Remove 2004 Remove Competition Remove Learning Remove Marketing
article thumbnail

My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

A good friend and I were eating lunch, and talking about concerns that there wouldn't be any good or interesting jobs for our kids, because of the usual technology advances - robotics, automation, machine learning and other factors. Market evidence will tell you that most of new product innovations fail in the first year.

article thumbnail

Innovation adoption in the technology lifecycle for Energy Translation

Paul Hobcraft

The economics of powering the energy system with renewables has got to the point where there is real competitiveness. Something we trail or pilot represents less uncertainty to potential adopters and clearly can allow adopters to learn by doing. The diffusion of innovation is essential to understand to get eventually to scale.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. To me, a blue lobster is a person who views and organizes the world differently, who rejects the status quo, who loves to try stuff, learn, fail and try again, who is interesting because they are interested and who has impact. What’s with blue lobsters? Blue Lobsters.

article thumbnail

What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. To me, a blue lobster is a person who views and organizes the world differently, who rejects the status quo, who loves to try stuff, learn, fail and try again, who is interesting because they are interested and who has impact. What’s with blue lobsters? Blue Lobsters.

article thumbnail

Top 9 Actionable Employee Engagement Ideas and Activities

Acuvate

In today’s competitive business world employee engagement is an essential element in creating a positive work culture and a productive workforce. Disengaged employees can cause both financial and competitive drain on the organizations. Organization’s mission statement is a key strategic marketing and business development tool.

article thumbnail

A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

1880s and 1890s – Efforts to raise productivity A growing concern about the standard of Britain’s labour force, particularly when compared with Germany and the other industrial nations, led to a rise in an emphasis on training to increase productivity and competitiveness. This opened up new possibilities for online social learning.

article thumbnail

When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

hackerearth

It was close to bankruptcy in the late 1990s with rivals BM, Dell and HP eating up the market. The company had a paltry 4 percent market share and losses of over $1 billion. Market expansion was what Apple needed, not a sizable chunk of the PC market. Mac’s unique features were shadowed by the premium price.