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A Revolutionary Idea – Thinking Inside the Box

Destination Innovation

He borrowed $22 million from the bank and bought two World War II tankers which he converted to carry containers on and under deck. McLean died in New York in 2001. In the 1950s McLean foresaw the great potential of containers and he used his commercial expertise and political shrewdness to make things happen.

System 202
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Can you take Criticism? And was the Reformation really necessary?

Destination Innovation

On April 17, 2001, he made what became an infamous comment during a conference call with financial analysts. Dick Fuld, CEO of Lehman Brothers, and Fred Goodwin, CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, were two eminently successful business leaders who were famed for their arrogance, self-confidence and lack of willingness to accept criticism.

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Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innovators Alliance

Apple began its stunning transformation with the iPod in 2001, during the darkest days after the Internet bubble burst. As Apple has proven to the world, a robust innovation pipeline is the key to success, regardless of the economic environment. And its iPad was introduced during the 2008 downturn.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

By 2001, I was running Product Management at a different company. Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development. For example, many banks have gone completely online, while others, like Capital One, have created “cafes” instead of formal branches to interact with customers.

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

anti-money laundering laws since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Paige Baumann will walk us through the impacts of the AMLA, and you'll leave this session with a new understanding of: The catalysts for this new law and how it amended the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 Rulemaking and other actions taken by the U.S.

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THOMAS EDISON’S CREATIVE THINKING HABIT: ADAPTATION

Michael Michalko

He thought about how information is moved, and how banks move money around the world. Both information systems and banks, he discovered, put all points in a network and connect them through a central hub. In an experiment, Dr. Pronovost used the checklist strategy to attack just one common problem in the I.C.U.,

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. For examples, Air Asia allowing passengers to print their own boarding pass from home; banks letting customers carry out transactions via the internet; and Airbnb uncovering the unoccupied spaces in the community and unleashing them for rent.