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

Rmukesh Gupta

Hounsfield’s natural talents propelled him to lead the team building the most advanced mainframe computer available in Britain. While on a forced holiday to ponder his future and what he might do for the company, Hounsfield met a physician who complained about the poor quality of X-rays of the brain.

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Think Your Company’s Pursuit of Innovation has Run its Course? Think Again…

Qmarkets

But we shouldn’t judge poor Charles too harshly, after all, we are all guilty of similar cognitive bias on a daily basis. This report from Sandroni & Squintani (2004) summarizes decades-worth of psychological research which confirms our innate predisposition towards overconfidence.

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Think Your Company’s Pursuit of Innovation has Run its Course? Think Again…

Qmarkets

But we shouldn’t judge poor Charles too harshly, after all, we are all guilty of similar cognitive bias on a daily basis. This report from Sandroni & Squintani (2004) summarizes decades-worth of psychological research which confirms our innate predisposition towards overconfidence.

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Innovation is a team sport

Cris Beswick

At OUTCOME , we believe innovation is a system game, meaning it’s a team sport. The challenge is that many organisations have lost sight of the true definition of a team. 1] Let’s also differentiate between a department or group inside an organisation, as a group does not necessarily constitute a team. Pearson/Prentice Hall.

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

“This new mode of organization—a ‘network of teams’ with a high degree of empowerment, strong communication, and rapid information flow—is now sweeping businesses and governments around the world.” – Gen. Work is organized by programs and projects and done by purpose-built teams. Sense and sort signals – strong and weak.