by Drew Boyd | Feb 1, 2016 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Kickstarter, Subtraction
A clever way to find new growth is to change your market category or create a new one. When you create or change your category, you’re redefining the boundaries of your market space, and that opens your eyes to new targets of opportunity. Let’s look at how to do it....
by Drew Boyd | Jan 25, 2016 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Innovative Marketing, Jared Diamond
People who believe that the wheel is the greatest invention ever assume two things: That it was wholly new when it was invented, and that is was so wonderful that people adopted it immediately. Historically, neither is true. What is true is that three different types...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 18, 2016 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Jared Diamond
Imagine you and your colleagues are sitting at a meeting listening to a proposal from one of your suppliers. It’s an interesting proposal about a new innovation that can help you and your team. You have first rights to the new concept before they shop it around to...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 4, 2016 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Jared Diamond, Kickstarter, The Economist
Imagine your marketing team comes up with an idea for a great new product. You absolutely love it. But when you start shopping the idea around the building, you get some very strange looks from people. People are resisting the idea, and you and your team are getting...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 23, 2015 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Jared Diamond
Imagine you’re working on a new initiative, and you come up with a great idea. You do some research on it, and you find some really good evidence to support your point-of-view. You think to yourself, “The team is going to love this.” So you go to your boss to pitch...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 16, 2015 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Jared Diamond, Kickstarter, Subtraction
The shifting map of global innovation In the 2015 Global Innovation 1000 study, Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting group, provides new insights into the ways corporate innovation spending—which totaled $680 billion last year—has been changing in recent...
