article thumbnail

Cognitive Dissonance: Why it is so hard to accept two contradictory thoughts

Idea to Value

Since the original publication, many studies have tried to put their own spin on why people respond the way they do to dissonance, but a meta-analysis in 2007 showed that recent research over the past 50 years actually supports Festinger’s original reasons.

Study 178
article thumbnail

Why Government is Essential for Private Sector Innovation

Destination Innovation

Steve Jobs announced the iPhone to the world on 9 January 2007. In 2000 the US Defence advanced research project agency DARPA commissioned Stanford to work on a voice activated artificial intelligence agent, the predecessor to Siri, to help military personnel. It became a platform for secondary markets in apps, music and videos.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

These 3 Indicators May Be Projecting the Next Financial Collapse

Innovation Excellence

” In August of 2007, I had a meeting with the. While there is no one magic indicator of the market’s future, these three may provide some of the best insights into the current and future state of the economy. Warren Buffett once said, “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”

Project 84
article thumbnail

Awesome Innovation Infographic To Double Your Effectiveness

Gijs Van Wulfen

And Stage-Gate Guru Robert Cooper shows that of every seven new product/service projects, about four enter development, 1.5 Recent scientific research, studying 10 FORTH cases (2007-2013), shows that the use of the FORTH methodology doubles your innovation effectiveness: Regular innovation process: 37.5%

article thumbnail

What is Discontinuous Innovation? Definition, Examples and Management

eZassi

Moving from the DVD-by-mail service to streaming in 2007 marked a pivotal moment in the streaming giant’s history. The Ezassi Ideation platform will provide you with a collaboration tool to manage your innovation team and projects in real time. Embrace “Fail fast, Learn faster” and pivot if necessary, with smart innovation tools.

article thumbnail

The Podcast Renaissance: How Podcasts Boost Creativity and Inspire Audiences

Idea to Value

Though we’re used to podcasts getting millions of streams now, back in 2007, it was considered Guinness World Record-worthy for Ricky Gervais to have an average first-month episode download rate of 261,670 times. This is another area in which podcasts can inspire creativity. Then start to gather the equipment that you need to achieve this.

article thumbnail

Treating Discovery Like Execution Will Kill Innovation

Tim Kastelle

“In the end, these projects are all business model problems.” ” That’s what I said to my friend Steve Adelman about the projects we collaborate on as part of the Wharton-UQ Global Consulting Practicum program. We’ve run into this on some of our GCP projects. ” he replied.