by Drew Boyd | Apr 28, 2014 | Idea Generation, Innovation Clusters, Kickstarter, The Wheel
I had just finished a talk on Systematic Inventive Thinking in which I had stressed the usefulness of the Subtraction technique. Just then, a group of seven men approached the stage. They introduced themselves as the management board of Standard Bank of South Africa....
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 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...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 4, 2013 | Creative Valentines Day, Evaluation Ideas, Google, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter, The Wheel
Systematic methods of innovation and design will help you produce a pipeline of ideas. But this creates a new, maybe tougher problem for the practitioner: How do you pick the right ideas to work on? Filtering ideas is an essential part of the innovation process. You...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 19, 2013 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Idea Generation, Kickstarter
Most people think innovation starts with a well-defined problem, and then you brainstorm a solution. Try the opposite: Work backwards by taking an abstract, conceptual solution and finding a problem it can solve. By constraining and channeling our brains, we can make...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 22, 2013 | Attribute Dependency, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Kickstarter
Books about business innovation seem to arrive as quickly as ideas on a whiteboard in a brainstorming session. But Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results (Simon & Schuster, 2013), by Drew Boyd and Jacob Goldenberg, jumps out for its...
