Can You Make Connecting Batteries Hazard-Proof… for up to $250K?

Surrette Battery Company is seeking technology that makes the connections of batteries hazard proof – a solution that makes it impossible for customers to hook a battery up backwards without causing damage to the battery or explosion. Surrette is one of North America’s leading lead-acid battery manufacturers. Established in 1935, it is Canada’s only remaining [...]

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Surrette Battery Company is seeking technology to remotely tell customers to charge their batteries

Surrette Battery Company is seeking technology that could remotely tell customers to charge their batteries.  Earn up to $250K for your solution.  Surrette is one of North America’s leading lead-acid battery manufacturers. Established in 1935, it is Canada’s only remaining independent battery manufacturer.  At their ISO registered production facilities in Springhill, Nova Scotia, they manufacture [...]

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Up to $1M Available for Automated Technologies to Produce 3D Aerospace Part Images

Vector Aerospace seeking novel automated technologies that can produce 3D images of aerospace parts to very high tolerance levels.  They are an industry-leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft operators around the globe. Vector is committed to being the benchmark against which maintenance, repair and overhaul [...]

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Earn Up To $1M for Aerospace Heat/Energy Conversion Process

Vector Aerospace is looking for ways to convert the heat/energy produced from testing aerospace turbofan and turboprop engines in test cells into usable energy.  They are an industry-leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft operators around the globe. Vector is committed to being the benchmark against [...]

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Important CHANGES to Innovation Engineering

Hello Innovation Pioneers, OK so this posting is a little long.  That’s what happens when I write a blog post while flying from Cincinnati to Seattle to lead a Leadership Institute.  This post covers today’s  “best practices” for Implementing Innovation Engineering within your organization.  I think the issue is an important one – I hope [...]

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Finnish Company Looking for up to $10M in Solutions for Solar Powered Buildings

Ruukki, a Finnish company, and global leader in Commercial Building Solutions is looking for technologies, capabilities and expertise to develop truly Solar Powered Buildings.  They are also interested in creating more energy efficient commercial buildings and would be interesting in products and technologies to achieve the most energy efficient commercial building possible. See Ruukki’s Innovation [...]

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As the Leader Your Job Is Leading To the Future not holding onto the Past

Hello Innovation Change Agents, It’s been a glorious week.  A week focused on the here and now.  A week looking towards the future. This week I felt like I was inside the secret building at Apple where the next three years of innovations are laid out.   At Apple their Innovation Pipeline is not a 30 [...]

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Today is the day to take action on your future

Last week the Innovation Engineering Leadership Institute was in Maine. It wasn’t just in Maine – it was in THE ROOM. It was in the Casco Bay Room at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport Maine. This is THE ROOM where Innovation Engineering took on a new urgency. The scene was a dinner where I was [...]

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There is no reason not to follow your heart!

Many years ago at Procter & Gamble I convinced the senior management to allow me to have the first personal computer ever brought into the P&G Headquarters on a Brand Group.  It was an Apple II running VisiCalc on my desk. A senior executive told me at the time “who knows we might have one [...]

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Two Ways to Light A Fire Under Your Butt!

This past week was a great one.   It’s always a great one when I learn a lot.  And you always learn when you are out of your office and out in the real world – with real customers.   During my travels I had the opportunity to work with Innovation Engineering Black Belts in [...]

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