by Drew Boyd | Jul 25, 2011 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Google, Innovation Clusters, Inside the Box Innovation, Technology, The Wheel
Corporate training is a $60 billion dollar industry and growing as the economy recovers. As with any industry, significant changes are occurring. Companies spend less on fixed internal resources and are outsourcing more. Learners are changing in the way they learn,...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 18, 2011 | Attribute Dependency, Consultants, Ideation
On average, one of every three bites of food you put in your mouth depends on “animal pollination” – the movement of insects, particularly bees, between plants. They play a crucial role in flowering plant reproduction and in the production of most fruits and...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 11, 2011 | Creativity Tools, Ideation, Innovation Sighting
Pro-Form’s Le Tour de France Indoor Cycle lets users choose or create real-world routes, then adjusts the angle of the riding platform to replicate the experience of riding up and down those roads. This new product has three different features using the...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 4, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Innovation Method
AOL succumbed to the myth that creating an eclectic workspace makes employees suddenly more innovative. The headline from USA Today reads: “It’s engineers gone wild at AOL: Quirky office space inspires app innovation.” Quirky? “The space you work in is a reflection of...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 27, 2011 | Consultants, Design Thinking, Innovation Sighting, Subtraction, Technology
PharmaBrand Summit 2011 kicks off in Montreux, Switzerland this week. It will bring together senior executives and brand marketers from Europe’s largest pharmaceutical organizations. This year’s theme is: “The arrogance of success is to think that what you...
