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We need to measure innovation better. Here’s how | World Economic Forum
…the complexity of measuring such innovations should not deter us from trying. We need to measure innovation better. Here’s how | World Economic Forum Indeed, I like the Thomas Edison metric of measuring attempts at solutions. “I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded…
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Unleashing Innovation With Collaboration Platforms
…businesses should focus more on how their distributed teams orchestrate collaboration and the conditions team leaders create. The specific collaboration platforms they choose are less important. Unleashing Innovation With Collaboration Platforms Question: What’s your favorite collaboration platform?
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NSF CIO’s Recipe for Innovation Success
Can’t say this more emphatically… Start With an Important, Identifiable Problem NSF CIO’s Recipe for Innovation Success
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Failing Like a Buggy Whip Maker? Better Check Your Simile – The New York Times
NEED to describe a hand-held mathematical calculator? Try “buggy whip.” Failing Like a Buggy Whip Maker? Better Check Your Simile – The New York Times
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Council Post: How To Set Your Company Up For Consistent Innovation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesnycouncil/2019/04/25/how-to-set-your-company-up-for-consistent-innovation/
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Faculty Competencies for Innovation? | Technology and Learning
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/faculty-competencies-innovation
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NYTimes: The U.S. Military: Like the French at Agincourt?
Quoted from Foreign Affairs… “The traditional model of U.S. military power is being disrupted, the way Blockbuster’s business model was amid the rise of Amazon and Netflix,” Brose writes. “A military made up of small numbers of large, expensive, heavily manned, and hard-to-replace systems will not survive on future battlefields,…
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Strategy Needs Creativity – Harvard Business Publishing
The author explores four approaches to a breakthrough strategy: (1) Contrast. Identify–and challenge–the assumptions undergirding the status quo. (2) Combination. Connect products or services that seem independent from or even in tension with one another. (3) Constraint. Look at limitations in an organization and turn them into strengths. (4) Context. Consider…
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Understanding China’s Next Wave of Innovation
We identified three types of Chinese innovators, each of which presents a different set of challenges for competitors. We refer to them as hidden champions, tech underdogs, and change makers. Understanding China’s Next Wave of Innovation
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The Building Blocks Of Corporate Innovation : Part 2
In Part 2, we compare the operationally focused innovation tools, 1. building (R&D) and 2. partnering (business development). The Building Blocks Of Corporate Innovation : Part 2
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