Ok, i fully admit that this is a totally cheating post: I originally posted this over at The Healthcare IT Guya few weeks ago. However with CardinalHealth’s recent problems with the FDA over one of thier infusion pumps, I think it’s important to reiterate my post. Why? Because the FDA acted on CardinalHealth not because [...]

Craig Vogel was one of my professors, and his Creating Breakthrough Products is a must read for anyone serious about design and innovation. So it pains me to say that the follow up, The Design of Things to Come, is absolutely god awful. From the promotional ego-stroking puff pieces that are passed off [...]

Back in grad school I was one of Richard Florida’s students as he was discovering the connections and correlations between various metrics of diversity and economic productivity. His conclusion was diversity and social tolerance has a consistent measurable and predictable positive economic effect. In other words, diversity pays.
He goes on to point out how [...]

I do a lot of work with scenarios as tools to help drive innovative thinking. I don’t use them to forecast the future—forecasting is impossible. I do use them to explore many plausible futures, none of which actually come true, but some unforeseeable amalgam usually does.
I start with STEP factors (social, [...]

Now its clear why technology is so infuriating–its evvl!!

I’m starting up a new section called NibTV. NibTV is just a silly name for the place where I’ll publish videos I’ve found that provide some insight on business, design, innovation or that are just plain old inspirational.

My first video is from Richard Feynman called The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. Please watch [...]

I’ve been ploughing through a small hill of books recently, and its time to start posting the reviews. Unfortunately the quality ranges from not-so-great to absolutely horrible. This is unfortunate because i hate wasting my time, and because all of these authors have written other books I’ve found to be extremely good.

Hard [...]

We recently returned from a road trip around Vancouver island and the BC interior. The first night we camped on a little island off the big island. This had been only the 4th time we’ve used our Sierra Designs tent, and the first time in over 3 years.
Sierra Designs makes great [...]

Here’s a follow up on my post about the annoying puddle receptical every mug has that fills with water and spills on the floor when you remove it from the dishwasher.
I got some really good answers from some bright people about why cup have that indent.
Recent I came across this picture from the 2007 Ikea [...]

It has been just under two months since I left my comfy corporate career to return to Vancouver and start up my own innovation focused design firm. I’ve taken some of this time to travel around visiting family and friends. I’ve also taken some of this time to begin building a modest little [...]