Richard Feynman Rule of Thumb

Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are.

The Creativity SCAMPER Tool ...

To create a new product, apply SCAMPER to an old one ...

• Substitute
• Combine
• Adapt
• Modify, minimize, magnify
• Put to another use
• Eliminate, elaborate
• Rearrange, reverse

[Thank you, Bob Eberle]

Innovation Tip ...

Innovation has a revolutionary reputation but an evolutionary reality. 

But note: Incremental change is not the same as incremental improvement. 

Action Tip ...

Keep moving forward!

[Thank you, Walt Disney]

William O. Douglas Rule of Thumb

The great and invigorating influences in life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.

Jim Jindrick Rule of Thumb

If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog!

Arthur C. Clarke Rule of Thumb

New ideas pass through three periods: (1) It can't be done. (2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. (3) I knew it was a good idea all along.

Roger von Oech Rule of Thumb

Every rule of thumb can be broken except this one.

Richard Bach Rule of Thumb

Argue for your limitations and sure enough ... they're yours!

Peter F. Drucker Rule of Thumb

The right answer to the wrong problem is very difficult to fix.

Matthew Crawford Rule of Thumb

Creativity is a by-product of mastery of the sort that is cultivated through long practice.

Paul McCartney Rule of Thumb

The process of songwriting is a mystery ... you start with a black hole and if you’re lucky, a couple hours later there’ll be a song waiting there ... that mystery, that magic is still the same for me.

Google Rule of Thumb

If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission!

Rube Goldberg Rule of Thumb

People will always find a complicated means to perform a simple task.

Peter Blake Rule of Thumb

New technology is common, new thinking is rare.

Cory Doctorow Rule of Thumb

All creative endeavor begins with just fooling around, not doing much of anything, just noodling and letting the different parts of your mind talk to each other ... science and art and invention spring forth when we do the unexpected and so coax our brains into letting some imaginative combinations of ideas and concepts jangle together.

David Ogilvy Rule of Thumb

It is useless to be a creative, original thinker ... unless you can also sell what you create!

Irene Peter Rule of Thumb

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.

J. K. Rowling Rule of Thumb

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

Charles Darwin Rule of Thumb

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.