I spent the first week of November as Innovator in Residence at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.  As part of my activities during the week, Dean Ernest Wilson hosted a conference on Social Media: Platform of Provocation for Innovation? Each panel included experts from USC Annenberg and IBM. Jon gave two examples.  MORE >>

At the time, May 2005 , it was rather refreshing to see how instead of the company trying to figure it out by itself, on its own, it decided to rely on a group of prolific bloggers to come to the rescue and eventually put that policy on a wiki page over the course of two weeks. Even without having to use your company’s resources. MORE >>

My own personal experience has been primarily with the impact of disruptive technologies and innovations on business.  Companies like Toyota developed the innovative  Toyota Production System for managing quality and productivity in all aspects of their operations.  Not so today.  Few paid much attention to these allegations.  MORE >>

But, to achieve long term economic growth, as well as gains in our standard of living , the US must also focus on innovation and productivity growth. But since 2001, the productivity growth has been led by IT-using industries, especially those industries that are. invest in corporate culture. between 1973 and 1995.  MORE >>

number of the CEOs involved in this study also met with senior White House and Federal Reserve economic officials to discuss their recommendations , which emphasize both the need to reduce the nation’s growing  deficit as well as laying a foundation for future innovation and growth.  But there are also many similarities.  MORE >>