by | Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
What do Innovation, Tempered Radicalism, and Breakfast at Tiffany's have in common? I just read a fascinating book called "Fifth Avenue, 5am", by Sam Wasson. It's about the making of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. I picked it up while...
by | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
I don’t usually do this, but it’s time to air a little pet peave of mine. It has to do with the use of the term ‘font’ when what is meant is ‘typeface’. In art school I studied graphic design which required quite a bit of focus on...
by | Dec 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was explaining the value I've found in Twitter to a skeptical friend not long ago. But when she asked how often I tweeted, I did have to honestly answer "not much". It made me think about why I seem to have this love/hate relationship with...
by | Jul 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine, Alicia Arnold, wrote a new book which will be published in August titled Creatively Ever After; A Path to Innovation. She sent me an advance copy, and there were several things about it that I felt were excellent. Alicia makes very clever use of...
by | Jun 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last month I was the Chairperson for the Voice of the Customer (VOC) Summit Sessions at the Front End of Innovation Conference in Boston. To kick off the day, I was asked to deliver some opening remarks stating my thoughts on the state of VOC today. This was an...
by | Apr 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week I gave a talk in a class called Organizing for Innovation and Design, taught by Siobhan O'Mahony at Boston University. At the start of the class, I asked the students if there were any topics they wanted to cover specifically. They had read...
