by New & Improved | Feb 8, 2015 | What's New in Innovation
There is now a bounty on the head of the next person who uses the phrase, “in these turbulent economic times.” The news is awash in stress–inducing stories of the state of the world economy, and job losses. Whether or not it’s true for you in your work or life, almost...
by New & Improved | Feb 7, 2015 | What's New in Innovation
How many times have you found yourself digging deeper and deeper into building a solution only to have someone point out to you that you’re solving the wrong problem? Trying to reduce costs rather than grow the business. Redesigning brochures when a new search engine...
by New & Improved | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized, What's New in Innovation
Our basic brain–wiring inhibits us from reacting the way we should to spark innovation. For most of us, there is a need to re–wire our fear vs. curiosity neural circuitry. Fortunately we can. Let’s look at some of the “wiring” behind your eyes so you can understand...
by New & Improved | Jan 27, 2015 | What's New in Innovation
All innovation has – at its root – creative thinking and collaboration. There are mental attitudes that foster creativity and those that inhibit it. Unfortunately, unless we are careful, there are factors at play in our global culture that will stop...
by New & Improved | Jan 22, 2015 | What's New in Innovation
Often, new technologies come along that are incredibly useful for enabling additional innovation. We call those technologies innovation platforms. Here’s a common way they arise (but not the only way.) Watch the video below and see how this technology came to...
by New & Improved | Jan 13, 2015 | What's New in Innovation
It is the time of passage to a new year. The calendar has moved to January, named for Janus, the Roman god of passage, time and prophecy. Janus is depicted as a god with two faces looking in opposite directions — one facing into the past, one looking into the future....