by Drew Boyd | Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Imagine a Web site that detects a visitor’s “thinking” style and “morphs” its look and feel to suit that visitor’s style. Professor Glen Urban and his colleagues at M.I.T. describe an approach in the Sloan Management Review article,...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 11, 2009 | Academic Focus, Innovation Method, The Economist
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has created the first-of-its kind Bachelor of Innovation™ program. Founded by Professor Terry Boult, the programis “an internationally unique interdisciplinary undergraduate program between the College of...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
“To avoid the fate of alchemists, it is time we asked where we stand. Now, before we invest more time and money on the information-processing level, we should ask whether the protocols of human subjects and the programs so far produced suggest that computer...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
People collaborate to innovate. But what about the other way around? Could a structured innovation approach be used to bring people closer together? In other words, collaboration becomes the endpoint and innovation becomes the means to that end? Collaboration is where...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here is an example of the Multiplication Template, one of five in the corporate innovation method called S.I.T.. It is from the Taylor Guitars, one of the leading companies in the category and one of the most innovative. The Multiplication Template makes copies of...