For those times when inspiration hits in the shower–AquaNotes
I often get some good ideas in the shower or driving to work. It seems that there is some research to back up my observations. I had heard that the sound of water stimulated the brain but I could not find any research to back that up. [...]
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It’s my birthday so I’m trying to not work. Can’t help it.
Some day I hope to attend the TED Conference. Here’s a thought provoking video. A tad long and the humor may be a bit dry but there are some gems in there.
Here are a few notes I jotted down:
Teaching creativity is as important as [...]
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When I was in sixth grade, we were forced to write a Haiku poem. When I was a lad, I was not very fond of writing. Times have changed.
For those not familiar with Haiku let me give you a short lesson. A haiku is a non-rhymed poem, conveying an image or feeling in two parts [...]
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This is so cool I had to share. It can’t be embedded but you can see it on YouTube.
Here is the site to watch it as well.
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Michael Schrage from MIT puts innovation in the proper context, “Innovation’ isn’t what innovators do…it’s what customers and clients adopt”. Innovation occurs when a significant number of people or organizations purchase the product or service. In other words, if done properly; innovation means making money.
The adoption rates of new technology are accelerating. It took over [...]
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I was shopping in Barnes and Noble today, or Barnes and Chernobyl as my son says (where does he ever get if from?)
As you walk in the front of the store, there is the obligatory table of new year diet books. On sale of course.
As I stroll further in the store, I see a clearance [...]
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I could use a cup like that. Now if were only Starbucks …
Looks like Photoshop but I like how they used the curved lamp post for inspiration.
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Now that you know all about ideation, you may find that you are stuck. Do you need a kick-start to your creativity?
About 10 years ago I stumbled across a very creative person named, Chic Thompson. He has a site called, Whatagreatidea.com
Here is a link to the “are you stuck page” http://www.whatagreatidea.com/stuck.htm
There is also a FREE [...]
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Mind Maps are another one of my obsessions. You can’t always brainstorm in a group so Mind Mapping gets you ideas out of you head an on to paper so you can make some sense of it.
Here is a link to a cool site for some innovation tools: InnovationTools.com
The website author also has a squidoo [...]
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I have no desire to get into the garment business so I’m looking to license a design to a novelty clothing manufacturer (if you know one or want to get into that business I have a blockbuster idea; contact me if you can help or are interested).
I followed the advice of Stephen Key of InventRight [...]
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