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 | Sep 5, 2011 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Clusters, Inside the Box Innovation, Subtraction
New research suggests that you are likely to be more creative when you imagine the problem is someone else’s instead of your own. Evan Polman and Kyle Emich describe their studies in their April 2011 article that support this conclusion. In one study, 262...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 20, 2010 | Innovation Method, Inside the Box Innovation, Jared Diamond, Subtraction
People can improve the quality, originality, and elegance of ideas by extensively forecasting the implication of those ideas during the generation phase. Researchers from The University of Oklahoma studied the effect of forecasting on idea evaluation and...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 16, 2010 | Evaluation Ideas, Help, Ideation, Inside the Box Innovation
People can improve their innovation skills by mentally simulating the use of innovation tools. Chip and Dan Heath in their book, Made to Stick, talk of the importance of mental simulation with problem solving as well as skill-building. “A review of thirty five...
