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Peer-to-Peer Lending for Retirement Savings? by Patricia Seybold in InnovationI’ve been following a fascinating development in the U.K. Budget process this month. It appears that Britain may be on the cusp of legitimizing P2P Lending as an investment vehicle for tax-exempt retirement savings. If this happens, it’s likely that P2P lending both to consumers and to small businesses will ...
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Patty Seybold Honored on International Women’s Day in Uganda by Ronni Marshak in InnovationOn March 8, 2015, International Women’s Day, Patty Seybold was recognized as a “woman of distinction” for the work she has done since 2006 in support of the African Rural University for Women and of the Uganda Rural Development and Training programme. The award ceremony kicked off a week of ...
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Why Not Let Customers Help Create Your Success Metrics? by Patricia Seybold in InnovationWe all know that you get what you measure. When we experience a dysfunctional organization, we know that we should be suspicious of the objectives that managers and employees are motivated to achieve. In fact, based on the experiences we’re having, we can often guess at the firm’s compensation structure ...
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Innovation: Creating vs. Problem Solving by Patricia Seybold in InnovationI was recently engaged to facilitate an “innovation discussion” between a client’s cross-functional innovation team and an insightful team of people from one of their customers. The session didn't meet my expectations. Don’t get me wrong; it was a valuable interchange. My client learned an incredible amount about their customers’ ...
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How to Create Senior-Friendly Services & Communities by Patricia Seybold in InnovationSeveral people sent me the same article from this Sunday’s New York Times: Retirees Turn to Virtual Villages for Mutual Support. They all knew that I’m interested in, and working on, the creation of “virtual assisted living” solutions. The article describes “Virtual Villages” – most of these are part of ...
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Transforming Education to Create a Generation of Change-Makers by Patricia Seybold in InnovationAt a recent TEDx, I encountered Zoe Weil (pronounced Zo While). She is a pioneer in what she calls “humane education” and “solutioning.” You can find more info on her Institute for Humane Education web site. She describes being a Humane Educator as somebody who teaches about the interconnected issues ...
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How Innovative Is YOUR Culture? by Patricia Seybold in InnovationEach year I treat myself to quality time with a group of long-time clients. I call these folks (who are mostly men) “Patty’s Pioneers.” We’ve been hanging out together for over two decades. The group has evolved over time, with people retiring and new folks being recruited in to the ...
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e-Patient Dave Speaking on Patient Engagement in Boothbay Harbor, ME by Patricia Seybold in InnovationIn 2007, Dave deBronkart was diagnosed with stage IV, grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma. He had bone metastases in his femur (which eventually fractured), ulna, and cranium; five metastases in his lungs; and muscle metastases in his thigh and tongue. Through active engagement and research, Dave partnered with an ...
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The Way to Wellville: A Contest to “Produce Health” in the U.S. by Patricia Seybold in InnovationI have known and admired Esther Dyson for a long time. I’ve also been confronted with the urgent need to improve healthcare in my rural community. So I was intrigued to discover that Esther has created an organization (HICCup) dedicated to producing better health in communities. Not healthcare. Health. There’s ...
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Using iPad & Apps to Transform Just-in-Time Delivery at Luck Stone by Patricia Seybold in InnovationThis case study about Luck Stone’s crushed rock business hits one of my hot buttons: Why does everyone design business processes for the “happy path” and then turn themselves inside out dealing with the inevitable exceptions? Why not make your business processes completely just-in-time? If **** happens, it’s more likely ...
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FIRST: Celebrating 25 Years of Training Young Innovators by Patricia Seybold in InnovationThis month, Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers’ amazing global organization celebrates its 25th anniversary. I highly recommend that you take your kids or grandkids and make the pilgrimage to St. Louis for the FIRST world championships on April 23-26th, 2014. Or at least watch the action via video. I’ve been ...
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Best of Our Innovation Articles by Patricia Seybold in InnovationThis week, we’re celebrating innovation and innovative ways to be innovative. To that end, I’d like to recommend these particular articles: Why Chaos Is Important for Innovation How an Organization, Group, or Individual Can Foster Innovation by Patricia Seybold Jan. 17, 2014 How to Address “Wicked Problems” Use Dialogue Mapping ...
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See FIRST in Action April 11-12 in Boston! by Patricia Seybold in InnovationFor those of you in the Boston/New England area, you have an opportunity to experience firsthand what a FIRST challenge looks like and to experience its gracious professionalism first-hand. The 2014 New England FIRST Robotics Competition Region Championship (Qualifying Championship) Boston is this weekend...April 11/12. The opening ceremony is TODAY, ...
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How to Create the Conditions for Innovation by Patricia Seybold in InnovationI read a book this fall and came back to over the holidays and decided to share it with you. There are tons of books about innovation, including mine. But I found Ori Brafman’s book, The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness, and Success, to be reassuring ...
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Wearable Tech for Elders? by Patricia Seybold in InnovationWearable technology created the biggest buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show—from cameras, to ear buds, to glasses, to jackets, to shoes and socks—all with sensors that gather info and stream info to and from the wearer in real time. (For a good overview, see C/Net’s wearable tech coverage.) There are ...
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Innovation Meets the Revolution by Patricia Seybold in InnovationPodcast interview with Patricia Seybold, founder and CEO of the Patricia Seybold Group; author of Outside Innovation. October 20, 2006
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Video: 1991 Engelbart/Seybold, Together We Can Get There by Patricia Seybold in InnovationNovember 15, 1991 I spent a few wonderful days with Doug Engelbart and his daughter Christina, wrapping my mind around his vision in the way that I most enjoy--interviewing him!
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Improve Your Brain by Playing Games? by Patricia Seybold in InnovationOn a visit to my Mom’s retirement community, I attended a lecture given by the head of the Alzheimer’s unit at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perlman Center. He provided the seniors in the audience with a good overview of where we stand on research into Alzheimer’s and dementia. He also ...
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Learning from Revolutionaries: Doug Engelbart & John Seybold by Patricia Seybold in InnovationMy thoughts and prayers have been with Christina Engelbart over the past couple of weeks because her beloved Dad, Doug Engelbart, passed away on July 2, 2013. Christina and I have a lot in common, and we’ve stayed in touch over the years. We both are the daughters of visionary ...
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Peer2Peer Business Models by Patricia Seybold in InnovationWe’re intrigued by a relatively new business model. Referred to as Peer-2-Peer, Peers Inc., or Platforms for Participation, these are match-making businesses in which consumers are both the providers of the service being sold and the customers for the service being sold. To build such a business you need to: ...
