by Drew Boyd | Dec 9, 2013 | Consultants, Creative Valentines Day, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Idea Generation, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg
Umbrellas have been around a very long time dating back to the time of the ancient Egyptians. Yet, little has changed to the basic concept…until recently. Here are five examples of innovative umbrellas that could have been invented with one of the techniques of...
by Drew Boyd | Dec 2, 2013 | Consultants, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Ideation, The Wheel
Philips North America announced Fosmo Med, developer of the Maji Intravenous (IV) saline bag, as the grand prize winner of the first-ever Philips Innovation Fellows competition, revealing the technology as the next big, meaningful innovation in health and well-being....
by Drew Boyd | Nov 18, 2013 | Creative Valentines Day, Evaluation Ideas, Google, Idea Generation, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation
“It’s easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out of date.” — Roger von Oech What’s the role of leadership in innovation and design thinking? The focus this week’s discussion...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 11, 2013 | Creative Valentines Day, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter, Subtraction, The Economist
“The world leaders in innovation and creativity will also be world leaders in everything else.” Harold R McAlindon How does a company build enough innovation capability to be the leader in its industry? That was the focus of this week’s...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 7, 2013 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Emergent Customer, Idea Generation, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg, Pinterest
It’s official. Twitter is a publicly traded company, and it will face constant pressure to innovate and grow. Let’s look at how innovation methods can be applied to Twitter to find new opportunitues. We’ll apply the five techniques of Systematic...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 5, 2013 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Kickstarter
As Albert Einstein noted, one cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created it. That seems to be Blackberry’s predicament as it faces another drop in its stock value. However, with a fresh investment by Fairfax Holdings and a new CEO, Blackberry may have...
