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Getting Book Feedback

Stephen Shapiro

Although I have published books as far back as 2001 (with an even earlier one from 1996 when I was at Accenture), I am always learning something new. Late last week I sent the beta version of the book to a dozen reviewers. We still have a couple more weeks for reviewers to provide feedback. This is book number 7.

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How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas

IdeaScale

First launched in October 2001, Apple ‘s portable music device has revolutionised how we all listen to and download music. After all, the first portable MP3 players hit the market in 1998 and by 2001 there were over 50 different models available through which you could download and play music from your computer.

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Integrating UX into the Product Backlog

Boxes and Arrows

Early agile pioneers were working on in-house IT projects (custom software) or enterprise software [ 1 , 2 ]. The economics are different in selling consumer products than when developing software for enterprises—UX matters more for consumer products. Larry makes money even if people can’t use his software.

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DON’T LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS!

Innovation 360 Group

1 spot in digital camera sales as recently as 2001. They thought customers were buying film, chemicals, inkjet cartridges, workflow software, and so on. In any case, the full story of Kodak has not been written yet and there is still much to learn from their attempt at coming back to life. They actually held the No.

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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

Additionally, medicine information leaflets are required to be reviewed and approved by a competent authority, which varies from country to country, before being included in the packaging with the medicine. Design Principles Interfaces Learning From Others Visual and Visible' Possible Design Improvements. 2 European Commission.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

In this post I review important lessons learned by CVCs that have been operating for many years and several economic cycles and best practices being used by newer CVCs. Are there lessons these newer VCs should be learning from CVCs with proven staying power? Two groups to learn from. and Europe. They invest globally.