article thumbnail

The Explosive Power of Trial, Error and Self-Play

Destination Innovation

It was developed over years and played many games against people. Each time it lost the experts would reprogram Deep Blue to overcome the weaknesses they found in its play. He captained the English junior chess team. In 2014 Google bought DeepMind for $500m; it is Google’s biggest European acquisition.

article thumbnail

MAKING GAMIFICATION ACCESSIBLE – BRINGING NEWNESS TO CORPORATE LEARNING

ImagineNation

Who were exploiting the convergence of trends catalysed by the expansion of the internet and by the fast pace of exponential technology development making gamification accessible to everyone. Further claiming that by 2014, 80% of organisations will have gamified at least one area of their business.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Enterprise Teamwork: What It Is and How It Works

CMOE

Understanding the Team Environment. Like any dynamic system, a team operates within a broader and bigger system: the “environment.” Teams are an organic component of this system and play a role within it. Highly effective teams are able to support the environment and this system supports the team.

article thumbnail

How can academics ensure their work has impact?

IdeaSpies

Take Bell Labs, for example, an industrial research and development (R&D) company, now owned by Nokia but originally founded by Alexander Graham Bell in the late-1800s. Fortunately, it can be bridged by collaborating with industry. . In some cases, the TTO might ‘spin-out’ the technology into its own company.

article thumbnail

Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Research confirms: development of exploration in parallel to exploitation capabilities proves to be mandatory for established companies in order to compete successfully and sustainably. One way for established organizations to strengthen exploration is by developing internal capabilities in order to overcome their inherent inertia.

article thumbnail

Invest in People to Grow Your Business

KindlingApp

The 2014 Global Innovation Index Report focused on how investment in human capital (“ a measure of the economic value of an employee's skill set ”) is critical for growth and innovation. That means having a more comprehensive view of the individuals on your team. Articulate their value.

article thumbnail

Overcome resistance and capture growth in the Financial Services Industry

Innovation 360 Group

It drives innovation to a transactional level and leads organizations to seek the perceived lower risk of acquiring new ideas vs developing them in house. Often agile development initiatives are not ‘agile’ at all. In addition, difficulties with integrating these acquisitions can reduce the realization of long-term value significantly.