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Things that didn’t exist in 2001

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Things that didn’t exist in 2001. The post Things that didn’t exist in 2001 appeared first on Destination Innovation. Netflix streaming. Amazon Prime. Kickstarter. Google Maps.

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Sixteen Sci-Fi Predictions Which Came True

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Arthur C Clarke’s book, 2001 : A Space Odyssey, published in 1968 envisioned ‘newspads’ which astronauts used to find out what was going on. Smart watches: The comic strip ‘Dick Tracy’ was created by Chester Gould. In 1946 Dick used a two-way wrist radio. In a 1964 episode, Gould included video function in the device. Tablet Device.

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A Remote Innovation Brainstorm Method

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In 2001 two musicians, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tambrello, wanted to collaborate on some new compositions. Gibbard and Tamborello. The problem was that they lived hundreds of miles apart at opposite ends of America’s west coast. So Tamborello composed some rhythms (or ‘beats’) and sent them to Gibbard on CD by post.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

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Jorgen Vig Knudstorp joined in 2001 and was promoted to CEO three years later at the age of 36. There are many books and studies describing the company’s approach. Here we try to compress all the myriad comments and analyses into a few transferable lessons. They appointed a new CEO.

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

anti-money laundering laws since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. In this webinar, you'll be provided with a clear overview of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA), which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The AMLA represents the most significant changes in U.S.

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Wikipedia – A Lateral Idea in Action

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Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001 as a web-based, free encyclopaedia. In the 1990s Microsoft launched a CD-Rom product, Encarta, which was nowhere near as accurate or as comprehensive as Encyclopedia Britannica, but it was very cheap and it included a search function.

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Confirmation bias: Looking for information to prove you are right

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A 2001 study also showed that people who have already made a decision (so have a set view or opinion on a subject) will seek out information which confirms this view. Some people have likened confirmation bias to a sort of “Yes-Man” of the brain, which wants to agree with the prevailing opinion in the brain.

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