by Drew Boyd | Nov 17, 2014 | Creativity Tools, Emergent Customer, Idea Generation, Ideation, Pinterest
Are online reviews going extinct? From Yelp to Amazon, reviews these days are good for just one thing: Seeing what others think of a product, service, or business. But are reviews really helpful? Could they be an outmoded one-size-fits-all solution in a world where a...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 27, 2014 | Consultants, Ideation, Innovation Sighting, Innovative Marketing
Many “wearable tech” devices measure the calories you burn in a day. But weight watchers know that’s only half the equation. You also need an accurate count of calories consumed. Now a new device will do just that. It’s called Vessyl, a cup...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 20, 2014 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Ideation, Innovation Clusters
The only thing worse than having too many emails is getting very long ones. When I open an email and see a long-winded message followed by a chain of other emails that have to be read as well, I dread it. After all, brevity is a virtue, and I value those emails that...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 15, 2014 | Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Ideation, Innovation Sighting, Jared Diamond
Innovation is anything that is new, useful, and surprising. “Surprising” means that the idea makes you slap your forehead and say, “Gee, why didn’t I think of that?” Here’s a great example. “Researchers at the MIT Media...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 25, 2014 | Creative Valentines Day, Idea Generation, Ideation, Innovation Clusters
Can you imagine flying in a plane without windows? A design team from Technicon Design in Paris created an interior that displays 360-degree views that are simulated on internal screens from external cameras that capture the surrounding environment in real time. The...
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....
