Generating more ideas is NOT the key to innovation. So what is? Most people believe that Creative Problem-Solving is coming up with a great idea. Not so. In fact, the key to creativity and innovation is solving the right problem. We have been taught that the initial...
Roger Firestien On September 19 at the Museum of Science in Buffalo, NY. I officially launched my latest book, Create in a Flash: A leader’s recipe for breakthrough innovation. Over 200 people attended the event. I gave a talk in the auditorium and then we had a...
I travel on airplanes a lot. You know the airplane routine. You settle into your seat. The plane takes off and the person next to you strikes up a conversation. For me it goes like this. Passenger in seat 4A: “So, what do you do?” Me in 4c: “I’m a creativity...
Would you be willing to spend $1.50 to save $200,000 a month? Have I got a deal for you. Read on. A ring gear is not a glamorous product. You could go through your entire life not knowing what a ring gear is. But you wouldn’t get very far. A ring gear changes the...
Some of my best ideas come to me when I am driving a tractor on SK Herefords ranch near Medina, New York. The ranch is owned by my friend Phil Keppler and his partner David Schubel. SK Herefords grazes 400 head of cattle on 800 acres of land, and it’s where I go when...
Want to sell your new idea? Give your customers a taste first. Lighting designer Philip Colarusso, owner of Luminated Landscapes, lights houses and landscapes. Phil has turned night landscapes into works of art throughout Western New York since 1989. He lit my friends...
