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In 2006, the US Marine Corps posed a problem that we thought was important. When moving cargo between warships and shore, their load and unload times were too long, putting the crews at risk. They wanted us to help fi...

One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned about innovation came from a group of college kids.

On July 14th, PCDworks co-founders Donna Rainone and Mike Rainone hosted the inaugural event to launch an organizational effort for a regional innovation partnership. More than 30 guests holding positions in higher ed...

You’ve identified a problem that needs to be solved, and you’ve brainstormed potential solutions, narrowing them down to one that seems promising.

What do NASA, a hydraulic fracturing company, and a steel fabricator have in common?

In the early 1900s, Thomas Edison and his researchers were trying to develop a new kind of battery. They had been working on the problem for more than five months when Edison’s long-time associate Walter S. Mallory ca...

There’s a big difference between a prototype and a product. To be considered successful, a prototype simply needs to work. A product, on the other hand, must make a profit, which means it must be optimized.

At PCDworks, we love to nerd out over how our brains work, for obvious reasons. Simply put, without the brain, there's no innovation. The deeper our understanding of our mental processes, the more efficiently we can h...

Working with clients on innovative prototypes often requires high-quality parts immediately accessible on location. That's why PCDworks just got a brand-new Essentium 3D printer, capable of rapid, large-scale producti...

Imagine your partner returns home soaking wet. Possible explanations might be that they jumped into the community pool in their clothes or ran a marathon in 90-degree heat drenching them in sweat. But the most plausib...

People work with other people, not businesses. So, if we don’t get along, working on an intensive innovation project will quickly turn into a raging dumpster fire and add misery to a task that’s already difficult. Thi...

Knowledge is looking at one sparkly, colorful pebble in the mosaic. Understanding is looking at the whole of the mosaic and seeing its wholeness as a mosaic. Wisdom is taking a step back to look at the big picture cre...