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14 LGBTQ+ Innovators, Inventors and Scientists who changed the world

Idea to Value

An American Geophysicist, Cox and his colleagues were instrumental in developing a way to measure the changes in the Earth’s magnetic alignment and the geomagnetic polarity time scale. Laws and attitudes around the world towards LGBTQ+ people and their rights are changing.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

Jorgen Vig Knudstorp joined in 2001 and was promoted to CEO three years later at the age of 36. He created a sense of urgency to undertake the changes ahead. They appointed a new CEO. The father of four told his colleagues, “We are on a burning platform. We’re running out of cash… and likely won’t survive.”

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The Default Mode Network in the brain

Idea to Value

They wanted to measure this by seeing changes in energy usage before and during the challenge, and so needed to get a baseline reading of the brain “doing nothing” before the challenge started. The scientists found that even while a person is resting and not thinking of anything in particular, their brain is still highly active.

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A Revolutionary Idea – Thinking Inside the Box

Destination Innovation

The man who changed all this was Malcom McLean. McLean died in New York in 2001. Forbes Magazine called him, “one of the few men who changed the world.” The dockers unions were strongly opposed to the idea as they correctly saw it as a direct threat to their levels of control and employment. His family was poor.

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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

The AMLA represents the most significant changes in U.S. 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).

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Is Myopia the Biggest Threat to Innovation?

IdeaScale

Ignoring change is often a bad idea. How did Napster, which enjoyed a brief moment of popularity in 2001, back when broadband was limited mostly to colleges, kill a $14 billion industry? Take a hard look at what change in your industry means and what will be necessary to be ready for it. The Music Industry.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

by Brian Tracy – 2001 Mindset by Carol Dweck – 2006 Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann – 2007 Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – 2011 Thrive by Arianna Huffington – 2014 Atomic Habits by James Clear – 2018 The post Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books appeared first on Destination Innovation.