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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business Review

Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory. Inventory challenges aren’t new. In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped.

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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. This lightweight, technologically proficient reinvention of existing MP3 players was an global phenomenon that has since sold more than 400 million units since 2001. Take the iPod for example.

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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. This remains true in an upturn, especially as we ramp up again since customers’ priorities and mindsets themselves may have fundamentally changed due to the economic circumstances.

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3 Effective Strategies for Leading Across Generations in the Workplace

CMOE

So, you could give team members the option of working remotely or only in the office part of the time, and you could institute a process of annual reviews to appeal to the priorities of all generations. Gen Z workers tend to focus on promotions and work-life balance, whereas Gen X and Baby Boomers value stability.

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#1,376 – Week In Review

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

NASA landed a probe on Eros back in 2001. Drone technology hasn’t really taken off yet (pun intended) but all that may be about to change thanks to a novel approach that aims to turn drones into portable canopies, capable of springing into action to provide people with shade during concerts and sporting events. Drone Canopy.

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New Decade, New What?

100%Open

Clarke made one bizarrely accurate prediction as two astronauts in the movie 2001 can be seen reading a newspaper on something that looks suspiciously like an iPad, that he calls a Newspad. Open innovation platform technology companies will continue to rationalise, merge or disappear .

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How to Embed Agile Thinking at Every Level of Your Company

CMOE

The term agile was coined in the information technology (IT) field in 2001 and was used to refer to a group of methodologies. All posts are peer-reviewed by CMOE. . The leaders at each of these levels perform different duties, but no matter where you sit in the organization, agile thinking matters.

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