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 | Jul 5, 2012 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Multiplication, Subtraction, The Wheel
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by Drew Boyd | Nov 21, 2011 | Advertising Tools, Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, The Wheel
Most people are surprised to hear that five simple patterns explain the majority of innovative products and services. Jacob Goldenberg and his colleagues discovered this surprising insight. It is similar to the notion of TRIZ which is a set of patterns for solving...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 7, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Inside the Box Innovation, The Wheel
The best innovations arise by following the path of most resistance, not least resistance. As Amnon Levav at SIT writes, “In nature, water cascading down a mountain follows the path of least resistance – the easiest route to arrive at its final...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 17, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Google, Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Kickstarter, The Wheel
You may be surprised to find many of your products and services conform to the five innovation patterns of Systematic Inventive Thinking. If so, it means your employees are predisposed to use innovation patterns when developing new products. Like many innovators, they...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 29, 2011 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg, Pinterest, Technology, The Wheel
Software runs much of our lives. It runs everyday items like computers, automobiles, banking, telephones, and even kitchen appliances. Software will affect more of our daily routines in the future. According to market researcher DataMonitor, the global software market...
