by Julie Austin | Aug 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
On a recent speaking trip to Detroit I took a detour and spent the day at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. If you’re ever near the area of Dearborn, Michigan near Detroit, it’s absolutely worth the trip. It’s especially interesting to me...
by Julie Austin | Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
As an innovation keynote speaker and inventor I often talk about the “aha moment”. This is when it seems as though an idea just comes to you from out of the blue. But there are other ways inventions happen when you’re not looking for them. Many...
by Julie Austin | Jul 1, 2019 | Innovation, Uncategorized
The inspiration for innovation can come from many places. One of the best places to look is in nature. Nature has been solving its own problems for millions of years and has had plenty of time to work out the bugs and become sustainable. Biomimicry is a science...
by Julie Austin | Apr 28, 2019 | Innovation, Inventing, Uncategorized
Where would we be without inventors? Practically everything we touch in the course of a day is thanks to an inventor who saw an opportunity most people overlooked. Inventors are problem solvers who are never satisfied with the status quo and believe there is always a...
by Julie Austin | Mar 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
As an inventor and patent holder, some of my strongest intellectual property has been my trademarks and copyrights. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office: A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes...
