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How “True Believers” Can Undermine Change

Digital Tonto

I first noticed this in the aftermath of the Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004. Change leaders feel so passionately about their idea they want to push it through and silence dissent. Meaningful change can’t be mandated or forced, it can only be empowered. Change that lasts is always built on common ground.

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The Geek who Changed the World

Destination Innovation

It explained the World Wide Web concept and freely shared information on hypertext, technical details for creating webpages and an explanation on how to search the Web for information. In 2004, Berners-Lee was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his pioneering work. The world’s first website, [link] was launched in 1991.

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“Island of Bryan” Couple Offers Their Top DIY Tips for New Homeowners

Business and Tech

In 2004, he took the step of founding his own construction company, and that decision became part of both our lives. We spoke with the couple about their experience fixing up a resort property — and attempting to open it during the COVID-19 pandemic — and got their best tips for homeowners looking to tackle their own DIY projects.

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Big Tech and Media- The Future?

IdeaSpies

Social When Facebook launched in 2004, it friended news media promising them access to youth. Tech guys will tell you that this isn’t possible because of the way that AI’s ‘predict the next word’ but this is wrong, and I will share how to do it in a post shortly. News media’s 20 years of failure can’t end unless change starts.

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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

Technology is profoundly changing how we work and live, from automated manufacturing to artificial intelligence. As such, we need to be aware of how these changes will affect us so that we can prepare for them accordingly. By embracing the potential of technological change, organizations can benefit from greater success.

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Innovation adoption in the technology lifecycle for Energy Translation

Paul Hobcraft

Everett Rogers (March 6, 1931 – October 21, 2004) was an eminent American communication theorist and sociologist, who originated the diffusion of innovations theory and introduced the term early adopter and the model for this we have become very familiar with. The diffusion of innovation is essential to understand to get eventually to scale.

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Seven Companies That Failed to Innovate and What Happened to Them

IdeaScale

The mistake in innovation was to assume that minor cosmetic changes and rougher play were the only things sports fans wanted. Innovation isn’t change for change’s sake, but instead, change made with real reasons behind it. The lesson? Compaq started with innovation.

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