Segment 1: Five Hats Method To Finding Hidden Ideas  Get out of the rut of how you look/evaluate/organize your ideas  Use the "Five Hats" approach Alphabetical Time Location Continuum Category Look for … Non-obvious patterns Strange combinations of ideas appearing next to each other Segment 2: Killer Question Of The Week "What are...

 Over at the Facebook Group site for the podcast, one listener asked for recommendations for a new listener since the back catalog is so long (+40 hours of content).  So, I looked up the entire list and ranked the top 5 (1 being the most downloaded) podcasts based on number of listeners.  Here they are: 1 – KI_20050925 Overcoming your idea critics2...

It’s move week!!!  Finally, after 17 months we have closed on our new house in San Jose and the furniture has arrived (two days ago).  Yes – we still own the house in Virginia.  It’s on the market and we are hoping it sells fast!! As a result, the studio equipment used to record the podcast is also being moved and with the family time...

A number of you have sent emails congratulating us on the wedding of our daughter.  Below are two pictures from the wedding.  My oldest daughter, Tara, married Oliver Roehl (pronounced ‘rail). The wedding was a ‘modern’ Scottish wedding with the groom and groomsmen in kilts.  Yes – I was in my clan (Mackinnon) kilt. Thanks for the...

I’ve uploaded a number of photo’s from my time in New Orleans as part of the relief effort. The survivors in New Orleans still need our help … please consider making a contribution to the relief effort [More Photo's on KI Community Site]