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Become proactive instead of reactive with Future Designs

mjvinnovation

Let’s take a step back and dig a little deeper into the theory behind Futures Studies and Futures Design in order to contextualize “scenario” and “collapse”. We might also add to the recipe a few extra flavors in the form of culture, behavior and values. He revisited this model in Advancing Futures (2002). Hawaii foresight Ph.D.

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Third Place and the Starbucks empire: the user experience at the heart of strategy

mjvinnovation

Starbucks has now incorporated this philosophy into its retail design and business strategy. In any case, the way Starbucks designs its stores, and its service serves as a “prosthesis” of the third place for medium and large cities, increasingly lacking in public spaces for congregating and socializing. . . What is the third place?

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How to spend $200+ Billion for a Train Wreck

Mills-Scofield

In the early 90’s at AT&T, I was on a ‘special project’ with some friends to design the next generation core domestic network. We were young and idealistic so our designed was based on the TCP/IP protocol. We presented our design to the powers that were. 2002: AT&T sells AT&T Broadband to Comcast for $47.5B

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Has COVID-19 led us into a Collapse scenario?

mjvinnovation

Let’s take a step back and dig a little deeper into the theory behind Futures Studies and Futures Design in order to contextualise “scenario” and “collapse”. We might also add to the recipe a few extra flavours in the form of culture, behaviour and values. He revisited this model in Advancing Futures (2002).

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There are Knowns and Unknowns in Innovation: Let’s Manage Them Differently

Paul Hobcraft

Secretary of Defense Donald Henry Rumsfeld, who mentioned: “unknown unknowns” (Rumsfeld, 2002). We are often specifically asked to improve on them by finding cost savings, improving their functionality or design. To achieve that ‘engage and exchange’ culture, you need a well-structured management system that can respond.

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The Power of Collaboration

Boxes and Arrows

—Eber Hampton (2002) The Circle Unfolds, p. This effort was an interesting challenge since it involved me—a non-Aboriginal designer—trying to design for Aboriginal students from multiple cultural backgrounds. My final project was a prototype design that I then tested in paper form. Importance of Visual Design.

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Spotting Innovation Opportunities

ITONICS

More than ever before, managers have to put an extra effort into creating a holistic innovation management and a sustainable innovation culture in the company in order not to disappear from the scene. Discovering and designing an innovation field requires a mixture of data research and intuition. The Innovator’s Dilemma.