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Trista McCarthy

Sportvision's Hank Adams Talks Innovation Efficiency

December 23, 2009 (11:03 AM) by Trista McCarthy

Does innovation that requires the complete renovation of technologies, ideas and even personnel be performed efficiently, or can a company reinvent rapidly while re-working everything?

 

Hank Adams, CEO of Sportvision, explains how companies can use materials that already exist to implement new products, services, and business models efficiently.

 

 

Hank is a member of the Maddock Douglas Global Expert Network, an exclusive group of thinkers that includes entrepreneurs, professionals and specialists. GEN members span the globe and are hand picked to provide insight and expertise for specific opportunities and challenges. These experts often come from a parallel industry or have a specialized skill that relates to the challenge at hand. And this cross-section of thinking creates relevant, and frequently groundbreaking, ideas. Do you have a GEN? And if not, how do you plan to infuse outside expertise into your next big challenge?

 

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Guardian's Maria Umbach Talks Insurance Industry Innovation

December 16, 2009 (10:18 AM) by Trista McCarthy

Is part of innovation in the insurance industry really about language? See what Maria Umbach, VP and Chief Marketing Officer of individual products for Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, has to say about the reverse elevator pitch and why it’s relevant.

 

 

Maria is a member of the Maddock Douglas Global Expert Network, an exclusive group of thinkers that includes entrepreneurs, professionals and specialists. GEN members span the globe and are hand picked to provide insight and expertise for specific opportunities and challenges. These experts often come from a parallel industry or have a specialized skill that relates to the challenge at hand. And this cross-section of thinking creates relevant, and frequently groundbreaking, ideas. Do you have a GEN? And if not, how do you plan to infuse outside expertise into your next big challenge?

 

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