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Innovation 2015 or Five Lame Excuses?

Gregg Fraley

Innovation ca feel a lot like that — your competition is a big tough impossible-to-beat player like Superman. I’m going to be like a broken record in this blog post ( I wrote a similar one a year ago ): If you don’t have an Innovation Plan, you aren’t doing innovation. Now is the time to impact 2015.

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Are we doing enough? A blog about education and sustainability

Norbert Bol

In the previous Strategy Blog the importance of education was discussed and I added a poll with the question: “Do you think decision makers educate themselves enough about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship?” ” The majority of the voters indicated that decision makers do not educate themselves enough.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. It also explains why prominent firms, which have been known for their innovative products for years, suddenly lose their competitive advantage?

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Evolution of Hyperloop: Propelling innovation the Elon Musk way

hackerearth

While Musk was not developing any commercial Hyperloops and plans lay dormant for almost 3 years, SpaceX announced Hyperloop pod competitions in late 2015 to accelerate the development of functional prototypes. The first competition was held in January 2016, where nearly 700 teams registered.

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Global Hackathon Report

hackerearth

From our analysis of nearly 1000 hackathons conducted across 75 countries in the world during a two-year period from 2015 onward, we bring you this Global Hackathon Report. From ideation to execution, we see hackathons are upending traditional business models and rewiring the competitive landscape. Private companies rules the roost.

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Innovation: How to Recruit and Retain Top Millennial Talent

Idea to Value

However, the Pew Research Center specifically delineates Millennials as people ages 18-34 in 2015. [2] million) have surpassed the Baby Boomers (people ages 51-69 in 2015, who now number at 74.9 2] After tabulating the recently released U.S. million) as this country’s largest living generation. [3]. 2] [link]. [3] 3] [link]. [4]

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And the Oscar goes to…Prediction Markets – Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Anticipate Success

Qmarkets

Once again the power of Prediction Markets was displayed last week, as it correctly predicted 19 out of the 24 winners at the 2015 Oscar awards; an accuracy level of 79%. This is compelling evidence for the argument that harnessing collective intelligence can be more accurate than expert opinion, at least when it comes to the Academy Awards.