Compared to even a decade ago, the nature of competition has dramatically changed and will continue to go through dynamic change for the foreseeable future. Our understanding of competition needs to catch up with this new reality if we are going to be successful innovators.

Marty's book Inspire is almost like the Bible of product manager best practices in technology. If you are in tech, you should read this book. Subsequent to publishing the book, there has been some confusion about what product management really means and he addresses these issues head on in this episode. [email protected]

I have done several episodes on this very intriguing and successful Google innovation initiative. This episode provides perspective from its most recent leader. I greatly admire the spirit of developing innovations that are at least 10 times better than what currently exists. This is totally consistent with my advice to develop innovations that are dramatically better than your competition. [email protected]

It is not often that we get innovation perspective from such a senior an experienced executive. While innovation at General Electric is not perfect, there are many good things all of us can learn from. [email protected]

Julian is a very skilled, experienced, and successful innovator who combines innovation with design guided by deep real-world understandings from users and consumers. He has top rated skills that are all too rare in the field of innovation today. His examples will get your attention. Check out and . His email: and telephone: (415) 735-5088 [email protected]

Senior executives, including many CEOs are very unhappy with the state of the innovation skills in their companies. This episode shares the depth and breadth of those concerns and points out the primary gaps. I also provide some commentary on how those gaps can be addressed. [email protected]

This is information and help I have not had on the podcast before. It is super suggestions based on the work of a smart researcher.....it can help you today.

This is one of the greatest personal inventor stories you will ever hear.....it has it all....success.....failure .....success.

The research supporting this McKinsey study was done in the United States and the European Union. While there are similarities with some other studies, this specific list is one of the best combination of characteristics I have seen in a long time. Their research shows that leaders who exhibit the majority of these characteristics produce dramatically better innovation results. This absolutely applies to you.

Today, we are fortunate that researchers are focusing on what it takes for a company to be a successful innovator. This podcast is based on high-quality research. The results from this research can help all innovators regardless of the type of business you are in and what your innovation needs are.