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Sixteen Sci-Fi Predictions Which Came True

Destination Innovation

Arthur C Clarke’s book, 2001 : A Space Odyssey, published in 1968 envisioned ‘newspads’ which astronauts used to find out what was going on. The Star Wars IV movie released in 1977 features a scene where the robot R2D2 projects a 3D Hologram image of Princess Leia asking Obi-Wan Kenobi for help. Tablet Device.

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Confirmation bias: Looking for information to prove you are right

Idea to Value

It is especially prevalent in situations where people are seeking data to prove an idea or hypothesis is right, such as in scientific research and innovation projects. 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.

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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. After all, the first portable MP3 players hit the market in 1998 and by 2001 there were over 50 different models available through which you could download and play music from your computer.

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Agile Mindset: How to Use Sprints to Streamline Projects

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Agile Philosophy came from the Agile Manifesto, when a small group of people got together in 2001 to discuss their feelings about the traditional approach to project management for software development. Quick responses, changes throughout the project following a plan. From this, several methodologies were created.

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Leonardo's Kitchen Nightmare

Boxes and Arrows

” Leonardo Da Vinci Some of Leonardo’s projects failed because of their execution. Second, consider how Leonardo’s execution was seemingly affected by some poor project management practices. Leonardo was a poor project manager. Clearly, Leonardo had planned on doing too much with his project. Footnotes.

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Negativity Bias: Conservatism in Funding Novel Projects?

Michael Roberto

Source: capital.com Is your organization's resource allocation process biased against funding original ideas or novel projects? They examined a "conservatism bias" in funding novel projects. 2001, Rozin and Royzman 2001). Jacqueline Lane and her colleagues published a fascinating paper in Management Science in 2020.

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Integrating UX into the Product Backlog

Boxes and Arrows

Early agile pioneers were working on in-house IT projects (custom software) or enterprise software [ 1 , 2 ]. The User Experience Integration Matrix (UXI Matrix) addresses these problems by tying UX to the project backlog. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001. [6] Integrating UX into the product backlog. Pearson Education, 2004. [2]