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Successful office investments in disruptive times

Norbert Bol

Last week I gave a short presentation at the VIP Europe Conference of IREI in Amsterdam about the impact of innovation, technology and sustainability on office investments in the Netherlands. My key message is: Technology and sustainability have a positive impact on institutional office investments. Sustainability and innovation.

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The Role of Innovation in New Product Development: Three Approaches for Success

Qmarkets

If an idea gains 10,000 supporters (or votes) from other members, it is considered for production in a ‘Lego Review’. This occurs 3x a year and is held by the ‘Lego Review Board’ consisting of designers, product managers, and other key team members. He used this technology to create his first vacuum cleaner prototype.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Additionally, an Accenture study revealed how technology leaders, companies that invested heavily in technology during the COVID-19 crisis, have been growing at a faster rate than their competitors. They successfully emerged from the crisis in 2007 through a series of bold decisions from leaders who embraced innovative thinking.

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PLAYING IT SAFE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU CAN DO

Innovation 360 Group

Companies disappear all the time without a word, due to changing cultural values, changing technology, or changing audience demographics. When disruption came for the taxi industry, the music industry, the retail industry, and others, there were usually four flashing lights that just about anyone could see.

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Typology for Innovative Organizations

Open Innovation EU

New generations, societal change, sustainable goals and disruptive technology require organizations to be much more flexible, self-reinventing organisms that don’t fit above-mentioned design principles. MIT Sloan Management Review, (4), 47–55. MIT Sloan Management Review, 48(2), 22–28. doi:10.1177/1476127016632758.

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A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

Advances in mechanisation, mass production and, more recently, technology have shaped where and how we work, as well as what we produce. A new era of work and technological change. New technology in the home made it easier for women to do paid work, relieving them of time-consuming housework.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. Merging Theory and Practice. Pitfalls to Avoid.