Category Archives: Fun
by Us on June 4th, 2013
Latest Kindling out now
Spring has sprung, and with it, fresh thinking. If it’s not sunny where you are, or if you’re feeling sluggish, dip into Kindling now. Kindling is a bit of brain fuel for you, from KILN. The latest issue is here. ...More >
by Kate Hammer on June 3rd, 2013
Mashup Thinking: An article & a TEDx talk from KILN
Mashup thinking is a way of getting to breakthrough ideas by marrying your business challenge to something going on in another field. Do the mash Doing mashups using CPS means drawing on other fields to frame a question that will ...More >
by Us on May 4th, 2013
Announcing IdeaKeg Single – Prize draw open until 9 May
We’re delighted to announce IdeaKeg Single. It’s a unique tool for idea generation and strategy sessions that gets your people quickly thinking “out of the box”. Available to in-company team leaders and the external facilitators they trust. To celebrate the ...More >
by Us on March 13th, 2013
New KINDLING here
To help winter brains thaw and southern hemisphere summer minds buckle down, KILN has just emailed our readers the latest edition of Kindling. You can read it here. And to receive Kindling direct to your e-inbox, please sign up here.
by Us on December 17th, 2012
Festive wishes from all of us at KILN
As 2012 draws to a close, we’ve made a tiny prezi to wish you a joyous holiday – with all the ingredients for a happy, and innovative, new year. Please play it here. Please use a flash-enabled device to play ...More >
by Kate Hammer on August 24th, 2012
Looking back at the 2012 Intersection Event
KILN sponsored the Inaugural Intersection Event at Pixar HQ back in January, 2012. To rev up interest in the 2013 event (which is by-invitation, only), the Intersection team have prepared this video. We’re delighted to see KILN’s Chief Solver Gregg ...More >
by kilnadmin on May 4th, 2012
Baseball, brains & brands: cool topics for a hot summer’s day
Kate’s heading to the Windy City for IIR’s Shoppers Insights The Institute for International Research has invited KILN’s chief storyteller Kate Hammer to deliver a keynote at the forthcoming Shoppers Insights conference in Chicago in July 2012. The day opens ...More >
by Gregg Fraley on May 2nd, 2012
United States of Innovation: Going Gonzeaux Tour May 2012
I’ve decided to take the battle of Doing Innovation to the streets. Literally. Okay, it’s not a battle, it’s a conversation, but it’s definitely a road trip, and definitely about the Doing. I’m heading down to Orlando, FL to attend ...More >
by Us on January 19th, 2012
Collaborative Consumption: A 3-minute movie
KILN’s Chief Storyteller just produced a short movie for the RSA/Nominet Trust Film Competition. The movie animates an RSA talk given by social innovator Rachel Botsman, co-author with Roo Rogers of the popular book, What’s Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative ...More >
by Gregg Fraley on July 20th, 2011
ACTFP + 4P’s = Holistic Innovation
A holistic approach to innovation is often missing in organizations that can’t create break-through new offerings, or innovate consistently. I’ve rapped about “holistic innovation” before, it’s one of my keynote talks. When audiences ask what I mean, I explain the ...More >