by Drew Boyd | Oct 3, 2010 | Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist, The Wheel
SIT will be conducting its 5th innovation course in New York City from Nov 1-3, 2010. This course is designed for middle management and above, but most anyone can benefit from the learning experience. Participants of previous courses were Presidents, Marketing VPs and...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 20, 2010 | Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Jared Diamond, Subtraction
People can improve the quality, originality, and elegance of ideas by extensively forecasting the implication of those ideas during the generation phase. Researchers from The University of Oklahoma studied the effect of forecasting on idea evaluation and...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 13, 2010 | Academic Focus, Creative Valentines Day, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
The convergence of three worlds…commercial, technical, and design…creates the optimal conditions for innovation. Now a new university in Finland has done just that. Aalto University is a newly created university from the merger of the Helsinki School of...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 16, 2010 | Evaluation Ideas, Help, Ideation, Inside the Box Innovation
People can improve their innovation skills by mentally simulating the use of innovation tools. Chip and Dan Heath in their book, Made to Stick, talk of the importance of mental simulation with problem solving as well as skill-building. “A review of thirty five...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 19, 2010 | Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
“Innovation is and will always be a major driver of business and societal success, and business schools are doing much to foster innovation worldwide. The opportunities to do more to support innovation are many and the potential to create value is high.”...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 6, 2010 | Academic Focus, Inside the Box Innovation, The Economist
A survey from IBM’s Institute for Business Value shows that CEOs value one leadership competency above all others – creativity. It is therefore timely that the City University London formed its Centre for Creativity with a goal of becoming the UK leader in...
