We are now two years into one of the worst economic recessions that I have ever seen or experienced in my life time and the world is slowing starting to turn around. Currently the market is positioned heavily in cash and until stronger signs of recovery are in play, wheels won't likely crank into high gear for a while. This article provides some current status on industrial growth impacting our innovation capacity and resilience.

Canada is lagging in Services Innovation in using virtual worlds to connect with its customers in new ways. Few Canadian manufacturing companies have a Canadian presence in Second Life to profile their products, enable NPI collaboration processes, or even leverage these low cost solutions to recruit talent. With Virtual Worlds running at over $1B annually in sales and projected to double rapidly in less than three years, Canada's manufacturing leaders need to look to new ways to connect with their customers

In today's turbulent markets - innovation is more imperative than any time that we have experienced in the history of business. Markets globally have dropped in value in many markets by 50%, the increasing dollar once again is putting more pressure on Canada's manufacturing industry which is already challenged in sustainability. This article introduces perspectives on the Intangible Principle, (intangible Assets) and also highlights recent dynamics of the Automotive sector as a lense to look at intangible a

This blog highlights the 30 most important innovatios from the last thirty years from recent Wharton University and PBS Nightly Business Report. Innovations from diverse industries are profiled based on a rigorous evaluation methodology. If you think something is missing leet us know what and why and send to us at info@helixcommerce.com ATTENTION Canadian Innovation(s).

New Communication approaches can secure more growth for Manufacturing companies by tapping effectively into social mediated business models. The MIN community is all based on leveraging a social digital media platform called Igloo which supports ease of document management, blogging, wiki, community forums and ongoig collaboration and knowledge sharing. But Manufacturing companies also need to look beyond into low cost ways to attract future engineering talent that perfer to work in virtual world collaborat

Many of us feel the economic slowdown, and many of us are in constrictive thinking (cost reductions, productivity challenges, competitive pricing, customer payment challenges,longer sales cycles) etc....While we can't control the economy or other major forces of change - what we can do is position ourselves to thrive positively in challenging times. This blog provides some tips to lead innovation more effectively in challening markets.

This blog post explores perspectives on Disruptive Innovation from recent Wharton Business School.