by Julie Austin | Sep 8, 2015 | Innovation
Invention ideas can come from all kinds of places. Sometimes they come from necessity. Sometimes they come from frustration. And sometimes they come from pure accident. Sometimes they come from trying to solve a completely different problem. That’s one of the things I...
by Julie Austin | Dec 9, 2014 | Innovation, Uncategorized
The story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley has withstood the test of time since 1843. The classic novella written by Charles Dickens, cuts to the heart of even the most jaded, and brings a ray of hope that the Christmas...
by Julie Austin | Jun 29, 2014 | Innovation
The innovation industry, like any other industry, is full of buzz words. People like to latch on to the latest academic sounding terms and have lengthy discussions about them. This all sounds impressive, but the bottom line is “what is your company doing about...
by Julie Austin | Apr 8, 2014 | Innovation, Uncategorized
Disruptive innovation is innovation that disrupts an existing market and creates a new one. All industries are subject to change. And people will hang on to the status quo as long as possible. Society in general often feels threatened by the disruption of the status...
by Julie Austin | Apr 5, 2014 | Innovation
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention You hear people say necessity is the mother of invention all the time. Yet today fewer than fifteen percent of patent holders worldwide are women. Fewer than four percent are sole patent holders like myself. That gap shows how much...
by Julie Austin | Jan 1, 2014 | Creativity, Innovation, Uncategorized
Today’s markets are so saturated that the only way to differentiate yourself from the crowd is through constant and consistent creativity and innovation. According to a recent Fortune Magazine poll, most CEOs say that innovation is their #1 priority. But the...
