The Founding Of The $5.3 Billion Assistive Technology Industry

November 29, 2006 Blog No Comments

(In The Beginning…)Assistive Technology

I’m going to step away from the technical aspects of Innovative Thinking for this entry and interweave actual practical examples. Below is the story of how I co-founded the $5.3 billion Assistive Technology industry and how Innovation helped me to develop the first commercially available voice recognition, voice synthesizing, environmental control, the HeadMouse, and the first fully graphic operating system, computer system for the physically disabled.

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The Three ‘C’s Of Innovation – ‘C’ #1 – “Collection”

November 25, 2006 Blog No Comments

(‘C’ #1 – “Collection”)Three C’s

As I stated in my earlier blog entry, there are 3-‘C’s in the Innovative Thinking process. Everyone can become an Innovative thinker if they only knew the actual process. It’s like riding a bike, playing the piano, playing sports, or any learned activity. You first learn how to do it, then you practice, and the more you practice, the better you become at it.

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The Three ‘C’s Of Innovation

November 3, 2006 Blog No Comments

(An Introduction)Glass Innovation Head

Welcome to Innovation…

I wanted to launch this blog with what I believe is the most important thing you should do–become better at Innovative Thinking. Innovative or Creative Thinking has the highest rate of return of anything you can do for yourself and your company.

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