ThinkCubologist
ThinkCubologist |
Member Since Oct-09 2007 |
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| Last Active over 15 years ago | |
| 3 Brainstorms | |
| 40 Ideas (Public + Private) | |
| Name: | Kes Sampanthar |
| Location: | Boston, MA |
| Education: | Bsc in Computer Science with post graduate work in Artificial Intelligence |
| Employment: | Founder and Director of Innovation MetaMemes www.metamemes.com |
| Interests: | My areas of interest/expertise are: innovation, internet architecture, software architecture, methodology, game design, artificial intelligence and artificial life, archeology, anthropology, cognitive science, history and all things scientific. |
| Achievements: | - Inventor of ThinkCube - New Innovation System (www.metamemes.com) - Inventor of MetaMemes - innovation board game - Serial Entrepreneur - founded/co-founded 3 companies |
| Expertise: | Expert in Innovation, Internet Architecture, Software Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science |
| About Me: | My name is Kes Sampanthar. I am an entrepreneur, inventor, computer scientist and manager. My areas of interest/expertise are: innovation, internet architecture, software architecture, methodology, game design, artificial intelligence and artificial life, archeology, anthropology, cognitive science, history and all things scientific. I am the inventor of a new innovation tool called ThinkCube – it’s part game, part methodology and full inspiration. Check out my website for more information about ThinkCube – www.metamemes.com and also my blog at http://metamemes.typepad.com/beyond_brainstorming |
12 ideas
How can you make Innovation into the next big microtrend?
created almost 16 years ago, last activity almost 4 years ago185 ideas
Innovation Competition: How can you promote / market a new innovative product
created almost 16 years ago, last activity almost 4 years ago13 ideas
How could you use this online brainstorming to solve real business problems?
created almost 16 years ago, last activity almost 4 years ago
Ability to gather feedback and collaborate with others. Ideas should not be created in a vacuum. Prototype, prototype prototype & get constant feedback from potential users [over 15 years ago]
Flexible innovation process to help guide the inventor [over 15 years ago]
Mind Mapping - a technique for mapping out ideas, thoughts (note taking etc.) from Tony Buzan [over 15 years ago]
Six Thinking Hats - from Edward De Bono -- WHITE HAT – Data and Information
RED HAT– Feelings, Intuition
BLACK HAT– Caution, Negatives
YELLOW HAT – Optimistic
GREEN HAT – Growth, New Ideas
BLUE HAT – Big Picture, Overview
[over 15 years ago]
Lateral Thinking -- the inventor of the term - Edward De Bono [over 15 years ago]
Knowbrainer -- an accelerated creative thinking process from Gerald Haman [over 15 years ago]
Whack on the side of head - creative techniques from Roger Von Oech (he also has a card deck called the WhackPack) [over 15 years ago]
Combinatory Play - first mentioned in a letter by Einstein -- but Poincare, Hadamard and Koestler have all mentioned this technique for combining ideas to form new ideas (also mentioned by Andrew Hargadon) [over 15 years ago]
SCAMPER - Initial questions came from Alex Osborn (Creative Pioneer) – combined into mnemonic by Bob Eberle
SUBSTITUE – What component can I substitute for something else?
COMBINE – What can I combine this with to form something new?
ADAPT – What can adapt or copy from another method?
MODIFY / MAGNIFY – What can I modify, magnify about this?
PUT TO OTHER USES – What other uses can I put this to?
ELIMINATE – What can eliminate from this?
REARANGE – What if I rearranged the components [over 15 years ago]
ThinkCubation - process to improve innovation projects - Kes Sampanthar (yes that's me!) [over 15 years ago]