by Drew Boyd | Feb 18, 2013 | Attribute Dependency, Evaluation Ideas, Kickstarter
Responding to an article on why innovation is difficult, Tim Josling from Leura, Australia, wrote this to the editor of The Economist (January 26, 2013): Another useful insight is provided by something akin to Amdahl’s law in computer design, which holds that even if...
by Drew Boyd | Feb 4, 2013 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Kickstarter
Loyalty is defined as a strong feeling of support or allegiance. Companies fight for it because it correlates well to product sales. The Fabulous Five (Google, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook) are waging a spectacular battle against each other to earn customer...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 21, 2013 | Emergent Customer, Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Sighting, Kickstarter, Pinterest
Google, Apple, Facebook, Samsung, and Amazon are in a mad scramble to enter new territory and cover gaps in their strategies. The one that gets ahead and stays ahead will earn bragging rights in what may be the most significant business battle of all time....
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:...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 22, 2012 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter
Navigating complex organizations takes skill and savviness, or what some call office politics. It is such an important skill that world class companies like GE and Johnson & Johnson teach it to their employees and reward them for using it. We may not like it, but...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 8, 2012 | Ideation, Innovation Sighting, Jacob Goldenberg, Kickstarter, Pinterest
It might surprise you that a single innovation pattern, Multiplication, formed the premise of all photography. The cameras you use today evolved from Multiplication. The entire photography industry continues to benefit thanks to this powerful pattern. Multiplication...
