Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
Coming June 1, 2008 I just heard from the lawyers this morning, and they gave me the green light to tell everyone about our newest product – “Personality Poker (TM).” We applied for both a
In audio, there is the concept of the “signal to noise” ratio. This is the ratio of a signal (what you want – such as the music) to the noise (what you don’t want –
I was quoted in today’s online edition of Forbes. Read the article, How to Unlock Your Company’s Creativity Also be sure to click on “In Pictures: Six Tips For Fostering Innovation At Your Company” I
When my computer is not working, life is miserable. Unfortunately, over the past few months, my computer has crashed nearly every day. To make matters worse, the expert technicians could not recreate my problems, so
“Build it and they will come.” We hear that mantra a lot. But with innovation, it is often more like, “Solve a pain and they will come.” The ultimate success of the automated teller machine
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsK1c9ZBpuw[/youtube] “21: The Movie” is in theaters today in the United States. Last week I wrote a blog entry on what innovators could learn from blackjack card counters. Today, to celebrate the formal release of
What if you could train a fish like you train a dog? What if you could create a Pavlov’s fish? And why would you want to? According to an Associated Press article, “The idea is
Which will help your business be more successful: statistics or probability? Underwriters at insurance companies use statistics to assess future risks. This is based on years of collected data. Probability is what card counters in
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The Little Prince, once said, “Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away.” This is
Want your organization to be more creative? Maybe you should “hire” college students. Or at least that is what some companies are doing. Yesterday’s Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) described a cabinet maker who is
HP recently announced that they are consolidating their innovation efforts and will focus on fewer projects. According to an Associate Press article, HP is “reassigning its worldwide research team of about 600 employees to focus
Yesterday I had lunch with Scott Westover, a pilot, a business executive and an aspiring speaker. He shared with me some thoughts on how what he learned from aerobatic flying could be applied to
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