by Drew Boyd | Mar 21, 2016 | Attribute Dependency, Consultants, Idea Generation, Ideation
I love umbrellas and the many versions that demonstrate the five patterns of Systematic Inventive Thinking. Here’s a new one that demonstrates the Task Unification pattern. Task Unification is defined as: assigning an additional task to an existing resource....
by Drew Boyd | Feb 14, 2016 | Attribute Dependency, Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg
Today is Valentine’s Day, and to celebrate, here are ten creative ways to show how much you love your partner. I generated some of these for a TV interview yesterday on FOX19-WXIX morning news is Cincinnati. They wanted me to share how to use S.I.T. to be more...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 26, 2015 | Creativity Tools, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Innovation Sighting
When using the Attribute Dependency technique, you’ll reach a point in the function follows form process where it’s time to make adaptations to your concept. That’s where you try to improve the concept and put more definition around it. One way to make adaptations...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 19, 2015 | Attribute Dependency, Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation
Imagine you’re driving down the highway, and you notice a flag waving in the distance. But something’s not right. The flag is upside down. You’d notice it right away because it’s not in its usual position that you have seen hundreds of times before. We all have this...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 17, 2015 | Creative Valentines Day, Creativity Tools, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Ideation
Here’s a nice example of the Attribute Dependency Technique, one of five in the innovation method called Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT). It’s a great tool to make products and services that are “smart.” They adjust and learn, then adapt...
