I recently had a request from a loyal reader about my attempt to make a custom closet. So here it is…
I’ve been slowly working on renovating my condo. One of the big issues for the reno is maximizing storage space, because there ain’t much of it. So I invited 5 closet builders […]

These ideas are still fresh (which is another way of saying that they are unfinished), so take with a grain of salt.
Apparently there’s gold rush over there in India and China. They want stuff, lots of stuff, and we only just have to sell it to them. Well not so fast there Tex. […]

This is a sort of follow up to something I posted last year how the future of design will be in designers giving up our fussy and precious obsession with control. It seems I’m no longer alone:
Consumers are beginning in a very real sense to own our brands and participate in their creation… We […]

I have for a long time believed in the integrated new product development (iNPD) model Jonathan Cagan and Craig Vogel present in “Creating Breakthrough Products.” This model shatters traditional functional silos in favour of a balanced integration between the design, engineering and marketing disciplines. This integration results in products of higher value, and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Part 1: Definitions (10/23)
Part 2: iNPD model (11/06)
Part 3: Innovation Matrix - Categories of Innovation (11/24)
Part 4: Innovation Matrix - Areas of Innovation
Part 5: Innovation Matrix - Overall
Part 6: Process
I see 9 distinct areas companies can innovate in. These 9 areas organize into 2 broad groups I call Customer Experience and Organization Capacity (please […]

Part 1: Definitions (10/23)
Part 2: iNPD model (11/06)
Part 3: Innovation Matrix - Categories of Innovation
Part 4: Innovation Matrix - Areas of Innovation (01/05)
Part 5: Innovation Matrix - Overall
Part 6: Process
Not all innovations are created equal. And likewise not all innovations should be treated equally. So in order to succeed different kinds of innovations […]

This is the first part of what I think will be a 5 part series to build a crude theory of innovation. Ironically, there is nothing terribly novel about any of the individual ideas in I’m presenting here—and perhaps I’m even misusing the word innovation. I do hope however that my integration of […]