Recently, a couple of articles caught my eye. The first article describes how valuations are making acquisitions a less attractive form of growth – which means greater focus on innovation – and goes on to introduce methods for CFOs to get a better handle on how innovation investments can be... Read More

The Seelbach Hotel, located at the heart of Louisville, Kentucky, is not only known for its elegance, but as an American architectural treasure visited by gangsters (Al Capone), writers (F. Scott Fitzgerald, who used the hotel for inspiration in “The Great Gatsby”) and presidents, with a history of... Read More

Its not often you go to Mars. But I spent the last week there and, while its very very hot from a temperature standpoint, the technology and infrastructure are the more impressive aspects. Read More

One might not think that Open Innovation and food have a whole lot in common, but I learned that’s not the case at all. The Institute of Food Technologists’ annual showpiece, the IFT Food EXPO, was recently held at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center and I had a chance to stop by. With... Read More

All business processes can show improved productivity. Simplistically, productivity can be expressed as a fraction, outputs divided by inputs. Read More

Editor's note: This is the first post in a two-part series. Read More

Editor's note: This is the final in a series of three blog posts. Read More

Back before A. G. Lafley retired from Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 2010 and before he was more recently considered P&G's comeback kid, he wrote about building a “world-class organic growth engine” based on investing in people. In his article, Lafley discussed that P&G believed it to be important to... Read More

An article on our blog, Introduction to Strategic Roadmapping, introduced the concept of strategic roadmapping. The next question that naturally follows is, “How do we get started with roadmapping?” The best — and easiest — way to start a roadmapping process is to hold workshops to educate your... Read More

Thousands of people flocked to Techweek Chicago last week and I am happy to say I, and others from Wellspring Worldwide, were among them. For those not familiar with Techweek Chicago, the event is a great opportunity to check out the latest in technology and innovations here in Chicago and the... Read More