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Will big data solve the innovation gap?

Jeffrey Phillips

The gap is real, and it means that many companies aren't as profitable or as competitive as they'd like to be. 2001 promised a journey by an intelligent AI and astronauts to Jupiter. Here in the real world some technologies have advanced quickly, but I think more development is necessary before we hand over the innovation reins to AI.

Big Data 170
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Retaining the innovative spark

Jeffrey Phillips

Competition is accelerating, of course, and so is innovation. Safe in their market leadership, both dominated their markets - film and cell phones - until new competitors with different technologies or platforms emerged. iTunes was released in 2001. In 1920 the average life expectancy of a firm on the S&P 500 was 67 years.

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Make Digital Disruption Your Biggest Competitive Advantage

Daniel Burrus

In 1983, I identified digital disruption as one of twenty technology-driven Hard Trends that would increasingly shape the future at an exponential rate, and at the same time drive economic value creation. Today, as more and more industries and businesses become disrupted, it is important to understand that digital disruption happens in waves.

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IA Summit 09 - Plenary

Boxes and Arrows

However, the overall value will take time to manifest itself, only reaching critical mass when “someone from this room&# ascends to be CEO of an organization and creates a culture that respects the user to decimate the competition. Jesse then puts forth his declaration that Information Architects and Interaction Designers do not exist.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

When designing something, (ie: a technology, a product, a marketing material…) it is paramount to keep the needs of the end user in mind. Competition is now global. This leads to no real innovation at all, and leaves the company vulnerable to competition, disruption and the natural deterioration of existing products and markets.

LEAN 105
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Why Your Company Needs To Forget the Past in Order to Create a Brighter Future

Qmarkets

Another explanation usually focuses on the nature of digital technology and how it is interpreted. But once technology enters the digital sphere, it often jumps on Moore's law and progresses exponentially. Kodak even ventured out and acquired a photo-sharing website called Ofoto in 2001 - before Facebook or Instagram were founded.

Company 60
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IA Summit 10 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

Download The Future of Search and Discovery – Peter Morville In this session, Peter Morville defines a pattern language for search that embraces user psychology and behavior, cross-channel information architecture, multisensory interaction, and emerging technology.