Recently there have been several prominent articles published that disparage brainstorming, making the claim that brainstorming is a failed corporate experiment … that it doesn’t work. Most recently and perhaps …
Recently I saw that a new digital billboard had been installed on my route home. I don’t like these billboards, though I am sure the advertisers love them. These billboards, …
What happens when you give industrial designers and engineers the supplies to make gingerbread houses and 7 ½ minutes to do so?
I’ve been gradually developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) for a number of years. For anyone not familiar with CTS, when it starts you often wake up with your thumb and …
Automobiles are arguably the iconic products of the 20th century. At this moment, if I had to pick, I would say that smartphones and portable computers will be the iconic …
Imagine that a car manufacturer has created a car that will drive itself during most routine driving situations; the driver only needs to control the car during unusual circumstances. They …
Our entire office recently attended a talk by author and speaker Dan Pink. The session was an interesting take on operant conditioning in the business world, taken from his bestselling …
The other afternoon it was quite warm out for the drive home, and once again my husband pointed out that I had my car’s airflow directed only onto the windshield …
The remote was somewhere in the hotel room, maybe buried in the sheets? What I really wanted was that blaring TV off. It was a sleek flat-screen model, with a …
This week the Department of Homeland Security is replacing the much-lampooned color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System with a new system, the National Terrorism Advisory System. When introducing the new system, …
