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How To Compete In A New Era Of Innovation

Digital Tonto

So people took notice when economist Paul Krugman wrote that “by 2005 or so, it will. [[ This is a content summary only. In 1998, the dotcom craze was going at full steam and it seemed like the entire world was turning upside down. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Why The Future Of Technology Is Always More Human

Digital Tonto

In fact, since 2005, we seem to be caught in a second productivity paradox. Bill Gates recently wrote that, “The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone.”

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How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

In this article, the authors look at the experience of Tony’s Chocolonely, a Dutch chocolate brand founded in 2005, which set itself a mission to sell 100% slavery-free chocolate. In the cocoa industry, for example, the average farmer cultivates between three and five hectares to earn less than two dollars a day.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

Here are some of the noteworthy results: A 1978 study showed that creativity training can be highly successful A 1984 meta-analysis of 46 studies showed that around 22% of variance in creative performance could be attributed to creativity training A 2004 meta-analysis of 70 previous studies showed that creativity training was effective in improving (..)

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The Green Living Guy Talks Electric Vehicles

Business and Tech

Leitman, an electric vehicle expert and president of the Greater Hudson Valley Electric Auto Association, has been known as the Green Living Guy since 2005, when he began his media empire focused on sustainability. “I “Also, people listening to me — I mean that.”. Living green. I believed in solar and wind but knew I needed to do more.

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Great Minds Think Alike – And that Can Have Its Advantages

Stephen Shapiro

In 2005, I wrote a book titled Goal-Free Living , exploring how goals often lead to unintended and undesirable consequences. I wasn’t implying that my ideas were copied. Quite the opposite. Sometimes, great ideas arise simultaneously because the timing is right. This wasn’t the first time it happened with my content and HBR.

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