by Drew Boyd | Jul 14, 2014 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Jacob Goldenberg
A common problem in photography is the occurrence of red-eye, like you see here. Redeye happens when the flash of a camera goes into the eyeball. It hits the back of your eye which has a lot of tiny blood vessels. The light picks up the red color from the blood in...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 16, 2014 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation
Let me share with you some tips and advice on how to master the techniques and principles of Systematic Inventive Thinking. First, work on mastering one at a time, not all five at once. It’s better to limit rather than dilute. Don’t overwhelm yourself trying to be an...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 28, 2014 | Idea Generation, Innovation Clusters, Kickstarter, The Wheel
I had just finished a talk on Systematic Inventive Thinking in which I had stressed the usefulness of the Subtraction technique. Just then, a group of seven men approached the stage. They introduced themselves as the management board of Standard Bank of South Africa....
by Drew Boyd | Feb 3, 2014 | Attribute Dependency, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Inside the Box Innovation, Jared Diamond, Subtraction
Although studying creativity is considered a legitimate scientific discipline nowadays, it is still a very young one. In the early 1970s, a psychologist named J. P. Guilford was one of the first academic researchers who dared to conduct a study of creativity. One of...
by Drew Boyd | Dec 16, 2013 | Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Innovation Method
This month marks the six year anniversary of Innovation in Practice, and I want to thank my readers and supporters who follow it. 2013 was a special year for me. Jacob Goldenberg and I launched our book, Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough...