Innovation Update – two jobs, a conference and a book

Here you get some updates on the innovation front.

Lego and NineSigma have two attractive job openings. They are international jobs based in Denmark. You can read further here:

• Senior Manager, Open Innovation at Lego

• Senior Sales and Business Development Manager at NineSigma

In their 6^th year, The Front End of Innovation Europe conference in Zurich on Feb 27-29 continues to be a great place to be inspired on innovation. This year, I look forward to hearing Alexander Osterwalder on business model innovation and lots of corporate speakers. Check this link and get a 20 % discount with this code: FEI2012NINE

If you get to visit Silicon Valley this spring, you should consider dropping by at the Open Innovation Speaker Series hosted by UC Berkeley and Henry Chesbrough. The spring program has just been announced.

The book, Best Practices Are Stupid – 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition, by Stephen Shapiro is a great read. Check out my review here.

80% of Innovation Projects Fail – What Should We Do? This question got some great comments worth reading.

All for now!