by Drew Boyd | Sep 30, 2012 | Creativity Tools, Emergent Customer, Pinterest, Technology
It’s official. Pinterest has joined the elite group of social apps along with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, and Google Plus. “Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard that lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.” How...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 27, 2012 | Advertising Tools, Consultants, Innovation Method, Technology
Marketers have such a wide array of social media apps to choose from that it can be overwhelming. Tools such as Go2Web20.net can help sort through the maze and narrow down the search to catergories of apps such as mobile, Facebook, gaming, and so on. But to squeeze...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 30, 2012 | Creativity Tools, Technology, The Wheel
When Joseph Gayetty invented commercially available toilet paper in 1857, he called it “The greatest necessity of the age!” Of course, he wasn’t exaggerating. The use of paper for toileting dates back to the 6th century AD. Gayetty’s Medicated...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 25, 2012 | Attribute Dependency, Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Innovation Clusters, Technology
According the Center for the Future of Museums, many non-profit museums in this country are struggling from a broken economic model. Attendance and memberships are declining as consumers are given more choices of how to spend their time. To attract more, museums need...
by Erica Gage | May 28, 2012 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Clusters, Technology, The Wheel
Cardboard boxes are one of the most widely used forms of packaging in the world. 90% of all products are shipped or displayed in corrugated packaging at some point in their lifecycle. It’s a $57 billion dollar industry globally, but it is not growing. Could it...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 30, 2012 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Technology
How do you attract new customers while retaining current ones? For many categories, you attract new customers by showing high satisfaction with current customers. Put the current customer first and you will increase your appeal to new customers. The challenge is when...
