Author: Chad McAllister

“[I]n the 21st century, we are being nudged forward—by our customers, our employers, our economy, and by the…

This week has brought many interesting product announcements that contain lessons for product developers, managers, and innovators.  Below…

Your company is working on an innovation that you think will attract more customers—but have you asked yourself,…

You wouldn’t think that cookstoves would be such a hard thing to design. After all, the concept of…

Recent travels have led me to consider the type of corporate environment—or culture—that would be most receptive to…

Let’s say you are walking along a crowded street during your lunch break in mid-Manhattan—or San Francisco or…

In this week’s example of product development and innovation training from the news we applaud a recent article…

What if the 1968 “Peter Principle” was right? Does it matter in this century? Laurence J. Peter’s “Principle”…

I was intrigued to see a Chicago Tribune’s Blue Sky Innovation column that has pulled together lessons I…

When we think of Nike, we think running.  We think swoosh. We think shoes. We think digital sports…

An article in The New York Times managed to pull together and reinforce lessons from two of our…

Everyone knows the story by now: 3M invented Post-It Notes because a chemical engineer was looking for a…

The excitement is building for the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show that takes place in Las Vegas January…

As 2013 came to a close, we looked at news items that seem to tie together the idea…

This week’s innovative product development was a delightful surprise: robots developed by Play-i that can teach 5-to-12 year-olds…

Innovators beware. There is news this week that bears attention concerning innovators and patents. The Fox Business Small…