Archive for 'product innovation' Category
CES is coming once again…
CES is less than two weeks away, and we’re expecting a strong emphasis on Health and Wellness this year. There’s a new and larger Digital Health Pavilion, where we will be exhibiting at booth 3031 in North Hall. (By the way that last link is worth clicking for the quite satisfying animation!). Also we’ll be taking [...]
The eco-vacs are coming
Roger and I headed to IFA on Friday to share the latest result of our Ecovation process, Stem – our concept for reducing the impact vacuums have on the environment by 27% and reducing the energy used by 43%. We had some really good meetings with a number of the big manufacturers, so it was a [...]
Consumers showing growing appetite for health and wellness devices
A recent research report from IBM shows consumers are looking for information to help them lead healthier lives, and says that the corresponding market for devices that do this is relatively untapped. This trend explains why a slew of consumer product companies are looking to launch ‘health and wellness’ devices in the near future. As [...]
Google Health and PowerMeter are closing – 5 reasons this may not be a coincidence
Last friday Google announced that it is withdrawing two of its services – Google Health and Google PowerMeter. It’s no coincidence that these two have been announced at the same time….
From Caffè Culture 2011
Yesterday Edd and myself visited the Caffe Culture show in London. It’s the largest coffee show in the UK and has a good variety of stands in everything from roasting equipment and espresso machines through to small foods suppliers and ancillary support companies. It’s good to see coffee machine innovation continuing. In the espresso machines [...]
FEI Boston Day 2 – Fail fast, but not too fast, for innovation
Day 2 of FEI in Boston and I went to a really interesting session involving Syl Saller of Diageo and Dr. Charles Camarda of NASA. Not an obvious combination – as Sal pointed out spaceships and alcohol don’t usually mix. There was a lot of common ground, however. Partly why I lked it was that [...]
Front End of Innovation, Boston day 1
Here in Boston, the first day of Front End of Innovation was an interesting mix of case studies, practical advice and book plugging. Much of the early session discussion was centred on how Social Media can help drive the innovation process. Dawn Lacallade of ComBlu told interesting stories from her time at Dell, and had wise [...]
Shouldn’t eco-credentials be taken for granted?
This week Rachel, Ruth and I continued to spread the good word according to Kevin (pictured above!) – the Cambridge Consultants process for developing breakthrough technologies and innovations that significantly reduce the impact products have on the environment. The latest workshop was part of the Cambridge Programme for Sustainable Leadership’s Master of Studies course. CPSL [...]
The value of user feedback for innovative product development
Gaining user feedback during the development of new products is the norm in the medical design sector, where new devices have to go through stringent regulations to ensure they perform to the correct standards. Some of our consumer sector clients have known this for years, but gaining user feedback and utilising human factors engineering are [...]
FEI Europe 2011 – Culture Breeds Innovation
I’ve just got back from the Front end of Innovation 2011 in Berlin. It has been a really interesting few days, with some fascinating presentations. I’ve come away with two main thoughts: You’ve got to Nurture Innovation For me one of the overriding themes was the need for the right culture within an organisation, large [...]
