Everyone’s A Designer – Interview with Robert Brunner

Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Tom Foth.

During the World Innovation Forum in New York City I had an opportunity to interview Robert Brunner, a well known industrial designer and founder of Ammunition whose goal is to communicate strategic innovation through product design.

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World Innovation Forum 2010 – Day 2 Recap from PB Innovation Bloggers: Bernie Gracy & Tom Foth

Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Aneta Hall.

Two Pitney Bowes innovation-focused bloggers: Bernie Gracy, VP of Strategy & New Product Development and Tom Foth, Sr. Research Fellow and prolific inventor were part of the Pitney Bowes- sponsored World Innovation Forum Bloggers Hub where over thirty bloggers from around the world were invited to blog live from the World [...]

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World Innovation Forum 2010 – Day 1 Recap from PB Innovation Bloggers: Bernie Gracy & Tom Foth

Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Aneta Hall.

Two Pitney Bowes innovation-focused bloggers: Bernie Gracy, VP of Strategy & New Product Development and Tom Foth, Sr. Research Fellow and prolific inventor were part of the Pitney Bowes- sponsored World Innovation Forum Bloggers Hub where over thirty bloggers from around the world were invited to blog live from the World Innovation Forum 2010 at [...]

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Innovation in Health Care: Systematic with Headwinds

Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 by Tom Foth.

The second presenter at the World Innovation Forum was Michael Howe, former CEO of MinuteClinic.  The fundamental thrust of Mr. Howes presentation was that innovating the care for health issues that “ruin your weekend” is both systematic but faced some serious headwinds.
Mr. Howe’s formula for innovation is PACE

Purpose
Acceptability by end users
Culture of accountability
External influences encountered

Several [...]

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WIF – Michael Porter on Healthcare: When the Obvious Isn’t

Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Tom Foth.

Michael Porter just left the stage at the World Innovation Forum.  His topic: Value-Based Health Care Delivery
I’ve taken a ton of notes which I will process later and provide a more detailed post, but I’d like to get this big take-away out now:

Systems, like health care, that evolve over time lose sight of their purpose
Restoring [...]

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World Innovation Forum and Diversity: the art of thinking independently together

Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by Tom Foth.

In thinking about the World Innovation Forum 2010 (WIF2010) and reviewing the list of speakers, one word kept popping up for me: diversity.  And then I thought “diversity comes in many forms.” Perhaps that is obvious and redundant… because, by definition, diversity is diverse!
But it is true that diversity does come in many forms.   [...]

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Designing for Your Dislikes

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Tom Foth.

…find the appeal that others see that you don’t. Doing so will free you from the cage of your microcosm and allow you to see design and innovation through the eyes of others.

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