This the sixteenth of a series of weekly posts where I will answer a few common questions about innovation. Please feel free to add your own response. Also, if you have any questions you think we should discuss, let me know. “The better decision maker has at his/her disposal repertoires of possible actions; checklists of [...]
Where do you keep your ideas?
Posted on April 17, 2012 // 4 Comments
In yesterday’s post I shared my process of how I come up with my best ideas. Today, continuing our series of posts in support of the World Creativity and Innovation Week, the next question has to do with storage. If you’re like me, and is in brainstorm mode all the time, you have tools to [...]
How to turn Evernote into an Insight Bank
Posted on February 22, 2012 // 3 Comments
We need tools to manage our thoughts, data, information and knowledge to be able to find insights. A bit of structure and system could benefit you when seeking new ideas – and keeping track of them! Having a Brain Bank is very useful. I have one on my Evernote. But ideas are a dime a dozen. [...]
Moleskine + Evernote: Idea capture heaven
Posted on May 20, 2010 // 8 Comments
Do you know how we get ideas when we’re not thinking about problems? I don’t know about you but I’ve never gotten good ideas in the middle of a brainstorm, I’ve gotten them after the brainstorm when I’m not even thinking about problems. I’m a big believer in understanding how one thinks to [...]
A lesson in co-creation
Posted on April 6, 2010 // Leave a Comment
Felt like writing this post because I think it’s pretty awesome. I use Evernote religiously so I was ecstatic to hear that CEO Phil Libin was going to be answering people’s questions on the EN blog today. Why do this? To improve the product of course. Evernote has some pretty passionate fans (including me!) [...]
Weekend innovation tip: Use the Phoenix checklist to develop an original solution
Posted on November 14, 2009 // 5 Comments
Keeping a checklist of questions close to you (Moleskine notebook, Evernote) comes in very handy when you need some creative firepower. When presented with a challenge, knowing what to ask is the difference between doing more of the same and doing something extraordinary. The Phoenix Checklist of questions was developed by the CIA to encourage [...]
