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Eight Companies that Switched What They Did

Destination Innovation

In the 1990s it focussed on telecommunications technology. From 1998 to 2008 it was the world’s largest supplier of mobile phones and smartphones but fell behind Apple and Samsung. In 2008 Mars Inc. It became a manufacturer of rubber boots and cables before specialising in electronics. acquired Wrigleys for $23B.

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

Idea to Value

An American Geophysicist, Cox and his colleagues were instrumental in developing a way to measure the changes in the Earth’s magnetic alignment and the geomagnetic polarity time scale. Lawrence eventually transitioned to Lana Wachowski in 2008, and was the first major Hollywood director to come out as transgender. Peter Thiel.

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Know Your Emerging Trends

IdeaScale

Things are moving at a pretty brisk pace nowadays and our lives are changing as a result. We’re changing our behaviors: We’re even changing our bodies: teenagers now ring the bell with their thumbs , because it is their dominant digit due to mobile phone use.

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The Innovation Intensity needed in the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

We need to accelerate innovation and technology adoption. The IEA assesses the status of 46 critical energy technologies and sectors and offers some general advice on how to get “on track” with this SDS approach. We need to “push” for change now, certainly in the next five years.

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Continuous Improvement and Breakthrough Innovation: Why You Need Both

IdeaScale

Businesses that strive for continuous improvement lay a better foundation for breakthroughs than businesses that preserve the status quo at all costs or otherwise eschew change. The British cycling team used incremental improvements to go from also-rans to winning seven of ten gold medals in the 2008 Olympics. Breakthrough Innovation.

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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

We are seeing a change taking place around the building of networks and the way organizations are forming coalitions through ecosystems and platforms and in combining new technologies and blending business fields. As we build our understanding of the power of this connectivity we are constantly changing the rules. In summary.

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IDEA 2008

Boxes and Arrows

Vice-President of Interaction Design at Critical Mass , David Armano shares what organizations are doing this and how we’ll all need to re-think how brands are built and sustained in an ever-changing 2.0 Chris illustrates this with Deikto , the LUI system he created for his interactive storytelling technology.