Author Archives: Darin

About Darin

Darin Eich has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His research involved constructing a grounded theory of high quality leadership programs. Darin is also the president and co-founder of BrainReactions and InnovationTraining.org. Darin can be hired as a consultant or facilitator/speaker to help your institution facilitate, create, and develop innovation programs, courses, retreats, and even conduct assessment or coach staff on facilitating innovation learning or developing innovation programs. Email Darin: darin@programinnovation.com

Do you Forecast like Punxsutawney Phil?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Darin

Have you seen the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day? You should, it is hilarious. Do you know the story of Punxsutawney Phil? Phil is a groundhog. According to the tale, if a groundhog comes out from its burrow on Groundhog … Continue reading →

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Use the Repeat Button Wisely in Life and Work

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Darin

When I listen to music I love the repeat button. I especially love the “repeat 1” button. I love to hear the same song over and over again. It drives most people crazy. After a while, admittedly about 5 times, … Continue reading →

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Important “4Cs” insights from survey of 2,115 managers

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Darin

The American Management Association (AMA) surveyed 2,115 managers about the most important skills needed in our organizations. It is not the 3Cs but now a different set of 4Cs: Critical thinking/problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity/innovation skills. Why are these 4Cs … Continue reading →

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The morning coffee time challenge: How to turn problems into data and innovate solutions

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Darin

An IBM executive gave advice to graduates. He said to develop the skill of figuring out how to do something with data. This can be finding it, gathering it, organizing it, generating it, analyzing it, interpreting it, making meaning of … Continue reading →

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Technology Innovation Literacy

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Darin

This sixth grader, Thomas Suarez, gave a TED Talk. For me that alone stands out. How many 6th graders do you see doing TED Talks? He develops IPhone apps. His most popular one is called “Bustin Jieber.” He created it … Continue reading →

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Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership Articles on Social Media

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Darin

Be sure to connect with me on Facebook and Twitter where I share excellent innovation and creativity articles and videos. I’m always reading articles from great sources like FastCompany and Harvard Business Review. I’m also scouring YouTube and TedTalks for … Continue reading →

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Innovate Everywhere: How to Build a Better Fruit Fly Trap Using Innovation Skills

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Darin

The Five Innovator’s DNA skills are observing, associating, questioning, experimenting, and networking. You can put these skills to use in everyday situations. The problem. I had fruit flies one summer day. This is fine in the 10th grade biology classroom … Continue reading →

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How to find text or website themes in a split second with an innovative word frequency analysis tool

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Darin

I discovered an amazing website called Textalyser that helps you to analyze the frequency of keywords. This is a great tool for starting to interpret qualitative data. I am working on a research and assessment project where I am trying … Continue reading →

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How to Title your Article or Blog: 3 Simple Ways to Get More Views

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Darin

We need titles for many things: ideas, concepts, images, tweets, social media and blog posts, articles, reports, and books. In an earlier blog post I shared some insights from my research on bestselling nonfiction books for how to create better … Continue reading →

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Get to the Curious Point: How to Title Ideas, Messages, & Books

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Darin

What can we learn from how best selling non-fiction books are titled to help us title our own ideas and messages so that people understand our ideas and want to act on them? I’ve been thinking about this lately. I’ve … Continue reading →

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