by Drew Boyd | Apr 29, 2013 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Clusters, Inside the Box Innovation, Jacob Goldenberg, Kickstarter
Systematic Inventive Thinking is not only for inventing new products and services. You can apply it to a variety of functions and processes. SIT is based on the idea that mankind has used distinct patterns when creating new solutions or innovations. These patterns are...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 15, 2013 | Academic Focus, Creative Valentines Day, Evaluation Ideas, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
The University of Cincinnati announced it will launch its first Massive Open Online Course (called MOOC) next fall. It will be the first MOOC to teach Systematic Inventive Thinking (S.I.T.), an innovation method based on templates. MOOCs are unique because they allow...
by Drew Boyd | Mar 25, 2013 | Academic Focus, Creative Valentines Day, Evaluation Ideas, Inside the Box Innovation, Subtraction, The Economist
The University of Deusto business school is offering a masters degree in business innovation (MBI) that I believe serves as an excellent role model for other schools. It is unique because it focuses on three foundations: The Approach to Observation: Business...
by Drew Boyd | Mar 11, 2013 | Advertising Tools, Evaluation Ideas, Google, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter
Where does your marketing department fit when it comes to innovation? In their article1, “Improving Marketing’s Contribution to New Product Development,” these author’s offer a dismal view: “The prevailing view in most companies is that...
by Drew Boyd | Dec 21, 2012 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation
This month marks the five year anniversary for Innovation in Practice, and I want to thank my readers and supporters who follow it. Blogging is rewarding, but challenging. Most bloggers quit within two years for a variety of reasons: lack of motivation, lack of...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 12, 2012 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter, Multiplication, Subtraction
In this webinar, we invite you to hear more about Business Model Innovation and learn a systematic and pragmatic approach. This can help you re-imagine your business model in exciting and sometimes even radical ways. Register at:...
