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How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas

IdeaScale

First launched in October 2001, Apple ‘s portable music device has revolutionised how we all listen to and download music. This lightweight, technologically proficient reinvention of existing MP3 players was an global phenomenon that has since sold more than 400 million units since 2001. Take the iPod for example.

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So What Exactly Should Kodak Have Done?

Destination Innovation

It rose to a totally dominant position and was much admired as a technology and business leader. In 1976 Kodak enjoyed 90% market share of film sales and 85% share of camera sales in the USA. Kodak entered the digital camera market late but by 2001 they were number 2 in the USA behind Sony. The facts are dramatic.

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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. Companies like these keep their cost-conscious creative market juices flowing regardless of the economic climate. And its iPad was introduced during the 2008 downturn.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

The memo that started it all sounds more like modern product marketing than product management, but your mileage may vary. The primary function was to serve as the bridge between Engineering and Marketing. Ken Beer was the Director of Product Management and reported into the Marketing department. I had never heard of Agile.

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Retaining the innovative spark

Jeffrey Phillips

They were in a desperate fight with Fuji to retain market share in film, as the digital camera sales were ramping up. Products As the company grows and develops products, part of its flexibility is lost, because it must sustain the products and protect market share. For many firms this is the start of inertia and inflexibility.

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Four Ways To Become A Successful Future-Fit Organization

PlanBox Innovation

In 2001, the Agile movement suggested a new way of approaching that work more efficiently. Seeking change is the mantra, and this is accomplished by proactively surveying emerging trends and technologies to develop sustainable value that is mindful of societal impacts. Create alternate futures.

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A New Model to Start Innovation

Gijs Van Wulfen

No market need. Innovation starts with an idea, a technology, a problem or a business issue. You start innovation triggered by technology , like Google X research lab, which explores new technologies beyond Google’s core business, with for example their Google Glass experiment. The technology: can we deliver it?