The Idea Drunks at ?What If!

Posted on September 11, 2007 - Filed Under Cool Ideas, Inspiration, Thought Starters | Leave a Comment

There is a company in the UK who’s sole purpose to educate people on how to have kick ass ideas and encourage innovation in companies. It’s called “?What If!” They are the people you hire when you want your senior management team to push the envelope and champion new ideas. Basically, [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Manifesto

Posted on August 5, 2007 - Filed Under Inspiration, ideaDRUNK's ideas | 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 [...]