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See? My idea wasn’t so weird! Grace Performance Chemicals Collects Client’s Wacky Ideas A recent article in Fast Company tells the tale of a division of the W.R. Grace Company that instructed its sales reps to observe the unexpected (i.e., Weird) ways clients use their products. Grace took the data and filtered it using idea […]

Hey Santa… hint-hint Staake sketches in time for the holidays Just in case you still have an Idea Guy or Gal on your holiday shopping list, cartoonist Bob Staake is offering original doodle-sketches for only $25 each (shipping included.) Bob is a damn-fine illustrator with numerous book credits and quite the portfolio of clients. He’s […]

Still Looking for Wacky and Weird Ideas Submit your Unusually Creative ideas today! I know you’re all probably busy with end of year stuff and holiday gift shopping, but as you untangle those strings of lights for the third year in a row, why not put your brain to work on a weird way of […]

Got Weird Ideas? Submit them online! There is now an online submission form to make it even easier to submit your entries for the upcoming book “Unusually Creative: Weird Ideas From Weird People.” Just point your browser to UnusuallyCreative.com and fill out the simple entry form!

Unusually Creative Weird Ideas From Weird People In the spirit of Seth Godin’s “Google-Do” I invite you to submit the weirdest ideas you’ve ever come up with for inclusion in a soon-to-be published eBook titled “Unusually Creative — Weird Ideas From Weird People.” The Concept: During every brainstorming session (if you’re doing it right) you […]

Organize before they rise! From movies like George A. Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead, to the campy 80’s teen flick Night of the Comet, to the more recent Resident Evil and 28 Days Later — it seems we’re only one toxic leak, corrupt government agency, or evil corporate experiment away from turning most […]

Thanks, Chuck. This week’s Innovation Tools newsletter contained a review of a “new” book I bought several months ago, titled “Think Naked.” Unfortunately, like most recent additions to my library, the book by Marco Marsan seems to have been another victim of my accumulating “to be read pile” next to my couch… and next to […]