Economic Development and the “Home Run” Complex Amazon has finally made a decision about it’s new HQ. I have to say I’m a bit awestruck at how much time and energy was wasted by so many c...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2018/11/20/economic-development-teams-need-innovation-training/
A short post to make an observation. Say what you will about the GOP debate last night — and there is much to say — there was no attention paid to manufacturing. Search the transcript, you’...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2015/08/07/gop-debate-no-mention-of-manufacturing/
Let’s put politics aside for a moment and pretend the minimum wage is not a party-centric issue. Let’s look at it from a pragmatic perspective if possible. Raising the minimum wage in Silicon...
So, I’m talking to five beaming young people after TEDxStormont last Thursday. They’re all 20 something, glowing with energy, smiling like mad, and we’re blue streak style sharing ideas, th...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2013/04/01/tedxstormont-creativity-and-community-collide-in-belfast/
I’m in Cincinnati visiting for Christmas and coincidentally have been invited to the First Annual Cincinnati Comedians Homecoming Show. I’ll be going to Funny Bone Newport, KY tonight and hop...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/12/26/dying-is-easy-starting-creative-projects-is-hard/
Guerilla Innovation Chapter 10 In the previous post/chapter of Guerilla Innovation we talked about “amping ideas.” I reviewed two tools for doing so. They’re good tools. And…there’s mo...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/10/10/creative-resilience-working-with-the-clay-of-opportunity/
Guerilla Innovation Chapter Nine You have to amp those ideas before you start marketing and selling. If you are in before-start-up mode, even more reason to AMP like mad. The refined or amped up ...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/10/02/amping-ideas-two-ez-innovation-tools/
When In Doubt, Do The Mash Not so many people remember his name anymore — Philo Farnsworth. The very short bio of Philo Farnsworth is that he created the first working all-electronic television...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/08/08/do-the-mash-for-breakthrough-ideas/
Guerilla Innovation Chapter Six Ideas Aren’t Innovation Ideas are not Innovation — and it’s interesting how often “idea people” think that having a good idea is enough. Ideas need devel...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/07/26/ideas-arent-innovation-2/
Guerilla Innovation Chapter Five Notebooking is Innovation Viagra What do Leonardo DaVinci, Thomas Edison, Jack Kerouac, Beatrix Potter, Madame Curie, and Twyla Tharp all have in common? They all...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/07/24/notebooking-is-innovation-viagra/