Innovation and Reverse Logistics – Day #2 at the WIF2010

Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Seema Winsor.

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My walk from Grand Central Terminal, GCT, to the Nokia Theater on the second day of the World Innovation Forum 2010 was quite an interesting one. First, I ran into a former colleague of mine who used to work with me in the supply chain, and now is at a hedge fund; then I met [...]

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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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World Innovation Forum – Andreas Weigend

Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by Bernie Gracy.

In what can only be described as a Hyperthymic rant,  Andreas Weigend, the former Chief Scientist at Amazon, gave us one of the key catchphrases of the conference – “Data is the digital air that we breathe.”
Everyone is a publisher. Every company is a publisher.  In the 1990s Search helped us find stuff.  In the [...]

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World Innovation Forum – Biz Stone

Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 by Bernie Gracy.

The last session of Day I of the World Innovation Forum featured Biz Stone, co-founder and Creative Director at Twitter.   Those of us in the Bloggers Hub who had issued more than 2,000 tweets sat in eager anticipation to hear words of wisdom from the co-creator of our platform for #WIF10 but also the platform [...]

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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

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World Innovation Forum – Michael Howe

Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Bernie Gracy.

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Michael Howe, the former CEO of Arbys was subsequently the CEO of MinuteClinic -   a non-healthcare executive who created an innovate business model in healthcare access and delivery.
MinuteClinic is the intersection of retail principles with healthcare quality to provide better access, convenience, and confidence at a lower cost. From 2005 to 2008 they built the [...]

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