by Julie Austin | Dec 9, 2014 | Innovation, Uncategorized
The story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley has withstood the test of time since 1843. The classic novella written by Charles Dickens, cuts to the heart of even the most jaded, and brings a ray of hope that the Christmas...
by Julie Austin | Jun 29, 2014 | Innovation
The innovation industry, like any other industry, is full of buzz words. People like to latch on to the latest academic sounding terms and have lengthy discussions about them. This all sounds impressive, but the bottom line is “what is your company doing about...
by Julie Austin | May 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Anyone who has seen my office and the piles of hand-written notes on legal pads, in the backs of books, on scraps of paper and napkins, and on various Post-it notes stuck to the wall would probably label me a bit kooky. So, I’m glad to hear that a recent study...
by Julie Austin | Apr 8, 2014 | Innovation, Uncategorized
Disruptive innovation is innovation that disrupts an existing market and creates a new one. All industries are subject to change. And people will hang on to the status quo as long as possible. Society in general often feels threatened by the disruption of the status...
by Julie Austin | Apr 5, 2014 | Innovation
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention You hear people say necessity is the mother of invention all the time. Yet today fewer than fifteen percent of patent holders worldwide are women. Fewer than four percent are sole patent holders like myself. That gap shows how much...
