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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower Innovation

Getting something to market and getting funding override any other concerns. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. That’s why the CTO’s attention is on programming for the earliest stage.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

Back when nobody in the world owned a personal computer, IBM’s market research experts speculated that there were no more than six people on earth who needed a PC. While IBM saw no market potential for PCs, two college dropouts named Bill Gates and Steve Jobs viewed the same data as IBM and perceived massive opportunity.

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Corporate Innovation in 2024

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Whilst innovation remains a top priority for every CEO, we have again witnessed recently that when markets are uncertain and costs need to be cut, the innovation function is also amongst the first to be impacted. Here's what they shared. It's free, but great value.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Jean-Christophe Gaillard, Founder & CEO, Corix Partners

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

Gaillard is the author of The CyberSecurity Leadership Handbook for the CISO and the CEO and the host of The Cyber Security Transformation Podcast. His passion for cybersecurity and his commitment to enhancing digital resilience have positioned him as a sought-after authority in the industry.

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TO GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, TURN YOUR PROBLEM UPSIDE DOWN

Michael Michalko

For example, many famous artists have designed and mass-marketed consumer goods such as purses, T-shirts, messenger bags, and so forth for a handsome profit. We understand ideas and concepts in terms of their relation and opposition to each other. To get an alternative understanding, reverse an idea and see what new relationships are created.

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HOW CAN A BEEHIVE BE THE SOLUTION TO DE-ICE POWER LINES DURING ICE STORMS?

Michael Michalko

Using a technique I described in my book Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques) on how to find and force connections between a challenge and random stimuli, they randomly picked a picture of “Beehives.” The result was that teams of marketers and researchers now meet quarterly to learn Ahow to talk to each other.@

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Top Jobs to be Done Books (JTBD)

InnovationTraining.org

The Jobs to be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organizations, and Strategy Around Customer Needs. The Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook: Practical Techniques for Improving Your Application of Jobs-to-be-Done. Looking for even more literary choices to help you innovate? This classic guide to JTBD by Jim Kalbach packs a powerful punch.