Innovators, welcome!

 Many people come to me with a good idea when they just don't know where to start. In a large company, the answer is different than in a small company, but many of the steps are the same. 

The Practical Guide for Innovators was written for you!  From documenting your idea to selling it to the Patent Review Committee, this book will explain the steps. Juicy Questions - questions to get your creative juices flowing - are included in each chapter. 

For those who prefer more guidance, The Practical Workbook for Innovators has even more questions and examples to guide the inventor to refine their ideas or develop a new one.

 First, find a problem worth solving. The program, your customers, existing products - the seeds of innovation are all around us! 

The Practical Guide for Innovators was written for you!  Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 explain how to harvest those seeds. That is, the chapters explain how to look for a worthy challenge.

For those who prefer more guidance, The Practical Workbook for Innovators has even more questions and examples to guide the inventor through finding a problem worth solving and looking for a solution to develop.

These steps work! As the director of an innovation program, I led mentors through the steps. They had small groups of four junior engineers. Together, we increased the number of invention disclosures in that business unit by 10% over three years. That is a significant increase! More than 65% of those IDs went on to become patent applications. Wow!

You can be a patent holder, too! Follow the steps, answer the juicy questions, and invent something new. Hundreds of engineers have proven this process works!