by Drew Boyd | Nov 7, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Inside the Box Innovation, The Wheel
The best innovations arise by following the path of most resistance, not least resistance. As Amnon Levav at SIT writes, “In nature, water cascading down a mountain follows the path of least resistance – the easiest route to arrive at its final...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 31, 2011 | Creativity Tools, Evaluation Ideas, Technology
How do you know which SIT tool to use on your product? That is one of the most common questions from my students and workshop participants. One way to decide is to analyze the current products in the category. You look for SIT patterns that tend to dominate how the...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 24, 2011 | Academic Focus, Advertising Tools, Evaluation Ideas, Jared Diamond, Pinterest, The Economist
This month’s Academic Focus features Professor John Hauser and the highly-regarded team at MIT. Perhaps no other university in the world stands for innovation as much as this one. MIT is an innovation powerhouse because of the way the faculty looks at innovation...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 17, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter, The Wheel
You may be surprised to find many of your products and services conform to the five innovation patterns of Systematic Inventive Thinking. If so, it means your employees are predisposed to use innovation patterns when developing new products. Like many innovators, they...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to the Columbia Business School for hosting the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference. Six hundred enlightened attendees witnessed a unique lineup of keynote speakers and breakout sessions. Social enterprises are challenged to create new business models to...
