Most of us will use the same tools we’ve always used and think the same way we’ve always thought unless we are deliberately trying to step out of the rut. This is because these methods we already know use the least computing power or brain power, even though they are often less accurate. This may [...]
[Continue reading…]Ideas That Changed the World
History is often told in terms of stories across time. This person did this and it caused this. This invention was created and it caused these results. In an of itself, the study of history can be considered a study of systems and interactions. Even more so when it is considered as a series of [...]
[Continue reading…]Book Review: Borrowing Brilliance by David Murray
Borrowing Brilliance is an ode to creativity, to ideas that can be made real, and to constructing something new out of other things. It is a deeply personal book, partially the story of business failure and success and partly a hymn of delight to the amazing abilities of the human mind. Read Borrowing Brilliance for [...]
[Continue reading…]Iterate, Recycle, and Evolve Your Way to Innovation
Innovation is rarely a single linear path. The first idea, carried through to execution, is still imperfect. You repeat yourself, going through the process of right and left brain thinking again and again. Every time you return to one of these steps, you do so with more insight and a greater sense of creative intuition. [...]
[Continue reading…]Staging as a Matter of Perspective
Staging your home for sale is a big deal nowadays. There are even multiple television shows, like Designed to Sell on Home & Garden Television, that focus on that concept alone. It’s Not Your Home Anymore A homeowner who has had difficulty selling his or her house is assisted by a realtor and a designer. The [...]
[Continue reading…]Compare the Solution to the Problem
You’ve borrowed an idea and extended and baked it into something new. Eureka! Maybe. Because just maybe it’s a BAD idea. And, yes, when it comes to ideas you’re planning to put into action, there are bad ideas. The fifth step in Murray’s innovation process is to judge your ideas. Ideas take time. They take [...]
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