Pitching your invention to a big corporation means convincing the right people that you have an idea worth investing in. You might have difficulty seeing high-ranking executives at a large corporation ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Steve Anderson In a world ...

An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces ...

Technology companies large and small employ creative individuals to develop new inventions. Many utilize formal processes to document and protect, via the patent system, inventions that are conceived ...

Knowing how to get a physical product from a sketch on a napkin to store shelves seems like a daunting task; however, it can be understood fairly quickly with the right behind-the-scenes insight. I ...

Children don't need to be taught how to be creative. We’ve known for decades that creativity is innate. When researchers George Land and Beth Jarman tested preschool age children for creativity in the ...

Hosted by Alie Ward, "Did I Mention Invention?" brings viewers fascinating stories of invention while shining a light on every day innovators. With each episode, Alie presents reports of human ...

In one of Aesop’s fables, The Crow and the Pitcher, we are introduced to a thirsty bird. As luck would have it, the bird happens to stumble across a pitcher, which has a pool of water at the bottom.

From the moment Scottish shepherds in the Middle Ages started whacking rocks toward targets with crooked sticks, golf has been a wellspring of innovation. Tinkering has never been restricted to the ...

Sandwiches are one of the most popular dishes that are there; but this dish was invented centuries ago. Ever wondered by whom ...

It’s hard to imagine a time when these things didn’t exist…but it wasn’t all that long ago! Each and every day, there are brilliant minds working behind the scenes to develop inventions and technology ...