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A simple but effective way to discover the needs of your employees and customers. Patrick Schaber of The Lonely Marketer shares how a friend is using two chairs and a sign to find out what their employees are thinking. I'm putting this under the category of management, but it fits just was well in marketing.  More...
What prevents you from being a great innovator? Not much. Innovators by and large aren’t creative geniuses gifted with da Vinci-like talent. It’s not what they ARE - it’s what they DO. They do these seven things you most likely do not.  More...
Take a look around your office—what do you see? The traditional mix of memorabilia, photos from company golf tournaments? But you probably don't have a poster of the Sex Pistols above your desk. And Amantha Imber of Inventium says its deviant imagery, or something of similar shock value, might be just what you need for optimum brainstorming.  More...
Are you an “almost” entrepreneur? You have the drive, but you don’t have an idea. You have the passion, but you’re not quite sure what it’s for. Perhaps you’re one of the people that say “why reinvent the wheel?”, or “if it was needed, it’d already be done”. If you are one of these people... perhaps you need a square watermelon.  More...
"Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different." The quote is attributed to the Nobel prize winning physician Albert Szent-Györgyi. How do you look at something different? One method I'd recommend is to "scamper." Yes,hopping around like a small animal or child *is* fun, that's not what  More...
The Organizational Character Index (OCI) allows you to apply Myers Briggs theory to your organization. It's presented here in electronic form.  More...
Small businesses looking to find a hot idea -- or trying to sell a hot idea to a big company -- are about to get some help. Next week, Eureka Ranch Technology Ltd. plans to unveil the USA National Innovation Marketplace -- an online registry where researchers and inventors can post ideas they've developed. Businesses can then browse through th  More...
Can Verizon change its organizational character and become a model for open source innovation? Or will its internal character prevent it from making the necessary cultural changes?  More...
Gas is expensive but the higher it gets the more reason we'll have to innovate solutions. In this country we don't tackle a problem until a crisis is staring us in the face - but we're wired that way.  More...
Bulbstorm.com enables its clients to air their ideas and get precious feedback not only from other inventors, but also from marketers, designers and even manufacturers. Posting your project to the Bulbstorm site is like leaving the isolation of the outside for a lively community inside. Bulbstorm documents your idea the moment you enter the sit  More...
How Project Better Place is using the principles of innovation to transform Israel by eliminating the need for oil by 2020.  More...
The next five people to email me get the MBTI Step II, Form Q for half price!  More...