Tag Archives: Engineering

The Untapped New Product Genius of Engineering Firms

Innovation TechniquesBy Tim Hampton March 9, 2019

Consulting engineering firms are a rich source of new product ideas This is the conclusion of a 2003 paper by SUNY Geneseo professor Ian Alam (citation below). In the paper, Prof Alam studied the efforts of a manufacturer of iron and steel components and materials. This company, given the fictitious name BILTI sold its products…

Terrasses de la Chaudière – Innovation Gone Wrong?

Innovation ExamplesBy Tim Hampton April 5, 2018

Too many bricks Les Terrasses de la Chaudière is a complex of government office buildings built in 1978 on the Quebec side of the Ottawa river across from Canada’s capital. One of my favourite engineering courses at Carleton University was taught by a project manager on the Chaudière project. Unfortunately I don’t remember his name,…