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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. The post How “True Believers” Can Undermine Change first appeared on Digital Tonto. Here’s How To Outsmart Them 3 Reasons Why Change Fails Make These 3 Cultural Shifts To Reignite Change In Your Organization

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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. The Don’t Be Evil mantra then disappeared as trillions rolled in.

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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. We felt that to remain competitive, larger companies needed to recapture the sense of wonder and adventure that working in the "front end" of innovation would create. I have to admit, I was skeptical at first.

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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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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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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.