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This Macbook charger shows how technology has grown exponentially

Idea to Value

As a comparison, the 68000 microprocessor in the original 1984 Apple Macintosh worked at a frequency of about 7.6 But as we spoke about recently on the blog, it is a fascinating demonstration of exponential technology and how fast the microchip industry has managed to innovate. This is a 16bit chip working at about 16 MHz.

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How Does Technology Influence Innovation?

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In a recent round of research, I was reviewing adoption rates for new technologies. It reminded me of the staggering comparison: “It took about 75 years for the telephone to connect to 50 million people. So what emerging capabilities in the technology industry are influencing innovation in other sectors?

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Blockchain: Distributed Shared Ledger Technology in Banking

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Over 90% of the world’s leading banks are either exploring, experimenting (PoCs), or formulating a strategy for leveraging blockchain technology, says an Accenture survey. Blockchain technology operates beneath these processes and infrastructure and empowers a better, faster, and more authentic business process. Areas of impact.

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First-Mover or Fast-Follower: Which is the right innovation strategy for you?

Idea to Value

This idea quickly became popular in technology companies and areas like Silicon Valley where it was used as evidence of a need to launch first (even if you didn’t have a working product), spend big on marketing and get customers at any cost.

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At the digital transformation and innovation crossroads

Jeffrey Phillips

Digitalization will just lead on to digital transformation - including the underlying technologies, better use of the data that is generated but more importantly radical change of business models. Product innovation will seem child's play by comparison, but business model change will be the real opportunity.

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What unicorns and nawhals tell us about innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

Narwhals are almost as rare as unicorns of course, and have a single horn (really a tooth), but there the comparison ends. Solutions and Benefits Unicorns and narwhales are also illustrative of the difference between market pull and technology push. Would the unicorn work without the horn?

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Building an Agile & Innovative Organization

Idea to Value

There are great many companies and leaders that obsess about their market share, competitors, or technological prowess. If your technology doesn’t create value for customers, they won’t buy it. Customer obsession. While all of these do certainly matter, they’re not what you should usually focus on.

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