by Doug Hall | Mar 21, 2019 | Eureka! Blog, Innovation News
The last song of the Broadway musical Kinky Boots is a lesson to everyone “You change the world when you change your mind.” A mindset of curiosity discovers new ideas. A mindset of experimentation sparks fresh ideas. A mindset...
by Doug Hall | Mar 14, 2019 | Eureka! Blog, Innovation News
This past week I’ve been pushing myself to new levels of failure. I’m not talking polite “excuse me” failures I’m talking about down right UGH that didn’t work. In some cases they were public failures – messing up the cooking of a meal – making...
by Doug Hall | Oct 26, 2018 | Eureka! Blog, Innovation News
Following the financial crises of 2008, organizations pulled back from “thinking big” and embraced small, incremental ideas. The problem with this is these ideas still require investment of time, energy and money but with very little financial and emotional return....
by eurekaranchdev | Dec 13, 2016 | Eureka! Blog
In 1947, Ole Kirk Christiansen purchased a plastic injection-molding machine. Some questioned why he did so, because for the previous 17 years he had been a carpenter and made primarily wooden toys, including traditional stackable wooden blocks. By 1951, more...
by Greg Lemmon | Dec 1, 2016 | Eureka! Blog
One hobby I enjoy in my free time is brewing my own beer. The obvious benefit is a fridge consistently full of beer, but what really makes it fun is experimentation. When I first started home brewing I would get kits from the local brewery supply store and follow the...
by Lydia Carson | Nov 17, 2016 | Eureka! Blog
Who among us has not smiled at the “Netflix Event” story? The little upstart bringing a behemoth to its knees by defying the odds, reinventing the business model and disrupting an entire industry. As well as we know the story, these events are hard to see...