Listen to the podcast (about 7 minutes). Affinity Diagrams: Podcast 14 Aug 2014 Most of the time, the idea generation process is chaotic. We need to generate ideas for technologies, markets,… Read More
convergent thinking
Breakthrough
A breakthrough innovation is highly significant or dramatic invention or improvement in performance, achieved through consistent, focused, and synergistic efforts. For additional New Product Development and Innovation terms, please see the NPD… Read More
Useful Inventions
As a society, we love inventions. Americans are enamored with the idea that we can go into our garages and walk out with an electronic device, like Bill Hewlett and… Read More
Convergent Thinking
Convergent thinking is a technique generally performed late in the initial phase of idea generation to help funnel the high volume of ideas created through divergent thinking into a small group… Read More