by Drew Boyd | Jan 22, 2008 | Innovation Method, Innovation Sighting
Technology improves our lives in many ways, but overreliance on it can cause us to “dumb down.” Technology has a tendency to fill in or take over certain tasks for the consumer, relieving us of cognitive activities that we once did ourselves. These...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
Which is easier to learn: innovation or leadership? That is one of my favorite questions to ask during keynotes and workshops, especially to groups of accomplished leaders. What amazes me is the answer I get back: overwhelmingly, groups of executives say that...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Jim Todhunter offers sound advice for innovation champions who are feeling lonely in their efforts to evangelize: “This is where many innovation evangelists fall down. Too often, we are so wrapped up in our own world of high performance innovation practice; we...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Mitch Ditkoff takes on the all important issue of how to fund innovation, and writes about innovation slush funds as a way improve innovation results: What I like about this approach is that it sidesteps the bureaucratic hokey pokey, run-it-up-the-flagpole, command...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ve come full circle on the notion of improvisation as a source of innovation. I just finished a three day improv training program at The Second City to try to find direct application to corporate growth. I found it. My pursuit of a method of innovation started...
