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#1,342 – Week In Review

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

In other words DARPA is trying to bring the technology behind Ant-Man to life. Competitions that test robots’ untethered actuator-power systems will measure how high and far a robot can jump, how much weight it can lift, how far it can throw objects, and how it fares in a tug-of-war. Amazon’s Part Finder.

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A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

Advances in mechanisation, mass production and, more recently, technology have shaped where and how we work, as well as what we produce. Promoting change of any kind was seen as a threat to the established order. A new era of work and technological change. At the same time the economy changed.

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PLAYING IT SAFE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU CAN DO

Innovation 360 Group

Companies disappear all the time without a word, due to changing cultural values, changing technology, or changing audience demographics. That’s the time to start running and jump on board with the changes. If you don’t look ahead, you won’t change. Are you safe? Or are you on the edge of irrelevance?

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

In the time that has passed since then, this concept has become infinitely easier to implement thanks to the development of Innovation Management technology, however some companies are yet to wake up to its potential. . Proposals that receive support from 10,000 users are promoted to the next stage for review by a committee of experts.

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

In the time that has passed since then, this concept has become infinitely easier to implement thanks to the development of Innovation Management technology, however some companies are yet to wake up to its potential. . Proposals that receive support from 10,000 users are promoted to the next stage for review by a committee of experts.

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3 Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

Of course, not every idea was serious but many of them were highly technical and well-thought out, however it does not appear that either of them contributed to the eventual outcome. Ultimately, because the SCA has no competition there is very little pressure for them to innovate.

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Three Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

Of course, not every idea was serious but many of them were highly technical and well-thought out, however it does not appear that either of them contributed to the eventual outcome. Ultimately, because the SCA has no competition there is very little pressure for them to innovate.