NewNorth Center

Design in Business

Part Three: APPEAL – Converting Ideas into Something That Causes People to Respond

Our capacity to understand what to see, connect and interpret is what ultimately will inform our success in creating…

Nate Young Tue, 29 Nov 2011 # Comments

Part Two: CONNECT – Creating New Ways to Put Things Together

The ability to connect what you see in the world in ways that deliver unexpected, elegant, useful and profitable…

Nate Young Thu, 27 Oct 2011 # Comments

Part One: SEE – The Ability to See Beyond the Ordinary

My father is an art teacher – an exceptional one, in my opinion – and his influence unquestionably inspired…

Nate Young Thu, 22 Sep 2011 # Comments

The Innovation 5: An Introduction

When I first began thinking about what NewNorth Center could and should be, I thought a lot about the…

Nate Young Wed, 31 Aug 2011 # Comments

What Goes Up Must Come Down

Quite often during the process of innovation, we devote the vast majority of our creative efforts to building projects,…

Nate Young Wed, 06 Jul 2011 # Comments

The Top of the Bell Curve

I will never forget the first time I witnessed a presentation in which someone drew a bell curve on…

Nate Young Wed, 08 Jun 2011 # Comments

We Can’t Recreate the Past

What Goes Down Doesn't Necessarily Come Back Up

Nate Young Fri, 19 Nov 2010 # Comments

Necessity as the Mother of Invention

So much is being written in the business press about innovation that it's easy to wonder — what took…

Nate Young Tue, 10 Aug 2010 # Comments