by Doug Hall | Jun 15, 2021 | Eureka! Blog
Innovation is NOT OFTEN LOVED Innovation requires CHANGE Innovation activates organizational RESISTANCE Innovation often gets you LAUGHED AT Innovations FAIL A LOT SO WHY BOTHER? Because when it works it’s worth all the pain and suffering Last weekend Eureka! Ranch...
by Doug Hall | Jun 7, 2021 | Eureka! Blog
Walter Taylor of Bully Hill was a CRAZY INNOVATOR. The most entertaining of the 3 wineries. Walter created Bully Hill after he was fired from his family’s Taylor Wine Company in 1970. Everything changed in 1977 when Coca-Cola bought Taylor Wine. They sued Walter to...
by Doug Hall | May 28, 2021 | Eureka! Blog
Recently I took a journey through 50+ years of innovations that I’ve worked on. From this, I’ve come to the conclusion that to invent REALLY BIG IDEAS – you MUST separate idea generation from reality. When REALLY BIG IDEAS were created they were almost always...
by Doug Hall | May 18, 2021 | Eureka! Blog
David Epstein’s research got me thinking about how I’m approaching the creation of Brain Brew Custom WHISKeY and Franchising at age 62 versus when I founded Eureka! Ranch & AcuPOLL at ages 25 and 30. There are three things I am doing differently today: I am More...
by Corie Spialek | Aug 7, 2020 | Eureka! Blog
A big question we hear a lot is, “Is it possible to hold an innovation session when we are all working remotely and we can not be together in person?” And the answer is YES and it is possible for it to be very successful. Check out this amazing story from...
by Doug Hall | Jan 23, 2020 | Eureka! Blog, Innovation News
2020 has me thinking on how things have changed in the 34 years since I founded the Eureka! Ranch. In 1986 Consumer Products were the thought leaders of innovation and the focus was on creating line extensions, category segmentations and gurus. In 2020 the thought...
