Texas Innovation Keynote Speaker Blog
Real-world strategies, trends and expert tips from Texas’s leading innovation keynote speaker to spark creativity and drive growth.
Does Your Company Have an Innovation Plan?
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 it?"...
Conceptual Thinking and Creative Note Taking
Anyone who has seen my office and the piles of hand-written notes on legal pads, in the backs of books, on scraps of paper and napkins, and on various Post-it notes stuck to the wall would probably label me a bit kooky. So, I'm glad to hear that a recent study at the...
Disruptive Innovation Creates Opportunity
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...
Necessity Really Is the Mother of Invention
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...
The Woman Inventor Who Hated Washing Dishes and Changed Kitchens Forever
You know that feeling when you stare at a sink full of dirty plates after a big meal. Most folks dread it. I sure do. Back in 1886 a remarkable woman inventor named Josephine Garis Cochran felt exactly the same way. She turned her frustration into one of the most...
Women Inventors – Tabitha Babbitt – The Inventor Who Revolutionized Woodworking
I've heard too many times that women inventors tend to invent "girlie" things. Sometimes that might be true, but not always. Take the case of the shy and quiet inventor Tabitha Babbitt, who invented the circular saw, which is certainly far from being a girlie...
The Woman Who Invented Barbie
Woman Invented Barbie Ruth Handler's story as a groundbreaking woman inventor and woman innovator has always fascinated me. Sure, most people know her as the genius behind the Barbie doll, but her life was packed with so much more ambition, grit, and real-world...
World Creativity and Innovation Week
Every year fifty countries around the world take one week to celebrate world creativity and innovation week. This takes place between April 15th through April 21st in communities and organizations who want to think differently. World creativity and innovation week...
Women Inventors Like Marjorie Joyner Changed History
March is Women’s History Month, which makes it the perfect time to talk about the women inventors and women innovators who helped shape the world, even when history didn’t always give them the credit they deserved. One of those women was Marjorie Joyner. She may not...
Why Your Corporation Should Hire a Creativity Keynote Speaker
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 truth is...
Christmas Innovations: The Holiday That Became a Masterclass in Creativity
Christmas is basically a living laboratory for innovation. Not every innovation is a gadget. Some of the most powerful innovations are ideas—repeatable, shareable concepts that spread because people love them. And Christmas is one of the greatest “idea systems” ever...
Charlotte Odlum Smith – Champion of Women Inventors
Charlotte Odlum Smith and the Fight for Women Inventors Most people have never heard of Charlotte Odlum Smith. That’s a shame, because her work helped shine a light on women inventors at a time when few people were paying attention to them at all. As a woman inventor,...
Do Creative People Need Big Egos to Succeed?
A recent study on creativity found something interesting: people who are highly creative may be more likely to score lower on humility and honesty. In other words, some creative people may be more likely to think highly of themselves, bend the rules a little, or feel...
What Robots Can Teach Us About Creativity in Kids
Kids have always been fascinated by robots. That part is no surprise. Robots are shiny, futuristic, and just plain cool. To a child, a robot can feel like something straight out of a movie — part machine, part helper, part imagination come to life. But here’s the part...
Market Your Products Globally
When I first started my business I never thought about selling internationally. It was overwhelming enough just selling my product in my own neighborhood. But now 90% of my business is international. The Internet has made international business more accessible for a...