Do you Forecast like Punxsutawney Phil?
Have you seen the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day? You should, it is hilarious. Do you know the story of Punxsutawney Phil? Phil is a groundhog. According to the tale,
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Darin Eich is the author of Innovation Step-by-Step: How to Create & Develop Ideas for your Challenge and Root Down & Branch Out: Best Practices for Leadership Development Programs and has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Darin was also the president and co-founder of BrainReactions, InnovationTraining.org, and other startups. Darin gives speeches and can be hired to help your institution facilitate, create, and develop innovation programs, courses, retreats, and even conduct assessment or coach staff on developing leadership programs. Visit Innovation Training or our Facilitation, Design Thinking, and Innovation Courses to see for yourself - or email [email protected].
Use the Repeat Button Wisely in Life and Work
When I listen to music I love the repeat button. I especially love the “repeat 1†button. I love to hear the same song over and over again. It drives
Important “4Cs” insights from survey of 2,115 managers
The American Management Association (AMA) surveyed 2,115 managers about the most important skills needed in our organizations. It is not the 3Cs but now a different set of 4Cs: Critical thinking/problem
The morning coffee time challenge: How to turn problems into data and innovate solutions
An IBM executive gave advice to graduates. He said to develop the skill of figuring out how to do something with data. This can be finding it, gathering it, organizing
Technology Innovation Literacy
This sixth grader, Thomas Suarez, gave a TED Talk. For me that alone stands out. How many 6th graders do you see doing TED Talks? He develops IPhone apps. His
Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership Articles on Social Media
Be sure to connect with me on Facebook and Twitter where I share excellent innovation and creativity articles and videos. I'm always reading articles from great sources like FastCompany
Innovate Everywhere: How to Build a Better Fruit Fly Trap Using Innovation Skills
The Five Innovator’s DNA skills are observing, associating, questioning, experimenting, and networking. You can put these skills to use in everyday situations.
The problem. I had fruit flies one summer day.
How to find text or website themes in a split second with an innovative word frequency analysis tool
I discovered an amazing website called Textalyser that helps you to analyze the frequency of keywords. This is a great tool for starting to interpret qualitative data. I am working
How to Title your Article or Blog: 3 Simple Ways to Get More Views
We need titles for many things: ideas, concepts, images, tweets, social media and blog posts, articles, reports, and books. In an earlier blog post I shared some insights from my
Get to the Curious Point: How to Title Ideas, Messages, & Books
What can we learn from how best selling non-fiction books are titled to help us title our own ideas and messages so that people understand our ideas and want to
Incremental or Breakthrough Innovations: Go +1 or x2?
Would you rather go +1 or x2 in your ideas and innovations? How about life? How about at work? When innovating and doing things better we have choices. Do we
Scale your Idea Up and Out
The concept of scale is an important one for innovation and greater success. Just like the mighty oak tree began as a small acorn turned seedling, our success begins with
Innovating on the Wall: Activities for Reflection and Strategy
When you post your innovation activities on the wall and keep them there, you not only have more room to work and collaborate but you are visually reminded of what
Data: Generate, Analyze, Interpret, Visualize, Communicate and Innovate from it
The CTO of IBM recommends people develop the skill of turning data into knowledge. The New York Times featured an article about how new ways to mine or exploit raw
Speech on Developing and Communicating Innovative Ideas
I had been blogging about the process of creating a visual keynote speech. I recorded a final prototype version of a speech on "developing and communicating innovative ideas" from my