Business

Innovation applied to all dimensions of business including but not limited to: growing, expanding, managing, and maintaining a business.

Corporate R&D Leadership

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Join us and Peter E. Hart as we explore Mr. Hart’s view on R&D corporate research and innovation models and how these views can be applied to innovation in other fields.

Perspectives from Peter E. Hart,
Chairman, Founder and President of Ricoh Innovations, Inc.

Join us as our feature presenter, Peter E. Hart, shares with us his evolving perspectives on the corporate R&D research and innovation model. Throughout his career, Peter has designed and managed numerous research and innovation organizations. We look forward to hearing his reflections, observations, and current perspectives on the field.

Together, we will also explore how these perspectives effect and can be applied to the management of innovation in other contexts.

What’s New? Recent Innovations from Members of the Society

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Have you been working on something exciting and innovative recently? Come share it with us at this event!

New Developments and Improvisational Music:
An evening of celebration

Join us to get an early peek at new developments from Steve Tiell, Cynthia Heyer, Jim Armstrong, Jitendra Mudhol, Kimberly Wiefling, and more. Bring your own new developments, and if you wish, a favorite holiday treat to share.

Web 2.0 and its Applications

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How does Web 2.0 effect the world? Join us this month for a discussion about Web 2.0 and it’s applications.

Vitaly Golomb, SputnikSF
with contribution from the Society

Program Description:

Vitaly Golomb is CEO of SputnikSF (www.sputniksf.com),
a privately held company providing design and technology infrastructure since
1998. Web 2.0, now in common vernacular, refers to the second generation of web-based communities and hosted services. Vitaly will offer his experience and perspectives on Web 2.0 and its ability to support business and more.

We invite you to be prepared to let us know about your own favorite Web 2.0 applications, and participate in a discussion about how it can support innovation.

Leading, Managing and Motivating Creativity in the Workplace: What CEOs want, need and say

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What is the best way to keep ideas coming? Join us as we discuss this topic and how the workplace can improve to foster ideas.

ArLyne Diamond, PhD

Program Description:

Dr. ArLyne Diamond (www.DiamondAssociates.net) will share what she’s learned from her extensive interviews with 50 Silicon Valley C-level executives. Synthesizing the best from these discussions and informed by her own background in business, psychology, management and law, ArLyne has developed programs for helping good ideas “bubble up”.

As part of her presentation, ArLyne will lead us in a stimulating and interactive dialogue.