Win A Prize! Guess the Open Innovation Numbers

In a previous blog entry, I talked about the LG Electronics open innovation design competition.

LGE was kind enough to share some insights with me from that competition, and I will post some of them here on Monday.

But before I do, I want to give you a chance to win some prizes (no, sadly you will not get an LG phone).

Here are the questions I want you to answer…

1. How many submissions were made?
2. How many individuals made those submissions? (i.e., if each individual only submitted 1 design, then the number of submissions would equal the number of individuals. However, some individuals submitted more than one entry, so the number of individuals is lower than the number of submissions.)
3. Of the submissions, how many were selected by evaluators to move forward to the second round (FYI, there were 3 rounds of evaluation in total)?

A prize will be awarded to the first person who is closest to the correct number for each question.

For fun (no prize awarded, since it is subjective): According to my contact at LGE, what % of the ideas submitted were considered “good?”

Good luck!

RULES:

• You have a choice between a copy of my “Goal-Free Living” book, my “Little Book of BIG Innovation Ideas,” or a deck of Personality Poker cards (including the quick start guide and an online streaming video).
• Due to shipping costs, only entries from the United States will be awarded physical prizes.  International winners will be sent a digital prize to be determined.
• Submit your answers as comments to this blog entry.  Be sure to include your email address (in the area where it is requested so that it is published on the site).
  
• You can submit multiple entries, but only your most recent entry will be accepted.
  
• In the case of a tie, the first entry will be awarded the prize.
• This competition will end at 5PM EDT Sunday July 26th.
• As a point of clarification, there will be 3 prizes awarded, one for each question.  There will be, at most, 3 winners.  Individuals can win more than one prize if they are closest on more than one question.
• Anyone associated with the LGE competition, or someone who already received this information from LGE or anyone else associated with the competition can not participate.  I just want to be fair
  

My New T-Shirt

For any die-hard Boston Red Sox fan, the New York Yankees are the evil empire.  Therefore, being a native Bostonian, this T-shirt makes me laugh.  I particularly like it because it uses the suits from poker cards.  This is perfect for me, the creator of Personality Poker.

Truck Accident Leads to Creative Ideas?

Today, while driving to New York, I sat in traffic for 30 minutes.  Why?  Because of the freakiest accident I have EVER seen in my life.  The pictures below have to be seen to be believed.  Click on the smaller version of each picture to see a blown up version.  Look at them one at a time.

In case you can’t tell…

A truck got stuck under the exit sign.  How?  I’m not exactly sure, but as you can see, the truck is “sitting on its butt.”

After posting these picture to my Facebook page, there was some interesting discussion the ensued.

Mark: I know people who park like that in Boston, not used to parallel parking

Me: If it were possible to park like that, think of how much less space cars would take up in the street. We could eliminate city parking problems.

Mark: How about putting wheels on the back of the car, and have people balance on 2 wheels? we could fit 5x more traffic on the roads in a single stroke. Definitely one to be funded by the stimulus package (I think it is already in there…)

How would you continue the conversation?  What ideas do you have?  Or, if this does not stimulate a creative idea, maybe you can come up with a creative caption.

P.S.  According to WTIC radio…State police say a Mack dump truck had pulled onto the highway from the right shoulder after having dropped a load of dirt alongside the highway, but left the rear dump bed of the truck in the “up” position. The top of the dump bed struck the State Traffic Commission overhead sign for exit 63, the collision pulling the vehicle off the ground onto its rear end, with the cab extended into the air. The driver was not injured.

Funny Pictures

During my travels, I took pictures of signs with my BlackBerry.  Some are funny.  Some are creative.  And some are just plain silly.  Regardless, all make me laugh.  Click on the thumbnail to see the full size picture.

L Vaughn Spencer – Very Funny

A good friend of mine, Neil Mullarkey (yes, that’s his real name), is one of the funniest people I know.  He, Mike Myers, and a couple of other guys founded the Comedy Store Players (an improv comedy group) in London.  I have seen Neil perform dozens of times.  Always fantastic!  I even spent a day training with him.  Now I am funny(er).  His latest comedic character is the “gansta motivator,” L Vaughn Spencer, also known as L Vo.  He also has a new book based on this character (I am eagerly waiting for mine to arrive from Amazon).  I know many motivational speakers.  After a while, it is hard to take some of them seriously.  That’s why L Vo is so much fun.  The Sunday Telegraph in the UK said, “(L Vo is) the perfect antidote to the endless bogus management consultants and coaches who ply the corporate circuit.”  Hopefully they aren’t referring to me!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4_NzRz4kd8[/youtube]

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