Innovation

(This post first appeared on Cleahead.me) When I wrote my latest book I wanted to create a field guide for product innovation. Something that practical product and innovation champions could use to help tactically create a process to get the best ideas for new products and improved existing products from their staff. As my co-author and I interviewed digital product experts, ...

(this first appeared at Clearhead.me) Earlier this year I ran across a great quote from Michael Perman in Innovation Leader Magazine in which he defined innovation as “the ability to perceive alternative realities and the courage to move toward those visions”. Perman is the former Senior Director of Global Innovation (“Dean of Innovation”) at Gap Inc., and a former executive with ...

I like to think of it as spring break for the tech set! And I’m honored this year to be speaking for the 7th straight year. Here’s where and when you can come say hi!, give me a hard time from the back of the room, or just catch up if you are in town. The Future of eCommerce Meetup ...

(This post first appeared on Clearhead.me) Is your culture ready for experimentation, test and learn, and data-driven decision making? Where are you and where do you want to be? These are important questions to ask as you approach FY17. We’ve been asking executives like you these same questions with our benchmarking survey. And for the past four years we’ve been ...