by Drew Boyd | Jun 30, 2014 | Consultants, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation
The famous inventor, Thomas Edison, lived in a beautiful home. But something was unusual about the gate that led into his house. His visitors had to push the gate very hard to open it, and then again very hard to close it. It seemed odd that such a successful inventor...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 16, 2014 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation
Let me share with you some tips and advice on how to master the techniques and principles of Systematic Inventive Thinking. First, work on mastering one at a time, not all five at once. It’s better to limit rather than dilute. Don’t overwhelm yourself trying to be an...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 2, 2014 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Idea Generation, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation
A college diploma is one key to starting your career engine, but learning to be more creative could help turbo-charge it. Just like college coursework, creativity can be learned—you don’t have to be born with these skills. Focusing on them is definitely worthwhile:...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 14, 2014 | Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation
You can frequently make groundbreaking innovations simply by dividing a product into “chunks” to create many smaller versions of it. These smaller versions still function like the original product, but their reduced size delivers benefits that users wouldn’t get with...
by Drew Boyd | Mar 24, 2014 | Evaluation Ideas, Help, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation, Jared Diamond
Creativity is what you do in your head to generate an idea, while innovation is the process of putting it into practice. You need both to succeed, which may be why the number of new books on these topics seems to grow every year. Yet despite the popularity of this...
by Drew Boyd | Mar 10, 2014 | Academic Focus, Evaluation Ideas, Google, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
Columbia Business School is offering a three-day Executive Education program called Marketing and Innovation. The program will teach Systematic Inventive Thinking as well as other key innovation concepts. The program will be held June 17-19 and November 18-20 in New...
