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• The Role of Design Thinking

  The first week of the Design (and Innovation) Management Class I teach with Alladi Venkatesh and Raymond Pirouz, as always, reminds me that Design Thinking is at the heart of all innovation. It's not just about designing new products, or even new... Posted Nov 06 2008, 11:37 PM by Lynda Lawrence with | with no comments (Click to add comments) Filed under: Innovation, Consumer Products, Ideation, Technology

• Design: Ideas vs. Implementation

  Preparing for the class I teach with Alladi Venkatesh on Design and Innovation Management, I’ve been reading the Henry Dreyfuss classic, Designing for People, published in 1955. From the thirties to the sixties, he designed everything from flyswatters... Posted Jul 28 2008, 09:46 PM by Lynda Lawrence with | with no comments (Click to add comments) Filed under: Innovation, Future, Consumer Products, Ideation

• “Splash of Innovation”

  Last month the Wall Street Journal ran an article titled “Campbell’s Chief Looks for Splash of Innovation”. The article was an interview with Douglas Conant, CEO of Campbell Soup Co. in which he discussed Campbell’s recent successes in innovation (e.g... Posted Jul 03 2008, 01:50 PM by Mike Mata with | with no comments (Click to add comments) Filed under: Methodology, Consumer Products, Organization/Staffing

• “The Most Innovative Small Business in America”

  “The customer is the company. Threadless churns out dozens of new items a month – with no advertising, no professional designers, no sales force, and no retail distribution. And it has never produced a flop.” The above title and quote is from the current... Posted Jun 03 2008, 05:22 PM by Mike Mata with | with no comments (Click to add comments) Filed under: Strategy/Vision, Future, Methodology, Consumer Products, Organization/Staffing, Ideation