About Chris Fillebrown

I am an industrial problem solver and information technologist who has been working with innovation technologies since I created the Frame of Reference methodology at Texas Tech University. I studied microbiology and chemistry as an undergraduate, and then studied law at SMU Law School.

Frame of Reference is a methodology based on the scientific method. The Frame of Reference methodology has evolved under the pressure of nearly thirty years of real-world application. I continue to use it to this day. I am currently building information systems for an electronics manufacturing company. I have solved problems for individuals and business organizations in:

• Law
• Entertainment
• Telecommunications
• Manufacturing
• Information technologies

After law school, I worked in the performing arts. Between 1985 and 1990 I worked at the Dallas Theater Center, the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, and the Newport Music Festival. I also wrote and produced several independent projects. Working in the arts I learned about the creative dynamic in the company of creative people. Creativity informs innovation and innovation provides the conduit to realize the creative impulse.

In October of 2009, I set up this blog as an innovation and art blog.

Frame of Reference provides the context for realizing my objectives to

• Create a forum for innovators
• Showcase different innovation technologies
• Provide useful information for thought leaders
• Advocate knowledge of multiple solution-strategies
• Present the solution-strategy approach to solving problems
• Increase awareness of different ways to approach problems
• Advocate the teaching of innovation technologies in schools

I have encountered numerous innovation technologies and approaches to solving problems. I have learned as much from them as possible to inform my own Frame of Reference. Accordingly, the Frame of Reference Blog has two primary categories, innovation and art.

Whether you visit to learn about an innovation technology that is new to you, or to enjoy the work of the artists presented here, I hope that you find value in it. I want to help you with innovation and art as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help you.

Thank you for visiting,

Chris Fillebrown