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		<title>Hear Unilever, Nestle and Duane Morris talk candidly about their Open Innovation experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MRT and PDMA are offering a &#8220;Sneak Preview&#8221; of the upcoming CoDev conference in a FREE webinar on January 17.  Moderated by conference chair, Cheryl Perkins, the panelists include the following CoDev faculty  members: George Wells, Director of Technology Transfer, Nestle Purina Petcare Roger Leech, Open Innovation Portfolio &#38; Scouting Director, Unilever John Neclerio, Partner, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=948&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Scouting: Key Drivers of Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article #12:  Key Drivers of Success While many factors contribute to the success of open innovation and technology scouting, these are the top twelve emphasized by experts and experienced scouts: Choose entrepreneurial individuals to be on the scouting team. The ability to understand both technology and marketing helps. Make sure your innovation strategy is clear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=936&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Scouting: Rewards and Incentives</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3M]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly-Clark Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land O' Lakes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article #11:  Rewards and Incentives One of the biggest challenges of open innovation is motivating your technologists to go outside for innovation. Traditionally organizations have rewarded R&#38;D for patents and other internally-focused accomplishments. For a technology scouting program to succeed, these reward systems must change. This is especially important as teams are often comprised of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=928&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Innovation vs Team Player?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CoDev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I set up a Google Alert for Open Innovation to try and keep track of OI news and happenings.  Mostly I get articles and blog posts, but sometimes some odd stuff comes through the filter. In today&#8217;s alert I got a link to a Yahoo Answers page where someone has to give a presentation at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=922&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Scouting: Useful Metrics and Industry Examples</title>
		<link>http://mrtplus.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/tech-scouting-useful-metrics-and-industry-examples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AstraZenica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avery Dennison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly-Clark Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article #10:  Useful Metrics and Industry Examples Now that you have found and chosen the opportunities that best support your company’s innovation objectives, how do you monitor and measure success? As in any metrics program, your desired outcomes should guide what is measured along the way. While team and partner processes are important to measure, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=911&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2-for-1 MRT Workshops for Cyber Monday</title>
		<link>http://mrtplus.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/2-for-1-mrt-workshops-for-cyber-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate the holidays with great deals on product development training for you and your staff. Sign up for any of the following MRT workshops and register a second person for absolutely FREE!  Just follow the link below and register two people for the workshop and you’ll pay for just one. Hurry – our most generous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=899&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Scouting: Negotiating for Success &#8211; Recommended Actions</title>
		<link>http://mrtplus.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/tech-scouting-negotiating-for-success-recommended-actions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation Process]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brad Trucksis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article #9:  Negotiating for Success: Recommended Actions “Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.” Brad Trucksis, Associate Director of Global Business Development at Procter &#38; Gamble made this point very clearly at the Tech Scouting Summit last week. Win-win is the only acceptable option for a negotiation&#8217;s outcome. A win-lose outcome, in favor of your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=883&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The future of mass customization is not pretty&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mrtplus.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/the-future-of-mass-customization-is-not-pretty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cosby Sweater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fanny Wang]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that history repeats itself over and over again, despite any of the warnings we&#8217;re given in school to not forget past lessons.  The latest example is headphones.  When I was a kid in the 70s, a lot of headphones were big and bulky.  Then when the iPod precursor, the Sony Walkman, exploded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=876&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Scouting: Rapid Decision-Making &#8211; Scoring for Value</title>
		<link>http://mrtplus.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/tech-scouting-rapid-decision-making-scoring-for-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation Process]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avery Dennison]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jay Paap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article #8:  Rapid Decision-Making &#8211; Scoring for Value In making decisions about opportunities, speed of review is essential. Not only is it essential for staying on top of inputs, it maximizes external interest and keeps your team&#8217;s focus on the best prospects. Examples: At Corning, ideas that pass pre-screening are given preliminary assessment through internal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=861&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Scouting: Portfolio and Business Fit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avery Dennison]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article #7:  Portfolio and Business Fit Opportunities and technologies should be viewed through the lens of your organization’s growth strategy and should fit with your product portfolio/roadmap. The question of “fit” applies to both immediate and longer-range needs.  The decision to partner (versus make or buy) and the level of resource investment are also informed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtplus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1916217&amp;post=848&amp;subd=mrtplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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