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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

job losses skyrocketed during the peak recession years 2008-2010 Given the devastating impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis, it’s little wonder that companies worldwide are sensitive to omens of a new “great recession”. During the 2008 financial meltdown, the coffee shop giant launched its “My Starbucks Idea” platform.

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The enemy is already within. The flood gates are open. Can GE recover?

Paul Hobcraft

Managing cash, balancing this out with your liabilities and obligations, knowing your market dynamics, and equally, having a good understanding of where the future growth lies, are all essential for managing any healthy business. These disciplines and skills burnish your reputation and are the bedrock of good corporate management.

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Designing for Meaningful Social Interactions

Boxes and Arrows

Stackoverflow arrived on the scene in 2008 and solved the hostile environment brilliantly by applying gamification methods to encourage constructive participation on their platform. Turns out, the early adopters really liked our emails, so after a while we added an “Ask for Review” button. The review sidebar in UXfol.io

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

This dichotomy delivered by the financial pressure is unfortunately pushing many leaders and top managers towards suboptimal decisions that tend to focus more on survival and not enough on investing in the future. For example, Delta Air Lines, one of the leading airlines, managed to get back to their leading position even after bankruptcy.

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Let Them Pee: Avoiding the Sign-Up/Sign-In Mobile Antipattern

Boxes and Arrows

The application SitOrSquat is a brilliant little piece of social engineering software that enables people to find bathrooms on the go, when they gotta go. But the fun does not stop there—if (and only if) the customer manages to use the picker to select the month and year of his birth correctly (how exactly does the app know it’s correct?),

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What is innovation management and why your organization needs it

hackerearth

Understanding Innovation Management. Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively. Like any business function, innovation can be managed. Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly.

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What is innovation management and why your organization needs it

hackerearth

Understanding Innovation Management. Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively. Like any business function, innovation can be managed. Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly.