by Drew Boyd | Jul 25, 2011 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Google, Innovation Clusters, Inside the Box Innovation, Technology, The Wheel
Corporate training is a $60 billion dollar industry and growing as the economy recovers. As with any industry, significant changes are occurring. Companies spend less on fixed internal resources and are outsourcing more. Learners are changing in the way they learn,...
by Drew Boyd | Jul 11, 2011 | Creativity Tools, Ideation, Innovation Sighting
Pro-Form’s Le Tour de France Indoor Cycle lets users choose or create real-world routes, then adjusts the angle of the riding platform to replicate the experience of riding up and down those roads. This new product has three different features using the...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 27, 2011 | Consultants, Design Thinking, Innovation Sighting, Subtraction, Technology
PharmaBrand Summit 2011 kicks off in Montreux, Switzerland this week. It will bring together senior executives and brand marketers from Europe’s largest pharmaceutical organizations. This year’s theme is: “The arrogance of success is to think that what you...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 13, 2011 | Creative Valentines Day, Evaluation Ideas, Kickstarter, The Wheel
“The level of abstraction determines a group’s ability to move between strategies and tactics. Too high, and the group becomes lost in the detail; too low, and the group is unable to effectively navigate.” Stuart Morgan Director of Industrial Design...
by Drew Boyd | May 30, 2011 | Creative Valentines Day, Creativity Tools, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg, Technology
In 1817, Sir William Cubitt innovated the treadmill as a method of reforming prison convicts who got out of line. Today, that “torture” continues. According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, fifty million Americans use a treadmill. Sales of...