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Michael Brunner is Named Honoree in Pittsburgh’s 2020 Smart 50 Awards

Brunner

1991: Michael saw the value in big data before it was big and made Brunner’s first acquisition, a database marketing firm . 2005: H e acquired a creative boutique agency in Atlanta to provide a foothold in one of the nation’s strongest business markets .

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Spotting Innovation Opportunities

ITONICS

Those findings create the basis for innovation theories, e.g. radical innovation within niches as part of the evolutionary economics theory (Geels, 2002), a blue ocean as described in the “Blue Ocean Strategy” (Kim & Mauborgne, 2005) or a “White Space” (Jackson, 2011) within the company. The role of big data and data mining.

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3 Innovation Specialists Busting the Myth About Brainstorming

Innovation in Practice

Omnichannel : Are you living in 2005? Big Data : Oh god. How many partners would you need to convince to make it credible? In all seriousness: focus! Find your early adopters and validate their preferred channel. App : Really, you want to make an app for that? If you said ChatBot, I might’ve been excited.

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Three Steps to Accelerate Your Sustainability Journey

PlanBox Innovation

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) started as early as in 2005. On the other hand, you have the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), characterized by the unprecedented pace of technological advances, such as 3D and 4D Printing, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT), to name a few.