Viewpoints by Jenna Dudevoir

Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints of Q1 2012

April 2nd, 2012

Somehow, it is April already and Q2 has begun. To share with our readers our latest viewpoints on innovation, at the end of each quarter we will be publishing a list of the top 10 most popular viewpoints. Which topics captured the most attention in Q1 2012?

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Topics: Blog, Complexity Management, Complexity Reduction, Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare Product Innovation, Innovation, Innovation Articles, Innovation Authors, Innovation Blogs, Innovation Information, Innovation Viewpoints, Innovation White Paper, Kalypso Blog, Kalypso Viewpoints, PLM, Podcast, Pricing, Product Development, Product Innovation, R&D, R&D Leadership, R&D Management, R&D Management Framework, R&D Strategy, Social Media, Social Product Innovation, Value Management

Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints of 2011

January 2nd, 2012

2011 was a great year for Kalypsonian thought leadership. We published dozens of innovation viewpoints, blogs, podcasts and videos. Which topics captured the most attention? Check out our top 10 most popular viewpoints of 2011 to find out.

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Topics: Blog, Consumer Goods, Innovation, Innovation Articles, Innovation Authors, Innovation Blogs, Innovation Information, Innovation Videos, Innovation Viewpoints, Innovation White Paper, Kalypso Blog, Kalypso Viewpoints, Medical Device, PLM, Podcast, Portfolio Management, Product Development, Product Innovation, Social Media, Social Product Innovation

George Young Says: Innovation Predictions for CPG in 2012

December 15th, 2011

Yesterday we released Kalypso's top 5 innovation predictions for 2012, which included some specific trends in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. I had a chance to sit down with George Young and get his view on these plus a few more of his predictions for CPG in 2012.

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Topics: 2012 Predictions, Cloud-based PLM, Consumer Healthcare, Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Safety, CPG, CPG Innovation, CPG Trends, Fast Moving Consumer Healthcare, FDA, Food and Beverage, George Young, Innovation, Innovation 2012, Innovation Articles, Innovation Predictions, Modeling and Simulation, PLM, PLM in CPG

More Proof Points for Managing R&D as a Business

August 3rd, 2011

Harvard Business Review's The Daily Stat today was right on the money, literally: Twice the R&D Budget Doesn't Get You Twice the Innovations.

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Topics: Innovation, Innovation Articles, Innovation ROI, Manage Innovation, Manage R&D, Managing R&D, R&D, R&D Budget, R&D Investment, R&D Leadership, R&D Management, R&D Management Framework, R&D ROI, R&D Strategy, Research Development

Your Checklist Post-PIPELINE 2011

June 8th, 2011

And just like that, we're already a week post PIPELINE 2011, the premier virtual conference on innovation, product development and portfolio management. This year's conference had a jam-packed agenda and hundreds of attendees visiting virtual booths and chatting with sponsors.

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Topics: Bill Poston, Innovation, Innovation Conferences, Innovation Consultants, Innovation Consulting, Innovation Events, Jenna Dudevoir, Kimberly-Clark, New Product Development, Open Innovation, Pipeline, Pipeline 2011, Pipeline Management, Planview, Portfolio & Pipeline Management, Portfolio Management, PPM, PPM Conference, PPM Events, PPM Software, PPM Solutions, PPM Systems, Product Development, Semi-Open Innovation, Squeeze Play, Third Party Gatekeeping

Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints of 2010

January 3rd, 2011

Kalypsonians had a lot to say about innovation in 2010 - we published close to 100 viewpoints, blogs, podcasts, and videos on everything from R&D management to social media to packaging and artwork management. Here, we count down the top 10 most read/watched viewpoints of 2010.

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Topics: Blog, Collaboration, CPG, Innovation, Innovation Articles, Kalypso Blog, Kalypso Viewpoints, Medical Device, PPM, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints, Viewpoints

Pricing Drivers in Medical Device: What’s Your View?

December 3rd, 2010

You might recall Brian Sharp recently published a viewpoint on five pricing and value management challenges that were identified by over 500 medical device professionals by asking question: “What is the biggest pricing and value management challenge facing the medical device industry?” While this provided us with a look at pricing and value management opportunities and the general state of value capture, of course it raised additional questions.

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Topics: Blog, Medical Device, Price Strategy, Pricing, Pricing Execution, Pricing Strategy, Valuation, Value, Value Capture, Value Creation, Value Management

Kalypso Journey: Chip Perry

October 26th, 2010

Chip Perry, recently promoted to director, shares his Kalypso story. "You can structure a career plan and go after it as you choose."

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Topics: Blog, Careers, Chip Perry, Company Information, CPG, Kalypso Values, Kalypsonians, Leaders Behind the Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Team, Life at Kalypso

Spotlight on Spike Awards Life Sciences Winner: Eli Lilly

October 25th, 2010

As you know, last week we announced the first annual Spike Awards winners. Eli Lilly took home the Spike trophy in the Life Sciences category. Let's take a look at why they won.

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Topics: Blog, E 2.0, Eli Lilly, Enterprise 2.0, Life Sciences, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, R&D, Research Development, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards

And the Winners Are…

October 20th, 2010

The 2010 Spike Awards winners are revealed! Last night at the Spike Awards reception at the 34th PDMA Conference on Product Innovation Management Bill Poston revealed the winners of the first annual Spike Awards. This morning we officially announced the winners.

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Topics: Bill Poston, Blog, Corrigo, E 2.0, E20, Eli Lilly, Enterprise 2.0, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Kimberly-Clark, PLM, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Management, Quirky, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards, Strategy

Path to Partner: Scott Gamble

October 19th, 2010

Scott Gamble, recently promoted to Partner, discusses his path to partner at Kalypso. "The Kalypso values are the reason I joined Kalypso."

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Topics: Blog, Careers, Company Information, Company Values, CPG, Innovation, Kalypso Values, Kalypsonians, Leaders Behind the Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Team, Life at Kalypso, Path to Partner, Scott Gamble

Andreas Lindenthal: Merger A Vision in the Making

October 1st, 2010

Yesterday Chris Atkins gave us some thoughts on the Kalypso-Metafore merger and how to achieve the "consulting circle of life." Today new Kalypso partner and Metafore co-founder Andreas Lindenthal talks about how the merger brings Kalypso one step closer to its vision - building the world's premier innovation consulting firm.

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Topics: Andreas Lindenthal, Blog, Innovation, Merger, Metafore, PLM, Product Development, Professionalism, Integrity and Quality, Values, Vision

Chris Atkins Discusses Merger, New Role at Kalypso

September 30th, 2010

Last week we announced our merger with Metafore. I sat down with one of Metafore's co-founders and new Kalypso partner, Chris Atkins, to get his thoughts on the big news.

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Topics: Blog, Chris Atkins, Kalypso Values, Kalypsonians, Merger, Metafore, Professionalism, Integrity and Quality

Spotted on the Product Pulse

August 30th, 2010

Spotted on the Product Pulse blog today: Planview throwing down the gauntlet for the upcoming Spike Awards.

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Topics: Blog, Enterprise 2.0, Innovation, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards, Web 2.0

Sound Like Something You’re Doing?

August 4th, 2010

A couple days ago I posted about the search for Web 2.0 and social media innovators for the first annual Spike Awards. Our latest viewpoint published today contains a great example.

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Topics: Blog, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Consumer Immersion, Consumer Insights, Front End of Innovation, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards, VoC, Voice of the Consumer, Voice of the Customer

Searching for Web 2.0 & Social Media Innovators

July 30th, 2010

There's a lot of talk and research out there on the value of social media for marketing, branding, and PR. Amongst the 700+ people I follow on Twitter I'd wager that 90% of the tweets touch on this to some degree. But what about the use of social media for innovation efforts? That got us thinking here at Kalypso.

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Topics: Blog, Consumer Goods, Innovation, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Product Development, Product Innovation, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards

How Product Portfolio Management Really Works

May 26th, 2010

Today we hosted a very successful webcast with our partner Sopheon on "Practical Portfolio Management: How it Really Works."

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Topics: Bill Poston, Blog, Phase-Gate, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Prioritization, Portfolio Scoring Systems, PPM, Product Development, Product Portfolio, Product Portfolio Management, Sopheon

Use Something You Already Own to Generate Income in a Whole New Way

May 17th, 2010

Today's most innovative companies are reevaluating their existing assets, IP, and product lines to develop completely new streams of revenue with little investment. Mars, Oceaneering, Play-Doh, and Airborne LIDAR are great success stories. What other examples are out there?

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Topics: Adam Elboim, Blog, Commercialization, Innovation, Intellectual Assets, Intellectual Property, IP, Line Extensions

FMI 2010

Collaborative Innovation for Private Brands

May 5th, 2010

Attending Food Marketing Institute's FMI 2010 next week in Las Vegas? Catch George Young's presentation in the Private Brands pavilion on Tuesday, May 11 at 8AM on implementing a collaborative innovation strategy for private brands.

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Topics: Blog, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, F&B, FMI, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, George Young, Innovation, Private Brands, Retail, Retailers

Social Networking in Product Development & PLM

April 29th, 2010

Spotted on Twitter today: Nik Pakvasa posted a video of Jim Brown talking about social networking in product development and PLM on the Siemens PLM Software Blog.

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Topics: Blog, Innovation, PLM, PLM Strategy, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Lifecycle Management, Siemens, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Product Innovation

Take this survey, win a prize!

March 10th, 2010

Well, ok, a free copy of the report actually. Today we launched a research intiative to discover how companies are using social media and web 2.0 tools to drive innovation, product development, and product management.  If you're a marketing, product development, or business professional, take 10 minutes to complete the survey here or pass it along to your friends and colleagues. As our thanks, you will get a free advanced copy of the report prior to publication.

The survey is live now through April 9 at http://bit.ly/bA1ze8.

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Topics: Blog, Innovation, Product Development, Product Management, Promotion

Jenna Dudevoir

About the Author

Jenna Dudevoir, Marketing Director Jenna is a Pearl Jam devotee, a dog lover and a classic rock enthusiast. Read more articles by Jenna Dudevoir