by Drew Boyd | Feb 20, 2012 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Kickstarter
An innovative corporate culture is one that supports the creation of new ideas and the implementation of those ideas. Leaders need to help employees see innovation in the right light. The most innovative companies do the following: 1. See innovation as a competency:...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 9, 2012 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Innovation Sighting, Kickstarter
Read this partial list of core competencies for a particular firm and try to guess what industry it is in: Consumer insights: understanding what consumer want Design: making things easy to use Innovation: coming up with new ideas routinely Systems integration: making...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 17, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter, The Wheel
You may be surprised to find many of your products and services conform to the five innovation patterns of Systematic Inventive Thinking. If so, it means your employees are predisposed to use innovation patterns when developing new products. Like many innovators, they...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 22, 2011 | Google, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, The Wheel
SIT will hold its 7th Innovation Suite in Berlin, Germany from October 24-26, 2011. Participants will learn the tools and principles of the SIT method step-by-step. They will also learn how to implement an innovation program within their companies. It is an intensive...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 15, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Kickstarter, Subtraction
Private equity firms can boost the value of their investment portfolio by applying a systematic innovation method along the entire investment value chain – before, during, and even after the investment. Private equity firms are collections of investors and funds...
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,...
