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What easing combat assignments for women in the military means

This week, the Department of Defense announced that women in the military would be officially allowed closer to the front lines of combat.  I say officially because during the Iraq and Afghanistan fighting, women medics, helicopter pilots, intelligence officers, and MPs were sometimes sent to work with the combat troops although they were not assigned Read the full article…




Who is looking at gender and innovation? And where are they located?

I am interested in women and innovation, particularly the intersection of the two.  [I’m interviewing male and female innovators for my book on womennovation].  I’ve been surprised by how little research there has been on the topic-and how most of that has been done  outside the US. Europe in general, Scandanavia in particular, is doing Read the full article…


Is Sheryl Sandberg a viable role model for women?

There was an interesting article this morning in the NYT online edition, The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message.  The woman in question is Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and co-chair of the just completed World Economic Forum in Davos.  While in Davos- and in many other venues, Sandberg has been actively encouraging women to Read the full article…


Neil Love

Neil has over 20 years of experience improving performance in high tech, medical device, services and manufacturing companies. He is a published expert in the management of corporate initiatives and has deep expertise in the best practices for developing organization capabilities that are needed to achieve critical operational and strategic goals. Example accomplishments: reduced cost of inventory levels by 25% ($40M), reduced new product development time 30% and shortened hiring process cycle time by 50%. Strong skills in aligning executives and project teams on current reality and the best path forward and often brought in to get organizations unstuck and initiatives back on track. Clients and corporate positions include Cisco Systems, Infinera Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, VMware, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, General Electric.


How a non-profit lost its shining reputation

One of the best known, and best funded,  organizations related to breast cancer is the Susan B. Komen Foundation.  It initiated the pink ribbon campaigns to raise money.  It held its first Race for the Cure in 1983;  there are now events in virtually every US state as well as in 13 countries.  As a Read the full article…



Paper- it’s not just for writing or wiping up messes….

Paper- it's not just for writing or wiping up messes....

In my previous post, I mentioned traveling to Stockholm in January (which is definitely not tourist season there).  I had been invited to speak at the Forest Beyond conference sponsored by Innventia, KTH, & Vinnova.  The theme was creating new businesses based on forest products.  My particular talk was on creating a culture of innovation. Read the full article…