Recently, I had a chance to participate in a new learning format, a MOOC at University of Cincinnati. MOOC stands for Massively Open Online Course, where anyone can sign up and take virtual free instruction on a topic. At UC, they offered an Innovation MOOC this past...
When I was a child in school, we looked forward to the snow day, the day of freedom from responsibility and the unexpected joy of spontaneous play. While I don’t want to sound like the Grinch, I wonder if the Snow Day is outdated and if even the institution of...
Seeing is believing. That is why a picture is worth a thousand words and a prototype is worth a thousand pictures. There are times you just cannot visualize what you might need until you see it. I often hear the complaint about how consumers don’t know what...
Recent research suggests the long “go to innovation tool” of brainstorming doesn’t work*. How can that be? I remember the brainstorming sessions of the 80’s. Friday afternoon a bunch of us might go into a conference room and start...
“Just get on with it!” People are impatient when it comes to innovation. They want to get doing right away and they want to know right now that they have a great idea. Both of these orientations can hinder the very outcome that they seek. Before jumping...
