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The annual BQF Innovation Seminar was held in October at the Latimer Conference Centre. The speakers included Mike Carr, Chief Scientist at BT’s research labs, Philip Anderson, Chairman of the Global Business Partnership Alliance, Kevin McFarthing, Global Director for Strategic Alliances & External Relations at Reckitt Benckiser, and Paul Sloane, head of the BQF Innovation Unit [...]  Here is an interesting new article by Michael Slocum on the Real Innovation site. He argues for adaptive innovation and says,’There is an argument that all that can be invented has been invented or, at least, that the number of high-level inventions has diminished over time with the overwhelming majority of patents issued being on [...] Chuck Frey of InnovationTools.com and Hitendra Patel will launch an online community for Chief Innovation Officers and innovation managers. The main source of content for this online community will be a series of interviews with innovation experts about important innovation issues and challenges. These interviews will be distributed via e-newsletter and will appear in a new section [...] One simple technique that can generate fresh thinking is to redefine the problem. The way we express any issue, the form and choice of words we use, sets expectations and constraints. There was an ideas meeting at a manufacturing plant where shop floor workers were asked for their suggestions on how to improve productivity. The [...] |
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