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My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

We felt that to remain competitive, larger companies needed to recapture the sense of wonder and adventure that working in the "front end" of innovation would create. My friend, who founded OVO Innovation with me in 2004, was really passionate about the idea of reviving innovation in corporations.

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Innovation adoption in the technology lifecycle for Energy Translation

Paul Hobcraft

To date, our energy system has been based mostly on fossil fuels (oil, coal, gas) and as we extract these they are non-renewable, but these are the primary cause of the carbonization crisis we are all facing on planet earth. And you are finally taking out carbonization fully. The six critical focal points of the energy transition.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. To me, a blue lobster is a person who views and organizes the world differently, who rejects the status quo, who loves to try stuff, learn, fail and try again, who is interesting because they are interested and who has impact. What’s with blue lobsters?

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. To me, a blue lobster is a person who views and organizes the world differently, who rejects the status quo, who loves to try stuff, learn, fail and try again, who is interesting because they are interested and who has impact. What’s with blue lobsters?

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3 Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

However, as we will see this concept was not effectively utilized and in the end it took a week to move the ship, holding up a staggering $9.6bn of trade, and $15m dollars per day for the Suez Canal Authority. What we did see is some third-party crowdsourcing efforts on behalf of the SCA.

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The 5 Ways Chairman Lampert Destroyed Sears’ Value

Adam Hartung

The brand is now so tarnished that Sears Holdings is writing down the value of the Sears name by another $200million – reducing intangible value from the $4B at origination in 2004 to under $2B. Whatever chance Sears and Kmart had to grow the chain against intense competition it was lost by the Chairman’s need to micro-manage.

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Top 9 Actionable Employee Engagement Ideas and Activities

Acuvate

In today’s competitive business world employee engagement is an essential element in creating a positive work culture and a productive workforce. Disengaged employees can cause both financial and competitive drain on the organizations. Organizations with engaged employees perform better than those without by whopping 202%.