Christian’s Top 8 Inspirational Quotes

Posted on August 29, 2007 - Filed Under Inspiration | Leave a Comment

I find that often the best way to draw inspiration into your life is to listen to the sage advice of others who have succeeded brilliantly in doing so. I’m not there yet, but here are some choice words of some who are. Enjoy your brain food:
1. Mark Twain
Twenty years from now […]

The Importance of Stupid Ideas

Posted on August 28, 2007 - Filed Under On Ideation, Brainstorming Techniques | Leave a Comment

Stupid ideas are stupid. Right? Wrong. Granted, there are always instances where you look back and regret acting on a silly whim or drunken idea. But that’s the point. “Stupid” ideas are not at fault. It is acting on them that is.
Stupid ideas are fantastic because of their ability to lead us on […]

Eight Rules to Brilliant Brainstorming

Posted on August 22, 2007 - Filed Under Brainstorming Techniques | Leave a Comment

Source: BusinessWeek
1. USE BRAINSTORMING TO COMBINE AND EXTEND IDEAS, NOT JUST HARVEST THEM
Andrew Hargadon’s How Breakthroughs Happen shows that creativity occurs when people find ways to build on existing ideas. The power of group brainstorming comes from creating a safe place where people with different ideas can share, blend, and expand […]

The Six Principles of Sticky Ideas

Posted on August 20, 2007 - Filed Under On Ideation, Cool Ideas, Inspiration | Leave a Comment

You can learn how to create sticky ideas. That’s the premise of a new book by a Stanford biz school prof called Made to Stick. In 1999, an Israeli research team analyzed 200 award-winning advertisements and some 200 others (from the same sources and for similar products) that sucked.
The study found […]

Christian’s Top 5: Ideas of the Moment

Posted on August 15, 2007 - Filed Under ideaDRUNK's ideas | Leave a Comment

1. Canadian Tire Money Tree

Canadian Tire has a rewards MasterCard where you can earn Canadian Tire money whenever you use it shopping. The problem is that nobody knows that you can earn money when you use the card outside of a Canadian Tire.
My solution? Canadian Tire Money trees placed in shopping malls across Canada. These […]

Turn Your Green Idea Into Cash

Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Cool Ideas | Leave a Comment

Source: Business Week Magazine

If you have an idea for an innovative, executable consumer product or service that can “contribute to an eco-friendly lifestyle” then get ready to jot it down, draft blueprints, and fill out the submission form: Your idea could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Picnic Green Challenge, is an eco-contest organized […]

Get Out of Your Cube!

Posted on August 9, 2007 - Filed Under Inspiration | Leave a Comment

The stark reality is that you can’t sit down at a desk and think of the perfect solution to a problem, a new innovation or a great idea. Some of our best ideas come at the most random times in the day. When you’re in the shower. When you’re on the subway. When you’re watching […]

Ode to a Notebook

Posted on August 8, 2007 - Filed Under On Ideation | 2 Comments

So we all have good ideas at different times in the day. Some people are toilet thinkers. Their ideas just come to them while they are on the can. Some people are pub thinkers. Some people come up with their best ideas when they are asleep.
The point is that we must be equipped to capture […]

The Idea Drunks at EA Sports

Posted on August 7, 2007 - Filed Under On Ideation, Cool Ideas | Leave a Comment

I was reading this article in the Georgia Straight about how the peeps over at EA sports generate ideas and push new projects. Now coming up with new kick-ass ideas is a process that takes a lot of investment, both temporally and fiscally.

One of EA’s keys to generating awesome new ideas is fostering a creative […]

Manifesto

Posted on August 5, 2007 - Filed Under ideaDRUNK's ideas, Inspiration | 1 Comment

What is an Idea Drunk? It’s someone who loves ideas. Who loves to think. Who is constantly spewing thoughts with the minimal usage of a brain-to-mouth filter. It’s a person who celebrates ideas … how we get them, what they inspire us to do, how they impact our lives.
My name is Christian and I […]