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Background Disruption (Transformation) is bringing seismic changes to all markets/industries.  The global auto industry is no exception. From January to October, 2017, 20 Value Innovation Subject Matter Experts used: Recognized … Read More

SUMMARY: This 4h Virtual Workshop will be conducted using Zoom.com on August 26, starting at 9:00 am EDT. Workshop leaders:  Steve Brewer, Director – Text Mining Solutions in York, England … Read More

SUMMARY: These 8h Virtual workshops will be conducted using Zoom.com on August 12 and 26, starting at 10:00 am EDT. Workshop leaders:  Dick Lee, CEO – Value Innovations, Inc and … Read More

And it’s free through May 6, 2020 “Best in Class” Value Innovation training in real time Value Innovations is committed to helping sole proprietors, small businesses and large companies by … Read More

Healthcare Professionals moving away from treating Corona Virus Patients with Mechanical Ventilators. There are 3 primary challenges: 1.    Healthcare Professionals (both doctors and nurses) do not know how to efficaciously … Read More

To enhance technological innovation, Procter & Gamble has undertaken a variety of activities designed to create connections. In his recent paper, Connect & Develop Complements Research & Develop at P&G, Dr Nabil … Read More

What is a Disruption or Transformation? When a new product or service helps create a new market and significantly diminishes, transforms or destroys an existing product, market category or industry. … Read More

Attend the Feb 20-21 Workshop in Denver, CO Relevant Headlines “No major auto company will sell a new car with an internal combustion engine by 2030.” Tony Seba, “Clean Disruption“, … Read More

Jan 16 – 17, 2020 in Denver, CO. Relevant Headlines for this Transformation and Value Innovation Workshop “No major auto company will sell a new car with an internal combustion … Read More

Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2019 in Denver, CO. Relevant Headlines “No major auto company will sell a new car with an internal combustion engine by 2030.” Tony Seba, “Clean … Read More

Oct. 2-3, 2019 in Denver, CO. Transformation and Innovation Headlines “Only 27% of CTO’s surveyed believe their companies have mastered the processes and tools required for Innovation Success” PwC’s Global … Read More

Do they deliver Value to Value Innovators? Photos are shots taken from the movie directed by Morten Tyldum: The Weinstein Company Pictures The movie “The Imitation Game” is based on … Read More

  We launched iTRANSFORM in January, 2018, Our goal was to understand and manage disruption. Above all, we did not like the world disruption. It had a negative ring to … Read More

What is Disruption? The in-vogue term today is disruption. All industries are being disrupted, But we are not comfortable with the.word because it infers a negative outcome. So the inference: … Read More

Value Innovations, #bEVCurrent, #ITRANSFORM and members of The Value Innovators Group thank you for your great support in 2018.  We wish a very happy holiday season and a successful 2019.

Phase I: Fueling Innovation with bEVCurrent. What is Fueling Innovation? In February, 2018 Value Innovations launched its weekly report, bEVCurrent.   bEVCurrent uncovers the “Top 3” and “Top 4-10” headlines … Read More

What is bEVCurrent? bEVCurrent provides relevant information on the 6 Transformations that are bringing seismic changes to the global auto industry.   Change is occurring at such a rapid rate, … Read More

iTRANSFORM will focus on transformation of global businesses The launch of iTRANSFORM was stimulated by the work of a 12-person team of Value Innovation experts studying the global automotive industry.  … Read More

  Byton’s global introduction proceeded as planned at the Mandalay Bay Hotel on January 7 at 3:00pm local time.  The event lasted 48 minutes and was very well attended. Byton … Read More

Byton will unveil its new SUV Electric Vehicle on January 7. 2018 at 3:00pm PST The unveiling will be at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd, Level … Read More

Thank You from Our Value Innovations’ Team 2017 was a great year – the Value Innovations’ team has had great experiences with customers and partners. And we learned. We learned: … Read More

Setting the Stage: Bobcat EMEA had been aware of Value Innovations Inc.’s Value Innovation Process and Dick Lee’s and the Vi team‘s work for some time.  We used Blue Ocean methodology … Read More

What is a Transformation Axis? A Transformation Axis defines the current and future end states of a major change.  The end state is known but how and when we reach … Read More

We first published this Blog on the ICE in January, 2016.  It’s been on our “Most Read” list ever since. Most of the content has stood the test of time, … Read More

A seismic shift is occurring in the global auto industry driven by Six Transformation Axes (disruptions). 120 years ago, there was One Transformation Axis in play:  The horse and buggy … Read More

Business Leaders Podcast… …is a forum designed for Colorado-based CEOs to share WHY their companies do WHAT they do, exchange their ideas and network. In a 3 hour session Business … Read More

Millennials Are you frustrated with your company?  Do you have a sense of Purpose, are you having an Impact? Are you the CEO of a company committed to innovation? Are … Read More

Tesla Motors has had an incredible year.  The Model S P100D is now one of the fastest cars on the planet – 0-60mph in just 2.4seconds.  Hope you find one … Read More

If you are viewing this blog and missed the first two parts of this three part series, take a loot at Part I and Part II first. A. AUTO DEALER … Read More

WHAT WE LEARNED IN PART I If you missed Part I, check it out at AT THE CENTER OF OUR CASE STUDY: LARGE US AUTO DEALERS If there is a … Read More

          INTRODUCTION What is, and when do you use, Scenario Planning? – You’ve experienced too many costly surprises in the past – Your organization does not … Read More

At least 15 different forms of innovation are being practiced today Most subject matter experts agree the word “innovation” is overused and misunderstood.  We are in large part responsible for … Read More

Unilever paid 5x sales for Dollar Shave club.  Why? Dollar Shave Club (DSC) brings two keys to Unilever: 1.  The opportunity to compete with P&G and Schick in the global razor/razor blade … Read More

Tesla is just 10y old and the first S Sedan rolled off the Fremont, California production line on June 22, 2012. To date Tesla’s primary focus has been on Technology … Read More

Are there Electric Powered Trucks today? Yes.  Tesla  Motors paved the way by capturing the attention of consumers in North America and Europe.  June 22, was the fourth anniversary of … Read More

Donald Trump has declared ” California does not have a drought.” The average rainfall in Los Angeles, CA is 14″, plenty to meet demand.  But when rainfall falls to 4″ … Read More

Norwegian Air International planning $69 trans Atlantic flights Is the “Real Reason US airlines should be terrified of a European startup you’ve never heard of?” Benjamin Zhang, Business Insider, shared … Read More

The Chevy Bolt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model 3 In this blog, we compare the exterior and interior designs, performance, range, and price of the first three affordable electric vehicles.  … Read More

Tesla’s Vision: Elon Musk’s ultimate vision for Tesla Motors is to deliver zero tailpipe emission vehicles to consumers who generate electricity 100% “Off Grid”. Christine and Sam Simonetta live the … Read More

Do you remember your last visit to London traveling in the Tube with your Oyster Card? Every time you stopped at a station you heard the recording. “Mind The Gap” … Read More

The Internal Combustion Engine (diesel and gasoline) has been the workhorse of transportation since 1910 Here’s a photo of the 5th Avenue Easter Parade taken in NYC in 1913. This … Read More

2015 has been a very exciting year for the Value Innovations’ team. Thank you. To all our clients, friends and members of our networks we wish you happy holidays and … Read More

Over 500 attendees expected: BgVF 2015 has 37 Partners/Sponsors: There are many blue chip companies who are sponsoring the 4th BgVF.  Here are some examples: Dick Lee will be the … Read More

The Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Powered EV: The Mirai has two tanks of high pressure hydrogen, a fuel cell and an electric motor.  It sells for $100,000 in Germany, has … Read More

Asian Airlines dominate – Qantas Airways back Melanie Lieberman of Travel and Liesure published her “Top 10” List and suggests we may be returning to the golden age of air … Read More

Grove’s Smart Aquaponic Garden allows consumers to grow food in their home, year round The food is natural, organic and sustainably grown.  How long will it take before you harvest … Read More

Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter wrote, “At 31, Mark Zuckerberg facebook’s chairman and CEO, stands out as something of an elder statesman,” in his October editor’s letter.  “He is far … Read More

2.1 Billion of the world’s population is overweight or obese This is 2.5X the number of people that are undernourished.  Obesity is responsible for 5% of deaths worldwide: Our Weekly … Read More

Here’s a sneak peak at their “Top 20”: Warby Parker Apple Alibaba Google Instagram Color of Change HBO Virgin America Indigo Slack Houzz Catapult Inventure Line Wework Gilead Sciences Tesla … Read More

SpaceX in competition with Russia for NASA’s business Pavithra Mohan, Assistant Editor, Fast Company Digital, in her article, “Take a Look inside SpaceX’s Spiffy New Space Capsule” Fast Feed, September … Read More

New addition to the Dyson product line designed for the US winter Sir James Dyson has a history of developing many prototypes and testing them before he settles on the … Read More

Last week we shared Forbes’ “Most Innovative Companies in 2015”, this week it’s MIT Technology Review’s “Smartest Companies in 2015.” MIT Technology Review’s “Top 10”:  Tesla Motors  Xiaomi  Illumina  Alibaba … Read More

Tesla Motors is #1 Here are the Forbes “Top 10”  Tesla Motors, 84.8% (Innovation Premium – see below) 2.  Salesforce.com, 77.8% 3.   Alexion Pharmaceuticals, 72.5% 4.  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, 72.1% 5.  … Read More

 WSJ Editor, Glen Hall; Photo courtesy Pablo Martinez Monisavais/Press Pool How airbnb, a Value Innovation company, launched in Cuba (basically an all cash economy, with essentially no internet or credit … Read More

We are pleased to share this Gulf News article published August 5, 2015: “Dubai: As part of the UAE’s National Innovation Strategy launched in October last year by His Highness … Read More

The Myths about P&G strengths: P&G is not a marketing company.  Its strengths are not Brand Management or Product Management.  P&G’s roots go back to R&D, technology and innovation, started … Read More

Old Generation Noise Barriers: Courtesy:  Jarba/Wikimedia Common For the last 40 years we’ve driven past Roadside Noise Barriers constructed out of cinder block, concrete, steel or wood.  They did the … Read More

Overall Goal: Turn the homeless, mentally challenged and drug addicts into productive members of society. The Old Model focused on drug rehab and other support tasks.  The New Model, adopted … Read More

This great photo taken by Sydney Bensimon. Jane Porter, in her July 10 article in Fast Company wrote, “Artisanal ice cream is everywhere, with craft ice cream makers launching food … Read More

Adidas working with Parley For The Oceans to recover plastic from the Ocean The new shoes are the first to come out of Adidas’ recent partnership with Parley for the … Read More

Is P&G concerned? Should they be? Until 2012, Gillette and Schick advanced the traditional one or two blade razor models to three, four, five, and even six-blade varieties, and the … Read More

Water Water Everywhere, but NOT in CA? – Yes It is!: CA Is Sitting On The Solution To Its Drought Problem Terry Tamminen, CoExist, Fast Company, May 1, 2015, wrote … Read More

Our original Tesla S Sedan Value Curve (compared to the BMW 7 Series) Here’s a reminder of the dramatic difference in value delivered to the owner by the S Sedan. … Read More

Most B2B businesses assume their Most Important Customer is their direct customer and they are dead wrong.  This Weekly Blast explains why and shows how you can identify your Most … Read More

The Karmic Koben eBike Priced at $1,337 and featuring a NexGen battery that is expected to last much longer than conventional batteries because you can replace cells, this may convince … Read More

Are you planning on attending?: The following has been excerpted from the Innovation UAE website: Innovation UAE will incorporate the Arab Innovation Summit, to be held under the patronage of … Read More

 Value Innovation focuses on uncovering, unmet needs of Most Important Customers I. e., Solving problems, not ideas or predictions.  But it’s fun to take a look back at some of … Read More

Creating a win-win-win for US taxpayers, the Federal Labs and Licensees Dick Lee was the Keynoter at the Federal Lab Consortium Annual Meeting held April 29, 2015 The main ballroom … Read More

We started with a question: Could we analyze transcripts from ten, unstructured Fortune 500 CEO interviews and generate a meaningful CEO Job Description? The answer is “Yes.” …and we could … Read More

Amazon approved to start testing on April, 8, 2015 Amazon’s original request was dated July 9, 2014, so the approval process took nine months.  This delay forced Amazon to set … Read More

A 14 minute workout on the Bowflex MAX Trainer is all you need Bowflex MAX Trainer, introduced in January, 2014 has been a huge success. Nautilus direct sales in 2014 … Read More

According to Goldman, challengers have, for the most part, fallen woefully short of the Tesla S Sedan Goldman Sachs has generated a chart that looks at purchase price and driving … Read More

We are building a new reality for our people, a new future for our children, and a new model of development ~Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “My own country (the … Read More

Fortune’s 9 Keys used to establish Reputation: 1.  Innovation 2.  People Management 3.  Use of Corporate Assets 4.  Social Responsibility 5.  Management Quality 6.  Financial Soundness 7.  Long Term Investment … Read More

The Museum’s Motto:  “See the Future, Create the Future” His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai announced on … Read More

Photos are shots taken from the movie directed by Morten Tyldum: The Weinstein Company Pictures The movie “The Imitation Game” is based on a true story. It depicts how the … Read More

We are absolutely!  We are “All In.” The Prime Minister of Dubai: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said, “The initiative should be seen as an … Read More

Is Amazon a Value Innovation Company?: It has many of the hallmarks: Jeff Bezos founded the company July 5, 1994 and remains the CEO today. The vision and strategy have … Read More

Google has their Antonomous EV: Here’s a quick look; and Google has followers: Source:  Google Chrome Apple is hiring to develop their EV: See who they have hired from the … Read More

On October 19, 2014, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, launched a new strategy to make the UAE one of the world’s … Read More

Is golf boring? 80 million millennials (18-35 year olds) think so.  Ripped Links has a vision, strategy and plans to make golf much more exciting. Have there been other Stodgy … Read More

Tesla continues to take the myth, “Don’t have the range” out of EVs. In Europe: Tesla’s Superchargers have now powered more than 30M km driven and saved 3M liters of … Read More

Arrow Electronics, a B2B, Value Added Distributor of electronic products headquartered in the greater Denver area in CO produced 12 videos in 1Q, 2014 to fill advertizing spots during TV … Read More

We have been looking at the effects of company culture and stakeholder behavior on an organization’s ability to innovate since 1999.  The work was carried out from 1999-2006 by representatives … Read More

How/Why are they Clueless? Based on the most frequent questions my wife and I are asked, here are the “Top 3” things people do not know: 1.  Who makes the … Read More

Elon Musk to build a Hyperloop test track. Will he work with ET3? Why a Hyperloop and what is it? The goal is to allow travel on the earth’s surface … Read More

“GM thinks its 200-mile Bolt can beat Musk’s Model 3”: According to Steve Levine, contributor to Quartz, the Chevrolet Bolt will be a pure EV with a 200 mile range.  … Read More

The next big hope:  The Internet of things as the “Tech world feels its way through the dark in internet of things” This is going take time to frame but … Read More

The Quant e-SportsLimousine: An article posted on the Sustainable Mobility website on December 12, 2014 shared that this car has just been approved by TV SUD for testing on roads … Read More

At 3:00pm on Christmas Eve, the BBC broadcasts the Festival of Lessons and Carols from Kings College, Cambridge. Sixty years ago, the broadcast was just heard in the UK.  Today, … Read More

Step 3 of the Value Innovation Process(R) calls for us/you to generate “As Is” and “Best in Class” Value Curves with Metrics.  On the third day of Christmas we generated … Read More

The Second Step of the Value Innovation Process(R) calls for defining the Value Chain or Value Web and identifying the Most Important Customer. When we looked at Christmas, we found … Read More

Thank You and Happy Holidays We very much appreciate your support and business in 2014. All the Value Innovations’ Team Members and Partners in Europe, Asia and The United States … Read More

Fast Company’s approach: ….to identifying the most innovative companies is dramatically different  from PriceWtarehouseCoopers and Boston Consulting Group.  Fast Company describe it as their annual guide to businesses that matter … Read More

BCG’s “Top 10” Most Innovative Companies: 1.  Apple 2.  Google 3.  Samsung 4.  Microsoft 5.  IBM 6.  Amazon 7.  Tesla Motors 8.  Toyota Motors 9.  Facebook 10.  Sony What’s Our … Read More

Take a look at all the details.  You’ll need to login. Is Entrepreneurship the same as innovation? No, but there are clear links between the two. The difference for us … Read More

DoubleLine Funds’ Jeff Gundlach just spoke with CNBC’s Sara Eisen, and in a wide-ranging interview, included, Tesla. Back in July, Gundlach said: “If I was Elon Musk, I might go … Read More

Our new website is now live: http://www.valueinnovations.com  It’s still a Work In Progress, but there’s much more relevant, and up to date, content. With its WordPress platform it’s very easy … Read More

Picture from Jennifer Elias’s article on Fast Company, “Five Ways the 49ers new stadium will change the game, September 15, 2014 Levi’s Stadium, the new $1.2 billion home of the … Read More

Facebook video views grew 50% from May to July, 2014, averaging 1 billion views/day in June.  This is still far behind YouTube who claimed 4 billion views/day in 2012. They … Read More

“The MIT Curse Strikes Again: Lilliputian Systems file for bankruptcy,” Michael Kanellos, Forbes, August 21, 2014: http://onforb.es/1CjjS4k This article shares other examples of companies spun out from MIT that have … Read More

London has overtaken New York City and San Francisco to become the world capital of crowdfunding”. – Jason Hesse, Forbes contributor (read full article) Just over 250,000 crowdfunding campaigns have been … Read More

Malloy Aeronautics is planning on putting man onto a drone. This UK company recently demonstrated its Mini Hoverbike which flies at 45mph. This first version is 1/3 the size of … Read More