by Drew Boyd | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
An idea stands a better chance of surviving if it is not attributed to the individual who conceived it. Otherwise, the idea carries with it all the baggage and perception of its owner, good or bad. During idea evaluation, people struggle separating their feelings...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Baseball has a density problem. The ratio of “minutes of action” over “total minutes played” is low. Consider for example, the “no-hitter” pitched by Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies. Not a single opposing player was able...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 3, 2010 | Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist, The Wheel
SIT will be conducting its 5th innovation course in New York City from Nov 1-3, 2010. This course is designed for middle management and above, but most anyone can benefit from the learning experience. Participants of previous courses were Presidents, Marketing VPs and...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 27, 2010 | Consultants, Technology
Task Unification is a great tool when you have a general idea of the direction you want to go or business challenge you are dealing with. It is one of five templates in the Systematic Inventive Thinking method. Like all the templates, it helps regulate and channel the...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 20, 2010 | Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Jared Diamond, Subtraction
People can improve the quality, originality, and elegance of ideas by extensively forecasting the implication of those ideas during the generation phase. Researchers from The University of Oklahoma studied the effect of forecasting on idea evaluation and...
