How Companies Incentivize Innovation

13 years ago

Ninety percent of companies do not ‘as of yet’ have a formal mechanism for incentivizing and rewarding innovation but believe…

Marketing Innovation: The Subtraction Tool in Saint Gobain Commercials

13 years ago

The Subtraction tool works by removing elements generally considered essential to the situation. The tool can be used in any…

The Stereotypy Trap

13 years ago

Struggling retailer JC Penny hired former Apple executive Ron Johnson as the CEO to save the company. Seventeen months later,…

Innovation Sighting: Attribute Dependency in Signage

13 years ago

Signs are perhaps the most ancient yet still relevant tools of marketing. According to the International Sign Association, signage is…

Innovating in Human Resources

13 years ago

Systematic Inventive Thinking is not only for inventing new products and services. You can apply it to a variety of…

New Ideas Light Up the Brain

13 years ago

Brain measuringCanadian researchers found that areas in the reward center of the brain became active when people hear a song…

Academic Focus: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for S.I.T.

13 years ago

The University of Cincinnati announced it will launch its first Massive Open Online Course (called MOOC) next fall. It will…

Innovation Sighting: The Attribute Dependency Technique in Pricing

13 years ago

While not popular, it is a classic example of the Attribute Dependency technique. Attribute Dependency is one of five techniques…

Don’t Be Fooled When Assessing Creative Work

13 years ago

How we judge a creative idea is affected by how we perceive its inventor. Without realizing it, we may overvalue…

Academic Focus: Universidad Deusto – Master in Business Innovation

13 years ago

The University of Deusto business school is offering a masters degree in business innovation (MBI) that I believe serves as…