A Brilliant Idea - BMO Field’s Hawk

Posted on September 4, 2007 - Filed Under Cool Ideas | Leave a Comment

Check out this awesome idea to deal with the seagull problem at BMO Field. You can read the full article here.
As our local soccer team works out its growing pains, so too does its home stadium. The seagull-to-human ratio at BMO Field has been on a steady incline, and everyone from the [...]

The Six Principles of Sticky Ideas

Posted on August 20, 2007 - Filed Under Cool Ideas, Inspiration, On Ideation | 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 [...]

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 [...]

The Idea Drunks at EA Sports

Posted on August 7, 2007 - Filed Under Cool Ideas, On Ideation | 1 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 [...]