...Hasbro had invited Newberry and about 40 engineers, artists and others –– including the man who holds the world record for stacking the most playing cards –– to its Pawtucket headquarters to meet and talk with the employees who design its games and toys.

Company executives hope the two-hour event, held in the company’s cafeteria, will spark the “big idea” for a new game, mechanism or production process from the dozens of workers who listened to speakers such as Newberry, watched Bryan Berg create his playing-card towers or talked to artists about their work.