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Innovation Through Task Unification

by Drew Boyd | Jun 30, 2014 | Consultants, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation

The famous inventor, Thomas Edison, lived in a beautiful home. But something was unusual about the gate that led into his house. His visitors had to push the gate very hard to open it, and then again very hard to close it. It seemed odd that such a successful inventor...

Creating New Opportunities in the Digital Space

by Drew Boyd | Jun 9, 2014 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Emergent Customer, Idea Generation, Kickstarter, Pinterest

The SIT method is great for creating exciting new products and services. But you can also apply these techniques to digital assets. For example, let’s apply the Attribute Dependency technique to a website. You start by listing the internal and external attributes of...

Innovation Sighting: Task Unification Saves Lives and Money

by Drew Boyd | Dec 2, 2013 | Consultants, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Ideation, The Wheel

Philips North America announced Fosmo Med, developer of the Maji Intravenous (IV) saline bag, as the grand prize winner of the first-ever Philips Innovation Fellows competition, revealing the technology as the next big, meaningful innovation in health and well-being....

Innovation Sighting: Task Unification in a Parking Lot

by Drew Boyd | Sep 2, 2013 | Attribute Dependency, Consultants, Idea Generation, Ideation

The Task Unification Technique is one of five in the innovation method called Systematic Inventive Thinking. It is defined as "assiging an additional task to an existing resource." It is such a powerful technique because it often leads to Closed World...

Square Roots: Inside the Box at Southwest Airlines

by Drew Boyd | Aug 12, 2013 | Consultants, Creativity Tools, Design Thinking, Evaluation Ideas, Idea Generation, Innovation Clusters, Jacob Goldenberg

Check out this clever interpretation of Inside the Box, now appearing in Spirit Magazine, the inflight magazine of Southwest Airlines.
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