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InnovationNews.com is a platform for publishing the Eureka! Ranch’s learnings, insights and ideas on how everyone can think smarter, faster and more creatively. Our Eureka! Ranch & Brain Brew data sources include the world’s largest QUANTITATIVE databases of:
- Process data on the creation of disruptive ideas
- Customer reaction to new ideas (Over $20 billion worth of innovation)
- Drivers of Innovation culture.
The Eureka! Ranch was founded in 1986 with a commitment to turning innovation from an art into a science. It offers training and consulting services that create organizational engagement in PROACTIVE problem solving / innovation. It also offers Eureka! Inventing of new Products & Services, Ideas for Revitalizing existing offerings and to Improve Flawed Work Systems.
The Eureka! Ranch team pioneered the Innovation Engineering field of management science and academic research. It teaches how to apply a systems thinking mindset to problem solving and innovation opportunities. The result is a proactive culture of innovation where everyone from the front line to managers and leaders are able to work together faster, smarter and more creatively. The courses are taught using the Cycles to Mastery® Training System to ensure that everyone, no matter what their skill or education level, is able to achieve mastery. Cycles to Mastery is so original it has been awarded a US Patent (US11417230B1).
The President/CEO of the Eureka! Ranch is Maggie Nichols. It was founded by Doug Hall who works on special projects and innovation research
The company’s Innovation Engineering training is grounded in real world Eureka! Inventing project experiences creating over $20 billion in innovations for companies that include: Nike, Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble, USA Department of Commerce and thousands of other for profit, non-profit and government organizations large and small.
Academic research by Dr. Andy VanGundy found that the Eureka! System for problem solving and inventing creates 500% More “Big Ideas” than classic Brainstorming; industry research found that the ideas had a 250% greater chance of success. The Eureka! Team has been named the #1 innovators in the USA by Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine.
The Brain Brew Distillery is a sister company to the Eureka! Reach. It started as a real world learning lab for applying the Eureka! Ranch teachings and tools to the creation of an innovation culture and disruptive distilled spirit products. Then as the Brain Brew Crew got established innovations came quickly. Soon they had invented and commercialized 4 WoodCraft Technologies (Patented in 51 countries) that deliver:
• WOW Taste – 60/40+ Taste Test Wins
• SPEED – Idea to market prototype in 30 days!
• SPEED – Prototype to production 3 to 6 months!
• SAVINGS – A 50,000 case brand saves $30MM in working capital
• SAVINGS – Aging costs decrease by 51%!
The company was co-founded by Doug Hall (CEO) and Joe Girgash (President).
To learn more about the Brain Brew Way of working CLICK HERE to view a short Deming Institute Video Case Study on Brain Brew.
The two companies “join forces” under the name Eureka! Ranch Distilled Spirits Group – to help distilled spirit companies create, validate, develop and deliver disruptive Spirit products and services. Services include: Brand Development / Reinvention, New Products, Line Extensions, Flankers, Consumer Research, Private Label Manufacturing and WoodCraft Technology Licensing.
A few examples of our Creations include: