You know the feeling. You’ve spent weeks talking to users, sketching ideas, even hacking together a scrappy prototype. People ...

For many business people, writing poses a challenge, especially when a problem-solution letter is at hand. It might help to think of the task you face as inherently optimistic. Not only are you ...

A problem statement is a powerful tool that helps businesses ask the right questions. Used properly, it can lead to efficient solutions and make problem-solving feel like a breeze. Done poorly, it can ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Business case documents and project plans can be used to identify and propose solutions for a variety of business problems. The difference is that while a business case document presents a number of ...

When trying to solve a problem—small or large—many people may tend to rush to a solution in order to get a process in motion or to just get it off their plate so they can focus on other things.

Have you ever seen a product or service and thought to yourself, “What in the world?!? Who would want that?!?” I have. Mostly those websites offering to take care of your pets after the apocalypse, or ...

In the US, obviousness is governed by 35 USC §103 and the practice has developed as a function of Case Law. This article – which is a follow-up to The quest for patent quality: European inventive step ...