7 trends for innovation & their social impact This ‘7 innovation trends’ is a set of trend inspiration material for analyzing & finding possible opportunities for innovation. 7 innovation trends is an offering from 7 ideas: inspiration for innovation.

Combining the input with an interactive engaging way of discussion allows for new connections, new ideas and […]

Timespiration, a different look at time   Cyriel Kortleven has written a new book: Timespiration, a different look at time. Here’s a small excerpt from the book: “When I was born, I was given a surname so full of meaning, I was bound to come across its one day or another. As my father was, and his […]

Master of Interaction & ideaDJ in action On June 19 & 20, Marc Heleven & Ramon Vullings have performed as ideaDJ and Master of Interaction at the yearly Investors & Start-up event FD12 from High Tech Gründerfonds. Here you can see the presentation by Ramon: Innovation: History & Future – Key Note for HTGF Investment […]

            Retail best practice: Apple’s 5 steps of service A nice look into the current retail best practice: Apple retail stores. Carmine Callo walks us though Apple’s 5 steps of service. A.P.P.L.E.: Approach, Probe, Present, Listen, End Approach customers with a personalized, warm welcome. Every customer should be greeted by […]

      Many of the links & tips from 21 Lobsterstreet come via Marc Heleven, the 21 Lobsterstreet co-founder and innovation blogger for 7ideas.net Marc has compiled a great overview of creativity & innovation links (URLs), he has called it the ‘innovation link festival‘. It consists of: – innovation check lists – innovation tools – inspiration […]

A nice movie with a view on the ‘Future of Education’. The three main skills needed: – reading comprehension skills – search & retrieval skills – belief At 21 Lobsterstreet we’d like to advocate the same skills: – Understanding – Finding (maybe what you weren’t looking for at first: serendipity) – Trust   Enjoy the […]

Architecten Congres – innovatieve grondhouding voor architecten View more presentations from Ramon Vullings and Marc Heleven. This presentation was given for the ‘National Architects Congres‘ in Gent (Belgium). Organised by NAV.be Content prepared together with Marc Heleven, the author of the innovation blog: The Gentle Art of Smart Stealing. Goals: – energize the audience – linking content […]

Ramon Vullings from 21 Lobsterstreet has shared the stage with Philip Kotler and Peter Fisk on the ‘Egyptian Marketing Summit 2012‘ in Caïro, they were talking about marketing 3.0 and Business Model Innovation. These areas have a clear link. In changing times organisations need to be ready to innovate their models, also the way they think […]

It’s time for new 7 ideas inspiration. We have compiled  a new ’21 ways for innovation’ set that we really like to share with you: taking different perspectives on ecology. 21 ways 21 ways is a set of checklists and inspiration sources for product ideas or service innovations. Based on successful innovations, we extracted important trends, principles or […]

Einstein already knew: ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge‘. At 21 Lobsterstreet we do a lot of future / innovation studies and presentations. Sometimes it’s nice to look at a dream of the future made in history… We call it ‘The History of Future’. It’s easier to ‘run to the new’ instead of re-using / […]