by Drew Boyd | Sep 13, 2010 | Academic Focus, Creative Valentines Day, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
The convergence of three worlds…commercial, technical, and design…creates the optimal conditions for innovation. Now a new university in Finland has done just that. Aalto University is a newly created university from the merger of the Helsinki School of...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 6, 2010 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, The Wheel
Could the greatest innovation of all time be a method of innovation? Roger Smith proposed this in The Evolution of Innovation. Is such a method out there? The answer is yes. Suppose you want to come up with a new product idea. Where do you begin? What method would you...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Imagine a website that changes depending on the visitor. Researchers at M.I.T. describe such a website that learns a person’s thinking style based on preliminary clicks so it can present information in an optimal way. Purchase intentions increased 20%! This is...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 23, 2010 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Multiplication
Congratulations to Kennametal, Inc. as the winner of the 2010 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) award. The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), a global network of product innovation professionals, announced Kennametal will receive the OCI Award...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 16, 2010 | Evaluation Ideas, Help, Ideation, Inside the Box Innovation
People can improve their innovation skills by mentally simulating the use of innovation tools. Chip and Dan Heath in their book, Made to Stick, talk of the importance of mental simulation with problem solving as well as skill-building. “A review of thirty five...
