Where Great Ideas Come From

by Erica Gage | Oct 10, 2016 | Attribute Dependency, Creative Valentines Day, The Wheel

So where do great ideas come from? The answer might surprise you. Let’s look at the most successful rock band in history, The Beatles. In a biography of Paul McCartney  he shared his secret: “As usual for these co-written things, John often had just the first verse...

Are You an Innovator? Take the Quiz

by Drew Boyd | Apr 18, 2016 | Evaluation Ideas, Inside the Box Innovation, The Wheel

Place a check mark beside the statement you agree with most. 1.     A. Innovation occurs by adding features to a product. B. Innovation occurs by taking features out of a product. 2.     A. Innovation is finding problems that are solved by hypothetical solutions. B....

Eight Years of Blogging at Innovation in Practice

by Erica Gage | Dec 21, 2015 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation, Structured Creativity, The Wheel

This month marks the eight year anniversary of Innovation in Practice. As always, I want to thank my many readers and supporters who follow it. When you start blogging, you’re never quite sure who will read it and continue reading it. A fellow innovation blogger...

Master the Method: Innovation Suite #18

by Drew Boyd | Aug 11, 2015 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation, Multiplication, The Wheel

I invite you to join the upcoming Innovation Suite  in San Francisco, November 16-18, 2015. Innovation Suite brings together executives from around the world to share their business innovation experiences and to learn how to embed a culture of innovation within their...

INNOVATE! – The App That Facilitates S.I.T.

by Erica Gage | Jun 1, 2015 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation, Pinterest, Structured Creativity, The Wheel

The Innovate! Inside the Box app for iPad facilitates the use of Systematic Inventive Thinking. It explains each of the five techniques and allows users to generate creative ideas and innovations on demand. To Use the App: Go to How to Use the App on the Homepage to...

The Second Direction of Innovation

by Drew Boyd | May 19, 2015 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Innovation Method, The Wheel

Innovation is the process of taking an idea and putting it into practice. Creativity, on the other hand, is what you do in your head to generate the idea, an idea that meets three criteria: an innovative idea must be new, useful, and surprising. New means that no one...