problem solving

On "A Problem-Solver's Guide"

"A Problem-Solver's Guide to Copycatting" is an article by Dan Heath and Chip Heath for Fast Company. The article looks at how P&G explored biomimicry with the aid of the San Diego Zoo for innovation inspiration.  They state, ...READ»

Give Them a Story to Tell!

I recently attended a lecture on marketing and I heard a statistic that as shocking as it was didn’t really surprise me. You see according to a recent study at Durham University, 68% of customers move to a different supplier/provider purely because of the way their first provider treated them. That’s over two thirds of YOUR customers moving to a competitor, not because of your product, but because of the way it was “packaged”. Gone because of something that is totally within your control. How on earth do organisations get it so wrong?READ»

Tomorrow Matters: Ignoring the Future Is Undermining the Present

When the world seems to be falling down all around us, can we afford to spend our time thinking about the future? In the midst of ongoing wars, accelerating economic collapse, and cascading environmental ruin, it's easy ...READ»

The Secret of TRIZ

You could say it doesn't take much to make me happy, because I was thrilled to see TRIZ (the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), an innovation methodology, featured in an article by BusinessWeek just before the end of 2008. The ...READ»

Booz & Company's Global Innovation 1000

Each year, Booz & Company analyzes R&D spending and determines the top 1000 spenders who are named their “Global Innovation 1000.” This year’s analysis takes a different look at the R&D spending and reveals ...READ»

Genrich Altshuller - The Father of TRIZ

TRIZ (pronounced “trees”) is the (Russian) acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving – a methodology for systematic innovation. It was developed in the former Soviet Union beginning in the 1940s by Genrich ...READ»

Innovation Is a Science

It would make life so much simpler if everyone agreed as to what innovation means. Is it invention? Is it an invention that is sold? Is it the extension of a product line or the development of a new product line completely? For ...READ»

Worker, Interrupted: The Cost of Task Switching

Fast Interview: When is interruption is helpful? Why can't most of us stay on task for more than three minutes? Is the best way to achieve flow to just unplug? Gloria Mark, Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, has some answers.READ»

• 10 Rules of Effective Brainstorming

leadership, smeadership; let's talk about getting stuff done!

i'm really starting to belive that what we call leadership training and development is really crap. most of it teaches WHAT leadershipis, not HOW to do it. tell me what you think about that statement.READ»