There are ideas everywhere. You can absolutely come up with plenty of ideas by simply staying on the well-traveled neatly paved main roads. But… If you want to come up with the really creative ideas the few others have ever imagined, you’re going to have to do a little off-road innovation. Off-Road Innovation is finding […]
When you come up with an idea it can be tough to know if you’re on the right track for success, or if it’s just another idea that you like simply because you came up with it. Here are a few ways to know if you’re on the right track with the idea you have […]
Not every idea is going to take flight. Some ideas will be complete turkeys. Some indicators that your idea is a total turkey… No one you tell about your concept gets excited about it. This is by no means a foolproof signal to abandon an idea, but it’s an early indicator that it might need […]
You can’t stop thoughts from bubbling to the surface of your mind (and why would you?). Thought Bubble are your greatest source of potentially successful ideas and projects. When a thought bubbles to the top of your brain, it’s typically been percolating below the surface and finally evolved into a worthy concept that is ready […]
Many people live their lives trying to find success by predicting what waits unseen just around the bend. A big problem with that strategy is that you can’t see around corners, and in attempting to do so you’ll strain your eyes, give yourself major migraine headaches, and you will completely miss all the opportunities right […]
I’ve witnessed many pitches and proposal where a salesperson is trying to get a prospect to buy into an idea or concept in order to close a deal and reach their sales goal. I have witnessed far fewer of those pitches and proposals where the salesperson is presenting an idea or concept that will significantly […]
I’ve written multiple articles about how company policies favor the company that wrote them and not-so-much for their customer, but official corporate policies don’t just hobble the ability for a company to earn customer loyalty externally — they are also handcuffing creativity internally. Is your company policy handcuffing creativity and punishing people who are pushing […]