DC Innovation Leaders

Connecting in-person and online to discuss the practice of innovation

Bringing together DC-based practitioners involved with leading innovation creation/management to share best practices and lessons learned

Members

  • Robert Swanwick
  • Mary Specht
  • Chris Hopkinson
  • Robin Cook
  • Cheryl Middleton
  • Thomas Nelson
  • Bryson Bort
  • Sami J. AlBanna, D.Eng.Sc.

Conference Calls

Events

Publications

Alltop Innovation streams
Amazon Books on Innovation
Forrester List of Innovation Vendors
Innovation Labs Publications
SWB Summary of Innovation
Wikipedia on Innovation

Education

UMD Innovation Program

Links

Mckinsey: Innovation and org size
 

June 9 Discussion

Great call with 4 of our members: Andrew, Robin, Tom, Swan. Select the link from the Conference Call widget in the left column to hear the recorded call

We covered one main topic
  • External vs. Internal innovation

We covered it from a variety of perspectives including people, culture, process, politics, org structure, executive sponsorship, etc...

We also briefly discussed:


Previous Discussions

Apr 9 Notes
March 19 Meetup
Jan 6 Notes

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August get together
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Phil McKinney's Killer Innovations Blog/Podcast

KI_20091025 Interview With Chuck House - The Early Days At HP

In this interview with Chuch House, he shares the early days of HP and his experiences interacting with Bill Hewlett and David Packard along with sharing thoughts on the culture of HP.

KI_20090825 Interview With Geoffrey Moore - Part 2 of 2

Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Geoffrey Moore - author of Crossing The Chasm

KI_20090817 Interview With Geoffrey Moore - Part 1 of 2

Part 1 of a 2 part interview with Geoffrey Moore - author of Crossing The Chasm

Innovation Tools Weblog

The importance of storytelling in creative leadership: An interview with Michael Margolis

Don't stop with the first 'right idea'

Want to capture your ideas on the fly? There's an app for that!

Rob Swanwick's Future Business Blog

An open letter to the organizers of KMWorld09

Lists and Waves

Virtual is BETTER than in-person for events

 
 

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