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,...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 5, 2011 | Academic Focus, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
Drexel University has launched a new Master of Science in Creativity and Innovation. The 45 credit graduate program provides a strong foundation in creativity and innovation. There degree requires 33 credits of core courses and 12 credits of electives. From their...
by Drew Boyd | Mar 21, 2011 | Academic Focus, Creative Valentines Day, Inside the Box Innovation, Multiplication, The Economist
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto will host the Business Design Challenge from March 25-26, 2011. Teams of graduate students from business and design schools in the US and Canada will work to solve a case study in the area of health and...
by Drew Boyd | Feb 14, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
It’s that time of year again for “Innovation Tools,” the graduate marketing course at the University of Cincinnati. The course teaches how to use Systematic Inventive Thinking, a method based on three ideas. First, most successful innovations over time followed one of...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 31, 2011 | Academic Focus, Inside the Box Innovation, Jared Diamond, The Economist
The Centre for International Business and the International Economy at the University of Pavia is conducting a comprehensive study on how companies leverage innovation as a competitive weapon. It seeks to uncover the different strategic models and managerial practices...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 3, 2011 | Academic Focus, Creative Valentines Day, Evaluation Ideas, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
The Live Well Collaborative at the University of Cincinnati is an academic-industry innovation incubator for regionally, nationally and internationally prominent firms. The focus of LWC is the aging population. Firms partner with UC to address product or service needs...