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Millennials select creativity, globalization, and sustainability as future trends for CEO leadership.
Photo by Quang Minh (YILKA) used under a creative commons license. Thank you Quang.
How do millennials view leadership? Do they agree with the results of IBM’s CEO study that creativity should be the primary leadership attribute? How do they differ in their views? When you consider that in a few short years Generation Y will [...]
Creativity is the new style of leadership!
Competency in creative leadership leads the list for standout CEOs according to the IBM 2010 Global CEO Study. The survey included over 1,500 Chief Executive Officers from 60 countries and 33 industries.
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Creativity is more important than rigor, management discipline, integrity or vision. Creativity is identified as the leading competency. Our world is becoming incredibly complex [...]
Thank you Sabrina Gibson, Creative Connie Went From Novice to Professional Guest Blogger at Front End of Innovation Europe 2010 Within Six Months!
When I first began blogging I had no idea that my journey would take me to Amsterdam within six months as a guest blogger for the Front End of Innovation Europe 2010, an event sponsored by the (IIR) International Institute of Research.
Although I had vast experience selling emerging technologies and I represented internationally renowned thought [...]
Balancing four portfolio elements produces successful product launch #FEIEUROPE
By Connie Harryman, Applied Concepts Creativity
Guest Blogger IIR USA
LIVE Front End of Innovation Europe 2010
Topic: Portfolio Planning Dos and Don’t: How to Launch a Successful Product
Speaker: Anthony Reese: Former Director, Mobile & Entertainment Portfolio Planning, PLANTRONICS
Launching a successful product depends on the way you structure your portfolio. Anthony Reese managed Plantronics [...]
Here is an IDEA! Inspire, discover, evaluate, and act to drive innovation #FEIEUROPE
By Connie Harryman, Applied Concepts Creativity
Guest Blogger IIR USA
LIVE Front End of Innovation Europe 2010
Topic:
Idea: A Framework for Driving Innovation Throughout Your Organization
Speaker:
Daryl Dunbar: SVP of Innovation, REED ELSEVIER
Daryl Dunbar built out an innovation team and created an IDEA methodology. His background includes experiences at British Telecom.
IDEA means: Inspire, Discover, Evaluate, [...]
HILTI passionately creates enthusiastic customers to build a better future! #FEIEUROPE
By Connie Harryman, Applied Concepts Creativity
Guest Blogger IIR USA
LIVE Front End of Innovation Europe 2010
Speaker: Dr. Andreas Bong, Senior Vice President, HILTI
Topic: Customer Orientation Throughout the Innovation Process
The focus is on the front end of innovation.
Agenda:
• HILTI
• Innovation management
• Customer integration
o Fuzzy front end
o Development
You cannot duplicate what they [...]
Developing Vision 2050, Front End of Innovation forms Innovative Think Tank #FEIEUROPE
By Connie Harryman, Applied Concepts Creativity
Guest Blogger IIR USA
LIVE Front End of Innovation Europe 2010
Topic:
Part 2: Innovation Think Tank – Develop a Vision for the year 2050
Led by: Per Sandberg, Managing Director, WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
After listening to Part 1: Using WBCSD’s Vision2050 of a Sustainable World to Drive Corporate [...]
In Vision 2050, sustainability is the key driver for innovation #FEIEUROPE
By Connie Harryman, Applied Concepts Creativity
Guest Blogger IIR USA
LIVE Front End of Innovation Europe 2010
Topic:
Part 1: Using WBCSD’s Vision2050 of a Sustainable World to Drive Corporate Innovation
Speaker:
Per Sandberg: Managing Director, WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Per Sandberg posed this question, “What innovation does the world need?” Vision 2025 was just launched in [...]
Power Your Way to Innovation with an Electric Toothbrush! #FEIEUROPE
By Connie Harryman, Applied Concepts Creativity
Guest Blogger
Organizer IIR
LIVE Front End of Innovation Europe 2010
Topic: The Invention Environment and its Difficulties
Speaker: Peter Hilfinger: Inventor of the Powered Toothbrush & former R&D Director, BRAUN/ORAL B
Peter Hilfinger invented the electric toothbrush; he was the leader of the team. He outlined the conditions for innovation [...]
MP3 Changes the World of Music #FEIEUROPE
By Connie Harryman, Applied Concepts Creativity
Guest Blogger
Organizer IIR
LIVE Front End of Innovation Europe 2010
Topic: Inventor’s Forum
The MP3 Story: From Basic Research to Changing the World of Music
Speaker:
Prof Karlheinz Brandenburg: Inventor, MP3 Format, Director, Franhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology
The MP3 story involves basic research standardization. Internet marketing works. Lessons learned [...]
