by Drew Boyd | Dec 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Innovation puts cash in your wallet. But what about the wallet itself? For this month’s LAB, we will apply the corporate innovation method, S.I.T., to create new and useful concepts for the wallet. Wallets are the most personal items we own. They carry our...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
How do you get people to be more socially responsible? Here is an example* that demonstrates the use of Task Unification, a template from the corporate innovation method called S.I.T.: To use Task Unification, we assign an additional job to an existing...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Mobility is a good thing. As mobility increases, so does our standard of living. Mobility expands job opportunities, enriches our personal life, and boosts prosperity. For nations, mobility expands trade, creates wealth, and makes countries more competitive. Mobility...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 16, 2009 | Academic Focus
Once you develop the capability to generate ideas, you need a rigorous approach to managing innovation within the context of your company’s culture. For that, Professor Jeff DeGraff’s Competing Values Framework (CVF) is the best-in-class approach. CVF...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
In a world where gravity is ever present, floors are essential. We spend most of our waking hours standing or walking on them. But we tend to ignore them. That is a pity given the nearly constant contact we have with them. What if the floor could be innovated? What...
