by Drew Boyd | Jun 25, 2012 | Attribute Dependency, Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Innovation Clusters, Technology
According the Center for the Future of Museums, many non-profit museums in this country are struggling from a broken economic model. Attendance and memberships are declining as consumers are given more choices of how to spend their time. To attract more, museums...
by Erica Gage | Feb 20, 2010 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg, Technology
There are a 183 million pet fish in the United States, more than double the number of dogs. Fourteen million U.S. households have fish. During the past decade, the pet fish category grew by more than 20% making it one of the fastest growing in the industry. For...
by Erica Gage | Dec 7, 2009 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg, Technology
Innovation puts cash in your wallet. But what about the wallet itself? For this month’s LAB, we will apply the corporate innovation method, S.I.T., to create new and useful concepts for the wallet. Wallets are the most personal items we own. They carry our...
by Drew Boyd | Mar 28, 2009 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg, Technology, The Economist, The Wheel
Teaching people how to innovate is rewarding. It empowers them. It unlocks their minds to believe that innovation can happen “on command.” People realize there is no excuse for not having enough ideas or being innovative once they have been trained....
by Drew Boyd | Jan 30, 2009 | Consultants, Technology, The Wheel
As we await the arrival of Amazon’s Kindle 2.0, it is a perfect time to begin innovating their next generation device. Anytime is a good time to innovate, but it is especially meaningful to innovate just as you launch your latest innovation. It tells the world...