Whether it's a global pandemic or just cutting cost on travel, there are times when you need to work with your team to generate new ideas and possibilities while remote. Join us on March 24 at 12:00pm EST for this one hour webinar on how to use the SIT Method with a virtual team. Your hosts, Drew Boyd and Darla Wilkinson, will share practical tips and techniques on how to make a virtual ideation session a success. Specifically, participants will learn: How to apply the Closed World Principle and Principle of Constraints to their innovation challenge. How to select which of the five SIT tec ..read more

by Max Maccarone Innovation is an inescapable fact of being in business in today’s market. Advancements and developments in technology mean that nearly every industry has been impacted by a variety of innovations within their specific field. If the technology is moving so rapidly, how can you bring your employees up to speed, maximize their innovative potential, and the innovative potential of your organization? That journey begins in the training room. In findcourses.com’s 2019 L&D report, conversations with practicing L&D professionals revealed that an innovative training strategy ..read more

If you’re remotely familiar with “mom life” you know that unpredictable needs arise at a moment’s notice. BuzzFeed recently highlightedthese daily realities by capturing the amazingly creative solutions that moms bring to the table.  Do you become the human popcorn dispenser when attending the movies with your children? Take your cue from one mom and grab an unused diaper from your bag. You have an instant popcorn cup! Are you concerned about your kids creeping out of bed to get a sneak peek at Santa? One mom fenced them in with her handy electrical tape. Not only are these solutions both c ..read more

When it comes to pricing a product, one principle rises above the rest.  A price is inextricably linked to the value a customer places on that product. If a customer thinks a product is worth the price you’ve set, they will purchase it. And the more they value the product, the higher the price you can set. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal illustrates this dynamic in crystal clear form. A survey of current trends in the diaper industry show that parents are willing to pay a premium price for diapers when a particular diaper brand helps them care better for their baby. As the artic ..read more

Under Armour via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Wouldn’t your regular workout be that much better if recovery time was reduced to a minimum? Under Armour thinks so and has just filed a patent detailing two versions of a sneaker in development. The sneakers are aimed to reduce recovery time by monitoring an athlete’s blood pressure via their running shoe. One version of the shoe demonstrates the Attribute Dependency Technique and the other version also incorporates Task Unification. These are two of the five methods that make up Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT). Attribute Dependency ..read more

SOSA, the leading global innovation platform that connects international organizations to innovative technology, has entered into a strategic partnership with Elron, a top Israeli early stage investment firm specializing in cyber. SOSA recently partnered with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to help launch NYC’s first-ever Cyber Center, dedicated to transforming the city into a global leader of cyber security innovation and talent. SOSA’s access to the NYC system of enterprises and investors, coupled with Elron’s strong technological, business and industry expertise and nine ..read more

I had the privilege of recently being interviewed by Alex Hannaford, a BBC journalist for an article that ran last week. In his article, “How hindsight bias skews your judgement”, Alex discusses the dynamic of hindsight bias and its impact on decision making. Hindsight bias, also known as the “knew it all along” effect, is the inclination to see events that have already occurred as being more predictable than they were before they took place. Hannaford reached out for my input after reading my material on the topic. And I was able to provide tips for avoiding hindsight bias. You can read the ..read more

Professors change the world, once student at a time. I’m regularly asked about my transition to academia. The first question I ask the professional considering the switch is whether he or she has the commitment and the courage to do it.   It is a distinct privilege to hold a faculty position, no matter what institution you land in. As a professor, you have the chance to make a difference in the lives of others–students, faculty colleagues, the department, the university, and the surrounding community. As a professor, all these groups expect you to be a catalyst of change.   In my new book ..read more

Many of you enjoy the benefit of sharpening your skills through LinkedIn Learning courses. To date, LinkedIn offers access to their entire course library via subscription. I am excited to announce that starting this Wednesday, March 27, LinkedIn will begin testing an “a-la-carte” model that will let learners like you purchase individual courses as an addition to the subscription model. I’m also glad to share that a number of my courses are included in this testing period. If you are a motivated learner with one-time learning needs, or if you aren’t familiar enough with LinkedIn Learning to co ..read more