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I've only had two or three good ideas, my whole life: I just keep recycling them.

In Extrusion, my one idea is "Better Cooling Will Usually Result In A Faster Line Speed."

In Writing, my two ideas are:
1) Actually writing a book will teach you more than all the writing classes put together; to learn more, write another book.
2) To improve the quality of a book you have written, cut 20% of the text. (I always eventually prefer the shorter versions of my own work.)

I've lost count of the number of lines and products I have sped up over the years, in Plastics Extrusion; but there's usually a year or two delay from when I suggest the improvement to when it gets implemented, and I don't always get credit for it. Suggesting a better way do to things is an insult to whoever set things up the way they are now; probably your boss or your boss's boss or your boss's boss's boss. It's a bit like walking up to a new Mother, looking at her child, and blurting out, "You know, she's really ugly. I can fix that!" So my fix may come back in a year or two with a minor tweak, only this time, They Thought Of It!

I'm clueless when it comes to selling my ideas, or my books. Of course, if I ever do get an idea on how to SELL, you can be sure I'll be Recycling The Hell Out Of That Puppy!

@hg47