Monthly Archives: April 2006

Find Your Laughing Place…Lesson from Brer Rabbit

Brer Rabbit is one of the main characters in Disney's 1946 movie, "Song of the South." And he always found himself getting into trouble... Brer Rabbit was one of the first asset-based thinkers.* He truly practiced "how can I turn this [...]

Find Your Laughing Place…Lesson from Brer Rabbit

Pause Before You Pounce On Ideas

New ideas can lead to innovations. Often the speed at which we conduct business causes us to make rapid decisions. As a result, we may be robbing ourselves of good ideas. New ideas can be fragile things. We’ve all experienced it... [...]

Pause Before You Pounce On Ideas

Figure It Out: Creative Problem Solving

"Figure It Out" is the first stage of the Idea Sandbox Creative Problem Solving process. The key steps of figuring something out include... The links will take you more information on the Idea Sandbox Wiki Staying Informed - monitoring trends, benchmarking, [...]

Figure It Out: Creative Problem Solving

How Easy Is Your Product To Use?

Dirty Laundry While I know how to wash a white towel, I took a look at the care tag, and these five "international" "standardized" symbols are supposed to ensure I wash and dry this item properly. Huh?! By scouring the Internet, [...]

How Easy Is Your Product To Use?

Mazagran Toast

In a previous post about Coke BlaK and coffee soda, I mentioned that johnmoore (from Brand Autopsy) and I split a bottle of Starbucks Mazagran coffee soda in January of 2003. This was just before John left Starbucks to go work [...]

Mazagran Toast

Imaginary Board Helps Invent Time Travel

Historic photograph reveals that an Imaginary Board of Directors was consulted to invent time travel. Scientist Dr. Emmet "Doc" Brown (b. 1920) consulted his Imaginary Board for each of his key projects, including the invention of time travel. As seen in [...]

Imaginary Board Helps Invent Time Travel

Human Resources, A Model for Innovation Resources

Every company I have worked with has had a staffing/human resources department. Finding, screening and hiring the right employee to do a great job in a role are very important. In fact, here some of the people and tools involved: human [...]

Human Resources, A Model for Innovation Resources
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