLeod’s NECC 2009 presentation, “Effective Leadership in an Era of Disruptive Innovation.” This content is similar to Scott’s 20 min presentation for the 2008 K-12 Online Conference, “Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations,”

Disruptive innovations are game changers

to understand Christiansen’s thinking here, we need to understand two different lines

the “more than needed” line
- plain ole phone line was fine for most… Continue reading

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