An Innovation Lesson from Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison famously said, “Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.” The same is true for innovation, because innovation is simply genius applied to the world’s problems.
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AI vs. Human: The Complexity of the Human Brain
We’re big science fiction fans here at PCDworks. Our founder and chief innovation officer Mike Rainone once made his son a replica of a phased plasma rifle from Terminator for Halloween. Despite being made out of wood...
A Man, a Tomato, and a Lesson About How to Sell Your Innovation
In September 1820, on the steps of the Old Salem County Courthouse, Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson decided to do something many believed insane. He was going to eat a tomato.
A Cognitive Psychology Technique for Better Innovation: Unlock Wisdom with the Nomological Network
I am first and foremost an epistemologist, which means I’m interested in the study of knowledge and the all-important question: “How do we know what we think we know?”
5 Manufacturing Questions to Ask NOW, Not Later
For an innovation to be considered successful, you must sell it, and to sell it, you must manufacture it.
