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14 LGBTQ+ Innovators, Inventors and Scientists who changed the world

Idea to Value

While now openly gay and married to his long-time partner, Thiel was furious at being outed in a 2007 article by Gawker media. He is an advocate for using open source software and hardware available for any entrepreneur, no matter what their background is. In 1954, he was found dead due to a reported cyanide-based suicide.

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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

Additionally, medicine information leaflets are required to be reviewed and approved by a competent authority, which varies from country to country, before being included in the packaging with the medicine. Possible Design Improvements. How can these materials be designed so that people end up taking the medicine as directed? New York Times.

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The Content Conundrum

Boxes and Arrows

More than likely, that content was discussed, created, and iterated outside or separate from the core design review process and ultimately plugged into a content management system (or pasted into the code by a developer) much later in the development process. Reviewing your own work this way will dramatically improve your design.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. This is mainly due to the engineering culture that is embedded in many companies and which drives the decisions at the highest levels. Merging Theory and Practice. Pitfalls to Avoid.

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Adapt or die: lessons from 5 companies that failed to innovate

Idea Drop

In 2007 a small-time, ailing Netflix actually thought they were going to be acquired by the Blockbusters giant, but they decided they didn’t want to. The post Adapt or die: lessons from 5 companies that failed to innovate appeared first on Idea Drop | Idea Management Software. Lesson: If you don’t do it, someone else will.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

They successfully emerged from the crisis in 2007 through a series of bold decisions from leaders who embraced innovative thinking. Even if you might have to kill some of the long-horizon projects due to financial consideration, you can still think of alternatives that will ensure long-term growth.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Innovations of the 21st Century era do not rely on one to discover secret codes of the universe. They were inventors of the 20th Century; many of which gave rise to the said products.