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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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Is Myopia the Biggest Threat to Innovation?

IdeaScale

For decades, it was the technological leader in photography. 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? Here are a few case studies and what organizations can learn from them.

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If An Early Idea Got Your Business This Far, What Will Advance You Further?

Daniel Burrus

However, as times changed, these entertainment personalities eventually burned out faster than they came in due to a sophomore slump of a follow-up to their viral song or movie that put them on the map. Good question, and the answer is that they would have been dead in the water, because change is the only constant.

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Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innovators Alliance

Apple began its stunning transformation with the iPod in 2001, during the darkest days after the Internet bubble burst. This remains true in an upturn, especially as we ramp up again since customers’ priorities and mindsets themselves may have fundamentally changed due to the economic circumstances.

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3 Effective Strategies for Leading Across Generations in the Workplace

CMOE

Younger generations are better acquainted with the trials of technology after growing up with it, and older generations can give guidance on how to be independent. Send the same message on Teams, in an email, tell it to the person, and put up a poster in the office.

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Steps for Creating a Successful Innovation Program

Wellspring

Every organization and large company faces an existential threat from upstart competitors, changing consumer preferences, and emerging technologies. Since 2001, 52% of the Fortune 500 has disappeared. Furthermore, since 1955, the average lifespan of the Fortune 500 company has decreased from 75 to 15 years.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

By 2001, I was running Product Management at a different company. Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development. If a product is never done, maybe development teams should look up from their work once in a while, take in new information, and change their work if necessary.