Should Corporations Keep Inventing? | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 17

About this episode

Part 2 of Mark Alyn’s Interview with John Cronin, see part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEYgunV9Jck In this episode, John recalls building a “patent factory” during his tenure with IBM as an semiconductor engineer in the technology development department. This allowed him to become to top inventor at IBM and helped IP licensing at IBM grow to over a billion dollars a year in revenue. Next, John and Mark discuss the question, “Do corporations need to continue to invent?” It may seem obvious that the definitive answer is “Yes.” John discusses various businesses needs and environments that drive the need for invention, and the types of creative strategies you might use to fill those needs. Also discussed in this Episode: - The difference between invention and innovation - Incremental invention versus breakthrough inventions - First movers and fast followers - Ad hoc invention processes and why they don’t work - Inventor recognition - Building a culture for creativity and invention - How AI is changing intellectual property www.inventanything.net