If you like music, I’m sure these videos will be a big hit. I love the play on words, playing for change. Playing For Change | Song Around The World “Stand By Me” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo. Through the use of fairly simple technology, the producers were able to record and mix elements [...]

Have you ever heard the expression, “the ‘good’ is the enemy of the ‘best’”. There are plenty of good things that can be doing right now but I need ask myself is what I’m doing really the best thing? Is what you are doing bringing you closer to your goal or are you putting off [...]

Mind Maps are another one of my obsessions. You can’t always brainstorm in a group so Mind Mapping gets you ideas out of you head an on to paper so you can make some sense of it. Here is a link to a cool site for some innovation tools: InnovationTools.com The website author also has [...]

I have no desire to get into the garment business so I’m looking to license a design to a novelty clothing manufacturer (if you know one or want to get into that business I have a blockbuster idea; contact me if you can help or are interested). I followed the advice of Stephen Key of [...]

I saw that Mark was a follower of alpha inventions. It’s quite a unique site. This video was on the site. It seems weird at first but take a listen. Related Articles Thinking Outside the Box Fairly Legal – New Hit TV Show (my version) ZIPZ Shoes The World’s First True Interchangable Shoe Brainstorming Aquanotes: [...]

Many people think that only special “gifted people” in black turtle neck sweaters are capable of being creative. People who regard themselves as non-creative can probably remember back to when they were kids and how their parents would display their “works of art” on the kitchen refrigerator. Pablo Picasso said, “Every child is an artist. [...]

The 5 Whys The “5 Whys” is a simple yet powerful problem solving tool that helps get to the bottom of a problem. The 5 Whys quickly cuts through the clutter to get the root cause. This problem solving approach was developed by Sakuchi Toyoda, a Japanese inventor and industrialist. The 5 Why’s later became [...]

I took a few classes in marketing during my time in graduate school getting my MBA degree and I was always intrigued by the Four P’s of marketing. Product, Price, Promotion, and Placement. Placement is really distribution but the 3 P’s and a D doesn’t have the same ring as The Four Peas. The key [...]

If you are a Star Wars fan this is pretty cool. And kids, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! If you are interested in what creates the sparks, it’s called a Tesla coil. Tesla is one of my inventor heroes but that’s a post for a different day. A Tesla coil is a type of [...]