December, 2010

Mills Scofield

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Innovation = People, People, People

Mills Scofield

Last week's provided great discussion on various tools and processes for innovating. Innovation3: Crowdsourcing, Tools & Culture Summit Jackie Hutter , and I did a workshop on Leading Indicators for Innovation (which I'll share soon). While there are many speakers on many topics, there are 4 I want to highlight (caution - long-ish blog!).

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Beware of Facts & Innovation

Mills Scofield

Facts & Data. At Bell Labs we used to say, "How much did you pay for that data?" Most market research projects - for strategic planning and innovation (my passions), or even incremental product development focus on getting the facts. Ok, here's one for you: "Since 1920, more Oberlin graduates have gone on to earn PhDs than have the graduates of any other American baccalaureate college.