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Bitcoin and Blockchain: A Small Glimpse Into Big Digital Disruptions

Daniel Burrus

This sent the banking industry into a tailspin, desperately trying to understand this new concept of a digital currency system, and areas of the government even began to prepare a way to legislate this unfamiliar system. The fact of the matter is that many people did not fully understand the mechanics behind Bitcoin.

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Opportunity cost

Idea to Value

Invest in ideas which are too similar to the existing business, and not enough in exploring more disruptive and transformational ideas. And the best way to achieve this is to put in place an innovation management and governance framework which allows fast, low risk validation of ideas. If you would like to find out how L.I.V.E.

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Is What’s Good For General Electric Good For America?

Digital Tonto

American industry followed suit, cutting investment in R&D, lobbying hard for cuts in government spending and corporate taxes, hollowing out the US industrial base. Related posts: How GE Got Disrupted The Future Of Robots Is All Too Human America Can Win Manufacturing In The 21st Century. first appeared on Digital Tonto.

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Using Lean Innovation to Transform the Way the City of Hayward Solves Problems

Moves the Needle

Before and After Lean Innovation: Overview The City of Hayward, California wanted to break away from inefficient and ineffective processes for researching and launching programs, and remove organizational bottlenecks that stood in the way of serving citizens. Download this case study to show to your colleagues, board of directors, or boss.

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Top 10 Must-Read Classics on Innovation Techniques

IdeaScale

The Innovator’s Dilemma , by Clayton Christensen Christensen is the professor who turned “disruption” into a buzzword but, unfortunately, why he did so is lost in the noise. Running Lean , by Ash Maurya Innovation strategy starts with a plan. Berkun clears the ground for more effective innovation by blowing up a few myths.

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Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-Suite

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Making strategy behind closed doors is a prescription for failure when disruptions are coming from all directions. Those who lean towards a Miles Davis mindset are more likely to adopt an open approach to innovation. It approaches disruption as a threat and aims to provide a solution to handle this threat.

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Using Lean Innovation in the Product Development and Commercialization Process

Moves the Needle

Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. The journey, by and large, is slow, linear, does not allow for change, and is governed by scheduling resources, versus based upon customer need or value creation. The most mature organizations deploy integrated lean innovation practices across the product lifecycle.