innovation

Fit for the Victory…

New Marketing Strategy Helps VictoryUs Fitness Kickoff Healthy Innovation It’s always fun to help a business launch. And it’s even more meaningful when you have personally experienced the impact of that business. Victoria is a certified AFPA (American Fitness Professional & Associates) instructor for women, teaching cardio kickboxing, yoga, ballet barre and more. When Victoria…

Driving eBusiness Momentum, Inspiring Collaboration and Progress

I had the opportunity to write an article about Tim Powers, chairman and CEO of Hubbell, Inc., for NEMA’s ei Magazine recently about for their Personalities, Profiles and Progress in the Industry section. I had a front row seat nearly a decade ago when Tim helped drive the electrical industry’s eBusiness efforts when I was…

Guidelines for Making Your Brainstorming Session More Effective

This is my second post on an innovation presentation that I recently attended by Kathie Thomas of Fleishman Hillard at the PRSA St. Louis monthly luncheon. Although Thomas presented many great ideas, one of the takeaways I enjoyed most was the brainstrorming guidelines. We’ve all been a part of such ridiculous brainstorming sessions at work…

What’s Your Innovation Style?

I recently went to an excellent presentation on innovation hosted PRSA St. Louis. The speaker was Kathie Thomas of Fleishman Hillard (headquartered here in St. Louis). She’s their innovation guru, and this presentation was also presentated at a national PRSA conference. I thought I’d share a few bits of her presentation that I found interesting.…