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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. She worked at MIT, IBM, Xerox PARC and DARPA and invented dimensionless, scalable design rules that greatly simplified chip design and design tools.

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A Revolutionary Idea – Thinking Inside the Box

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In 1766 in England James Brindley designed a box boat with wooden containers to transport coal by canal to Manchester. The man who changed all this was Malcom McLean. McLean designed and patented the standard container; 8 feet tall by 8 ft wide by 10 ft and made from thick corrugated steel. His family was poor.

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Eleven Reasons for the UK’s Poor Productivity

Destination Innovation

Who is going to design and program the robots? Resistance to change. Managers and staff are often risk averse and reluctant to change. Only 37 per cent of UK workers surveyed felt they were encouraged to be innovative and fewer than half felt valued at work, according to HR magazine. This reflects the next point.

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Successful Innovation Program Highlights the Value of Intrapreneurship

IdeaScale

That, however, is changing. You can read about this innovation team initiative in Intrapreneur Magazine (pp. Innovation management systems, like IdeaScale, are designed to help businesses and other organizations create a process for gathering, evaluating, prioritizing, prototyping, and placing into service innovative ideas.

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Design Thinking Tools: how to use them to solve complex problems

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This is because they break down the complexity of processes so that the designer has a full 360-degree view of the problem, anchoring them in their way of thinking. Continue reading to understand what Design Thinking is and how DT tools can be the turning point for your business! What is Design Thinking. INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS.

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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

Under Mulally’s strategic vision and the “One Ford” plan, he streamlined brands, globalized the company’s operations, and renewed focus on innovative car designs. Emotional Intelligence doesn’t change with industry jargon or processes. From daily operational decisions to game-changing strategic moves, leaders must be decisive.

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Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector

Innovation in Practice

Design Thinking for the Greater Good goes in depth on both the how of using new tools and the why. As a way to reframe problems, ideate solutions, and iterate toward better answers, design thinking is already well established in the commercial world. and adjunct lecturer of design thinking at the Darden Graduate School of Business.