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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

They eventually declared bankruptcy in 2010 after losing over $900 million in revenue between 2000 and 2004 because of the shift in consumer tastes away from physical media. What would happen if you or your business stayed stagnant while the world continued to progress technologically?

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My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

My friend, who founded OVO Innovation with me in 2004, was really passionate about the idea of reviving innovation in corporations. But, we got started, getting some initial training from Tim Hurson , who wrote Think Better, a great book on innovation thinking, creativity and facilitation. I have to admit, I was skeptical at first.

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The Podcast Renaissance: How Podcasts Boost Creativity and Inspire Audiences

Idea to Value

Podcasting is an exciting expression of creativity, and it can be a powerful tool to inspire other people across the planet. How and why did podcasts get to the point of being a major form of media? The first podcasts and hosting service were introduced in early 2004, and it wasn’t until mid-2005 that Apple supported them on iTunes.

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What is Crowdsourcing, and How Can it Add Value to Your Enterprise?

Qmarkets

Since the 2004 publication of James Surowiecki’s highly influential book, The Wisdom of Crowds , the idea that large groups of people can be smarter than a few individuals, no matter how brilliant, has been gradually gaining prominence in academic circles, business communities, and public opinion.

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Origin Story of The first CT scan (Republished from The Conversation

Rmukesh Gupta

Ultimately he did figure how to use high-energy rays to reveal what’s invisible to the naked eye. He continued to putter around with inventions until his final days in 2004, when he died at 84. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Hounsfield’s innovation transformed medicine.

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Top 10 must-read books on Innovation

hackerearth

Being innovative or creative looks like an inherent trait to most of us, doesn’t it? However, if you’ve been one of those lucky ones who had “creativity” as an academic discipline at school, you’d know that it can at least be nurtured. Perhaps, like renowned educationalist, Sir Ken Robinson says, “We got educated out of creativity.”

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

Its recent experience with establishing internal innovation networks illustrates the advantages of thinking through the jobs the network needs to do and then how to get these jobs done. Shared creative space – Discussion of ideas, problem finding, problem solving. 3 (2004), 294-302.