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Disruption in the Meeting Industry

Oct 26, 2020 | disruption

Meeting planners have always had to think on their feet. With so many moving parts to a meeting, planners have to be prepared for anything that could possibly go wrong. Maybe that's one reason their job is one of the most stressful out there. Meeting planners always...

Inventor Madam C.J. Walker

Oct 19, 2020 | Inventing

They say that necessity is the mother of invention because it's one of the best ways to become an inventor. You need something that the market doesn't have. So you create it yourself. But when you invent a product for yourself it will most likely help others who have...

Creativity Over Productivity

Oct 7, 2020 | Creativity

Part of my innovation keynote speech is done as interactive improv. No matter how much companies might think they can do this on a Zoom call, it simply doesn't work nearly as well. The work from home trend is putting productivity over creativity and teamwork,...

Hire an Innovation Keynote Speaker

Sep 30, 2020 | Innovation

Meeting planners have a choice of hiring an expert who speaks or hiring an expert speaker. I always try to put myself into the shoes of the audience, and I would personally not be that interested in a speaker who hadn't actually done what they are speaking about. If I...

Invention of Silly Putty

Sep 23, 2020 | Innovation, Inventing

Invention of Silly Putty Some inventions were created because of a need in the marketplace or a need of the inventor. I invented the wrist water bottle because of my own need for hands-free hydration. But many inventions were the result of accidental innovation. This...

Will Robots Disrupt Your Job?

Sep 16, 2020 | disruption

For years we’ve been reading about robots taking over our jobs and controlling human beings. In truth, we can learn to work alongside them. They can take over some of the more repetitious tasks we have to do. So, yes, robots may disrupt your job. Robots disrupt...

Create an Innovative Culture

Sep 14, 2020 | Innovation

Create an Innovative Culture Baseball player Yogi Berra once said “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else”. You can’t expect your company and team to be innovative if you don’t know which direction you’re going in. It’s up to the person in...

US Patent and Trademark Office

Sep 13, 2020 | Inventing

My experience with the US Patent and Trademark Office was overall a good one. I did have to resubmit my product twice for my patent and several times for my trade dress. But that happens to many inventors. It takes an average of 22.5 months for a patent to issue....

Disruption in Supply Chains

Sep 4, 2020 | disruption

When I first started out as a manufacturer, I had one supplier in the U.S. But I quickly realized that manufacturing in small quantities in the U.S. was not going to work. That is, if I wanted to make any money at all. So I started manufacturing in large volume with a...