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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Business Innovation eBook, Resource Kit and Definitive Guide

Innovation eBook used by 650+ innovative companies worldwide - eBook Best Seller (deployed at Nokia, EDS, Pepsi, HP, J&J, LG, many more...)

Innovation eBook and Definitive Guide is a 212-page collection of over 55 best practices, case studies, and insights on the current state of Innovation in Business at Top Innovators including Apple, Google, Netflix, 3M, Proctor and Gamble, Johnson and Johnson, Toyota, GE, BMW, Deloitte, Frito Lay, IBM, Nike, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, Dell, Tata, Intel and more. With pertinent articles from this award-winning Creativity And Innovation Driving Business Blog, this Faculty eBook provides real-world examples on how the Top Innovators innovate and grow their business successfully time and again, especially during economic cycles. Creativity And Innovation in Business is a definitive guide and resource that will help you unblock creativity, uncover and create game-changing innovations, and make exponential business growth a reality.

"I teach Applied Creativity and Innovation for a College near Toronto, Canada. I gave my business students an assignment to work with one of the top 10 innovative companies and to research/report on what makes them innovative, type of innovative challenges, benefits, etc. Your report from the eBook and definitive guide was the primary document that they used for their work." - Business School Professor

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"1) Innovation and growth is not (just) a fuzzy process of screwing around vigorously (SAV) but can be a systematic process,

2) Innovation and growth is not (just) something that happens in a department like R & D or product development,

3) Innovation and growth is not just about products or solutions - it is about creating a transformational change in the way people live, work and play
." - Chapter 26, Erich Joachimsthaler, author of "Hidden in Plain Sight"

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The Innovation eBook and Definitive Guide has been downloaded and used by over 1,000 professionals, faculty and innovators at educational institutions and businesses all around the world including EDS, Ericsson, Center for Sales Strategy, IdeaChampions, Acara Global, Byrne Dairy, Cleveland Clinic, Magpie, DOJ/FBI, HP, Hewlett Packard, Intervista Institute, Fryett Consulting Group, Satellite Shelters, ProductVentures, Speakeasy - a Best Buy company, Jarden Consumer Solutions, Hallmark, Infinium, DeakinPrime - Deakin University, Lucas-TVS, McCann Worldgroup, S.P.Jain Center of Management, Suffolk University, RiCoMan, AmpControl, Craig Rispin, Momentive, Champion Laboratories, University of Phoenix, University of Washington, SFR - Neufbox, Attwood as Edison, Academy of Sport, Ideogenesis, Principled Innovation, Meridian Partners, Ananzi, Tangibility, Syngenta Global, Speedy, The Business Lab, Deloitte, Lane Management, University of California at Irvine, Wharton Business School, Babson University, Larsen & Toubro, Nokia, Credera, Pfizer, Bilkent University, Indian Institute of Science, Bacardi, Chick-fil-A, LG Electronics, Pepsi, SAP and many more.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 - The Top 50 Innovative Companies In The World
Chapter 2 - The Innovation Index - Top 20 Innovators
Chapter 3 - Measuring Business Innovation Success - Key Benchmarks
Chapter 4 - Failures And Stumbles Driving Innovation - Five Takeaways
Chapter 5 - Blocking Creativity And Innovation - Nine Processes
Chapter 6 - Six Ways To Find Innovation - "See with new eyes"
Chapter 7 - Five Principles For Successful Business Innovation
Chapter 8 - Is Innovation Cyclical? - Four Common Blunders
Chapter 9 - Can Leadership Create Innovation? - Ten Leadership Ideas
Chapter 10 - Top Ten Creative Leadership Traits - Be The Leader and Innovator
Chapter 11 - Creating Team Innovation - Seven Characteristics
Chapter 12 - Creating Team Innovation - Effective Teams Examples
Chapter 13 - Creating Team Innovation - Ten Principles To Unleash Innovation
Chapter 14 - The Future Of Management, Creativity And Innovation - Upend Business Models
Chapter 15 - How Much Creativity Is Enough?
Chapter 16 - Co-Creation Driving Innovation At Top Innovators
Chapter 17 - Marketing Innovation Creating Market Leadership
Chapter 18 - Consumer Innovation Best Practices - Six Steps To Lead Innovation
Chapter 19 - The Innovation Gap - Disruptive Innovation versus Sustaining Innovation
Chapter 20 - Are Children More Creative Than Adults?
Chapter 21 - Questions Lead To Creativity, Answers Lead To Innovation
Chapter 22 - Expanding Your Business Innovation Capacity
Chapter 23 - Innovation Insights And Wisdom From Greatest Innovators
Chapter 24 - Turn Complaints Into Solutions, Innovations And Success
Chapter 25 - Why Some Ideas Survive And Others Die
Chapter 26 - Ten Answers For Driving Innovation And Growth At World Class Innovators
Chapter 27 - Strategic Innovation At Deloitte - The "Apple" Of Services Innovation
Chapter 28 - Toyota's Innovation Factory
Chapter 29 - Ipod - Apple's Best Innovation
Chapter 30 - Apple Iphone Rising - Top Ten Innovations
Chapter 31 - Google Versus Yahoo - A Tale Of Two Cities
Chapter 32 - Youtube - $1.65 Billion Innovation And Counting
Chapter 33 - Blockbuster Versus Netflix - Winner Takes All?
Chapter 34 - GE And P&G - Innovations Driving Growth & Six Growth Principles
Chapter 35 - Can Dell Turnaround Dell? Seven Thoughts For Turnaround
Chapter 36 - Innovations Brewing At Starbucks ? Five Takeaways
Chapter 37 - Southwest Airlines Flying High With Ten Innovations
Chapter 38 - Innovations At Microsoft - Four Business Pillars
Chapter 39 - Direct Marketing And Direct Mail Innovation At USPS
Chapter 40 - Disruptor Zune Versus Innovator Ipod
Chapter 41 - 100% Electric Ultra Fast Innovation - Tesla
Chapter 42 - Nike Versus Adidas - The Innovation Game Is On
Chapter 43 - People Innovation - We Think Culture Of Innovation
Chapter 44 - Intel - Exponential Innovations
Chapter 45 - Five Innovations In Software Industry - Intuit Case Study
Chapter 46 - Google Versus Microsoft - The Enterprise Battle Heats Up!
Chapter 47 - Launch Of Tata Nano - A Watershed Moment in Indian Autos
Chapter 48 - How Can GM Turnaround The Business? Is Innovation The Answer
Chapter 49 - Doubleclick A Smart Buy For Google
Chapter 50 - Microsoft Walk-Off Home Run With Aquantive
Chapter 51 - IBM's $5 Billion Cognos Acquisition
Chapter 52 - Top Acquisitions By The Top Innovators
Chapter 53 - Will Yahoo merge with Microsoft?
Chapter 54 - Innovation And Stock Performance Correlation
Chapter 55 - The Innovation Index Annual Report
Chapter 56 - $1 Billion Or The Future


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Innovation eBook details invaluable tools to unlock:
Creativity -> Ideas -> Innovations -> Success -> Profits

The Innovation Bootcamp On Demand Resource Kit Tools:

The entire Innovation Bootcamp is available On-Demand now for your business to unleash the creativity and innovation within your own environment! You can selectively leverage the key concepts of the Innovation Bootcamp at your own pace, at your office or at your home, and share them with your team. The Innovation Bootcamp On-Demand Resource Kit includes:
  • The complete Innovation Bootcamp presentation and handouts containing over 400 presentation slides to spark new ideas, channel team creativity and create innovation factory.
  • 100+ pertinent strategies and tools, hands-on techniques and uncommon insights to unleash creativity and innovation at your business

The Innovation Bootcamp Resource Kit consists presentation slides of Six Engaging Online Workshop Sessions:

  • 1. Benchmarking and Leading with Innovation
  • The Business Case for Innovation
  • 2. Unblocking Creativity and Innovation
  • The Essential Processes and Skills
  • 3. Unleashing Team Innovation
  • Great Teams Deliver Great Innovations
  • 4. and 5. Business Innovation Case Studies
  • Learn how Top Innovators Lead with Innovation (Google, Netflix, Apple, Toyota, Southwest, more)
  • 6. Building an Innovation Factory
  • Create a sustainable, scalable Business Innovation Model
  • "The Innovation Bootcamp provided an excellent orientation on the topic of innovation and I learned several new techniques for generating and successfully implementing new ideas. Plentiful real world case studies was another aspect I liked about the program. I highly recommend it." - IT Manager, Top 5 IT Services Business

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• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs Visionary Leadership
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About the Author

Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal authored and launched the Innovation Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Creativity and Innovation in business in 2008, used by over 650 leading organizations and professionals all over the world including HP, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, Pepsi, EDS, J&J, TATA and major universities. Dalal published over 200 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at this blog on Creativity and Innovation Driving Business, and introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 that correlates business, innovation and stock performance. Dalal launched Apple's Innovation Strategy eBook in February, 2010. Dalal was the president and managing director of the innovative investment company, Innovation Index Group, that systematically invested into the Top 20 Innovators of the Innovation Index. Dalal filed joint U.S. Patent on "Hands-On Labs" for delivering live, hands-on training over Web Meetings by simulating a training lab environment. Dalal has launched innovative products such as WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center to market, and grown product line revenue to tens of million dollars in annual revenue. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science. Dalal secured the first position in the 50th William Lowell Putnam Math Competition. Dalal volunteered as a basketball coach on three separate occassions for Fremont NJB, Irvine NJB, and Rancho Middle School 7th graders, as an art master for 2nd graders, and as the secretary of the School Site Council. Dalal was a member of the Technology Advisory Committee for the Fremont School District containing over 40,000 students, an appointed position by the Board of Education. Dalal was a Web 2.0 adviser for Cal State Fullerton, Extended Education and a lecturer on "Making the business case for Web 2.0". Dalal, an appointed member of the Dean's Leadership Circle of The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, serves as a guest lecturer at the University of California, Irvine for the Strategic Innovation class. Dalal is an active Rotarian at the Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine.

Innovation eBook is brought to you by Creativity And Innovation Driving Business based in Irvine, CA.

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Selected references:
Creativity and Innovation Best Practices
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The Innovation Index
Top 50 innovative companies in the world

Monday, March 28, 2011

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Small Business Innovation News Stories

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Receives U.S. DOD Small Business Innovation Research ...

PR Newswire (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
... announced today that it has received a US Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Grant to test the feasibility of delivering DNA vaccines by intradermal electroporation simultaneously to two or more spatially distinct sites on the ...
Inovio Pharma gets US DOD SBIR award
Pharmaceutical Business Review


Kentucky awards grants to Bexion, 13 others

Bizjournals.com - ‎Mar 25, 2011‎
The program matches federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants awarded to Kentucky companies or companies willing to relocate to Kentucky. The awards supplement more than $8.7 million in federal funding ...

Madison's success in turning technology into business lures conference

Wisconsin State Journal - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Lithium ion batteries, the size of large button cell batteries, are being tested at Silatronix, 3587 Anderson St. Grants from the Small Business Innovation Research program have helped the company develop its novel compound, designed to make big ...

EOIR Technologies Wins Multi-Camera Real-Time Feature Recognition, Extraction ...

PR Newswire (press release) - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Through their focus on innovation and excellence, EOIR contributes to ensuring that the United States is the most technically sophisticated military and intelligence organization in the world. Understanding the client's mission is core to the EOIR ...

SBIR program could get boost

Bizjournals.com - ‎Mar 25, 2011‎
Small businesses could get a bigger share of federal research dollars under legislation that appears headed for passage in the Senate. The bill reauthorizes the Small Business Innovation Research program and would open the program to small businesses ...
Bills authorizes more R&D funding
Portland Business Journal

Lucigen Gets $226K SBIR Grant from NIH

GenomeWeb Daily News - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Wisconsin biotech firm Lucigen said on Monday it has received a $226401 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop genomic tools for use ...

This Week in Small Business: Radiation, Inflation and Regulation

New York Times (blog) - Gene Marks - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
The New York Times' Robb Mandelbaum reports that the new 1099 rules may not be that bad for small businesses. An inventor says the currently discussed Patent Reform Act will hurt small businesses. Harry Reid pleads to keep the Small Business Innovation ...

New Research & Development Grant for Small Business Innovation

is4profit - ‎18 hours ago‎
“Nearly two thirds of all commercial innovations originate in small companies and we need to nurture and encourage this vital source of exciting new innovations.” “Small companies may under-invest in innovation because of the high degree of risk and ...

Technology grant workshops to he held

Lewiston Sun Journal - ‎Mar 25, 2011‎
MTI Phase O SBIR/STTR Grants of up to $5000 are offered to foster and support competitive federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) proposal submissions. Funds can be used for direct costs associated ...

Innovation act will encourage job growth

Fremont Tribune - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
We advanced the Business Innovation Act on March 16. This Act would provide competitive grants for private sector research at Nebraska institutions, offer technical assistance in new product development and testing, and help expand small business and ...

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Source: Google news

Top India Business Innovation News Stories

Pitroda urges Naveen to set up State Innovation Council

IBNLive.com - ‎11 hours ago‎
PTI | 11:03 PM,Mar 26,2011 Bhubaneswar, Mar 26 (PTI) Optimistic about Bhubaneshwar emerging as the knowledge capital of eastern India, the National Innovation Council (NIC) today urged the government to set up State Innovation Council, evoking positive ...

India source of great innovation

mydigitalfc.com - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
By S Ronendra Singh Mar 24 2011 , New Delhi Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday said India could be a source of great innovation as it has talented scientists and large universities. He also said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to ...
Melinda Gates Praises Bihar Chief
Wall Street Journal (blog)

Nasscom seeks extension of STPI scheme for 1 year

Express Buzz - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
HYDERABAD: To compensate for the tax benefits under Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), which will expire this month-end, industry body Nasscom on Thursday said it was proposing location-based and innovation-based incentives as opposed to ...
Nasscom in tax relief plea
Calcutta Telegraph

Has India Downloaded the 'Killer Apps'?

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
According to Mullainthan, in India innovations simply can't address the complex challenges. Innovation requires social engineering to convince the target segment of its benefits. Despite innovations in medical science, India continues to face huge ...

India still stuck in 19th century mindset: Pitroda

Indian Express - ‎Mar 25, 2011‎
India faces the challenges of 21st century but still lives with a mindset of 19th century, technology czar Sam Pitroda said today. Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation, said, "We need innovations in ...

H2O Innovation awarded CAN$7.8 million in contracts for industrial water ...

Reuters - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
The Company's sales backlog is comprised entirely of systems and equipment sales and does not include sales of services and consumable products, nor does it include the sales backlog of the Company's Indian joint venture H2O Innovation India. ...


Dell bets big on India

The Hindu - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister's Adviser on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation Sam Pitroda said India was starting to build four IT data centres in Poona, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar and Delhi, while the government had agreed to set up ...


Bill Gates invites Indian scientists to team up with his foundation

Economic Times - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Running the foundation is a lot like running a software innovation company." One area where the software mogul would like to see more innovation is in diagnosing and preventing TB. He said India has made great strides in reducing TB to 300000 cases a ...

Indian innovations: Converting new ideas into successful businesses

Economic Times - ‎10 hours ago‎
Applications for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry's (Ficci) DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth programme has grown to 915 from 102 between 2007 and 2011-a nearly 800% jump in five years. Most of these have already ...

Indian Ambassador Visits Business Leaders in Palo Alto

Patch.com - ‎15 hours ago‎
Meera Shankar, ambassador, said technology innovation is at the forefront of US-India economic relations in her talk with business leaders on Friday. By Susan Hong | Email the author | 6:00am India-US Ambassador Meera Shankar spoke to a crowded room of ...

Source: Google News

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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