I am old enough to remember watching a black and white television as a kid. No, I am not talking about black and white movies on a color television, I am referring to a television with no color. When I grew up, color television was not groundbreaking, but it was still an upgrade from the […]
Greater Taters
Saturday afternoon. Approved list in hand, dad (me) is off to the grocery to get the family some food for the week. Fruit – check. Milk – check. Bread – check. Ooo – look at that! The product that will make dad the hero of dinner time to my wife and kids – Tater Tots […]
Orville Wright Did Not Have A Pilot’s License
I recently read Gordon MacKenzie’s Orbiting The Giant Hairball, an excellent book about cultivating personal creativity – particularly how to do so in the workplace. It is a brilliant book, chronicling the author’s experiences as an employee at Hallmark. The book is filled with doodles, sketches, stories, and anecdotes chronicling ways in which Gordon managed to […]
The Amazing Pizza Box Video?
Yes, I said "The Amazing Pizza Box Video." it is not a typo. Need proof that the opportunity to innovate is all around us? Check out this 45 second video from Eco Incorporated, a company who is "saving the environment one pizza box at a time." This is such an awesome concept for so many […]
Marketing or Litter?
If early tomorrow morning I drove past your home and threw a bag full of dirty paper in your driveway before you woke up, would that be alright? What if I did it twice next week? What if I did it twice every week… forever? At what point would my “free trial” of the bag […]