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The Internet of Things brings fresh Innovation Opportunities

Destination Innovation

Similarly when they wanted to add a “crawl” feature which lets drivers use slow cruise control in heavy traffic, the company broadcast a software release that delivered the new feature to all existing Tesla cars. In 2014 Google bought home-automation company Nest for a massive $3.2

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The Personality of a Business: More Than Just a Brand Image

Tullio Siragusa

The Shift: In 2014, Airbnb introduced a new logo, website, and mobile interfaces, but, more importantly, a refreshed brand message. Case Study: Airbnb’s Personality Shift and Rebranding Background: Founded in 2008, Airbnb started as a platform that allowed homeowners to rent out their spaces to travelers.

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33 Routes to Open Innovation

Open Innovation EU

More information in Weiblen (2014) and Chesbrough (2010) when he describes these companies as merchants. Weiblen, 2014 ). Much related to Open Data, Open Source is a philosophy adopted by software engineers to generate sources codes that are freely available. Or they can be network brokers. Route 9: Out-licensing.

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How a 50-Person Self-Managed Company Can Outperform a 150-Person Traditional Company

Tullio Siragusa

Key Findings from the Comparison Matrix Efficiency Gains: Self-management enables teams to operate at a 30%+ higher capacity without adding headcount. More Agile, Less Bureaucratic: Each pod operates cross-functionally, reducing layers of management approvals and inefficiencies. Source: Laloux, F. Reinventing Organizations.

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VRMotion — An Invention to Innovation Case-study

Leanstack

The prototype (2014) There was a 6DOF (six degrees of freedom) motion platform from a German vendor for $85K. This is also when Fabi ran into Sebastian (software engineer), who would make the 4th member of the core team. This re-triggered his interest in flight simulators, and he started looking around for what was available.

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How Israel’s Oldest Bank Is Engaging Employees to Become a Leader in Banking Innovation

Qmarkets

As part of the new corporate strategy, Leumi realized that it would need an innovation management software engine to support the initiative. This idea is screened by the Bank's Innovation Department. At the final stage, the idea is reviewed by the Top Innovation Committee before a final implementation commitment.

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Innovate or Deteriorate – How Can Corporations Ensure That Billion $ Opportunities Don’t Slip Away?

Qmarkets

In 2014 Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, and it is now on target to hit one billion active users by the end of 2015. These two yahoo software engineers would go on to become the founders of Whatsapp. The platform which eventually capitalised on our need for instant communication, was Whatsapp.