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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

Lego is now revered as one of the most innovative and successful companies in the world. But in 2003 the company was $800m in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. They asked customers to help design new products. Collaborate to innovate. Innovative use of Video. Rapid prototyping. Lego Star Wars on Wikipedia.

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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

Here’s the secret to Unicorn innovation. He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Without innovation, inertia will govern speed.

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Hatem Azzam, DBA

Innovation 360

Hatem Azzam is a Serial Entrepreneur and International Business Veteran, Management and Business Development Consultant, and Executive Leadership Coach. In 2003, after he finished his MBA in international business, Hatem resigned to start his journey as an Entrepreneur. Innovation Management. Innovation Coaching.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

I’m going to talk about how, in the 21st Century, we need ‘Goodness’ more than ‘Greatness’ when it comes to innovation. If I asked you to name some innovations of the 20th Century, which ones would you think of? Obviously, all names listed are ‘innovators’ of their time. The innovations in the 21st Century are different.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

If I asked you to name some innovations of the 20th Century, which ones would you think of? So, I typed ‘Innovations of the 20th Century’ , and the results I got are 1) Nuclear Power 2) Personal Computer 3) Airplane 4) Automobile 5) Antibiotics 6) Television, etc. Obviously, all names listed are ‘innovators’ of their time.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. Merging Theory and Practice. Pitfalls to Avoid.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

I’m going to talk about how, in the 21st Century, we need ‘Goodness’ more than ‘Greatness’ when it comes to innovation. If I asked you to name some innovations of the 20th Century, which ones would you think of? Obviously, all names listed are ‘innovators’ of their time. The innovations in the 21st Century are different.