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How to Keep Innovating During an Economic Crisis

Innov8rs

Review your company's innovation practices, reassess your approach, and build capacity for the future. Don't stop innovating: Companies that continued innovating during the 2008 crisis grew 30% more than those that cut their innovation investments. Find strength in uncertainty: A crisis can be an opportunity in disguise.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

As McKinsey points out , organizations that focused on innovation even during the 2009 crisis, outperformed the market average by 30% and their growth continued to accelerate the following years as well. You might have guessed that it depends on the industry, market, and specifics of the organization.

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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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Top 10 yet2 Blog Posts of 2018

Yet2

Hence the need to engage a partner like yet2 to conduct an anonymous technology search or due diligence inquiry. Patents and applications are also classified using one or more standardized classification codes. The global personal care product market is forecasted to reach more than $650 billion by 2024. In the U.S.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Now, how about these?

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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.