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Fly, Crash, Adapt

Destination Innovation

Paul MacCready (1925 – 2007) was an aeronautical engineer and inventor of the first human-powered aircraft. This motivated him to enter the Kremer competition which offered a reward for the first human-powered flight. Early efforts to build human-powered aircraft had featured wooden designs, which proved too heavy.

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Cracking the complexity code

Paul Hobcraft

There was a good article within the McKinsey Quarterly published way back in 2007 entitled “Cracking the complexity code,” written by three authors Suzanne Heywood, Jessica Spungin, and David Turnbull. They suggest organizations need to decide on where to hold complexity within any design and build the right capabilities where they matter.

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Shifting innovation from a vague buzzword to a mechanism of progress

Christensen Institute

High-performing companies like Intuit design for what is valuable to consumers and customers. They have a process to intentionally learn from people, and then those lessons inform how they design their business model to deliver value. Consumer-driven business model design is not a skill set in most organizations.

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Eleven Reasons for the UK’s Poor Productivity

Destination Innovation

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) UK productivity has fallen to levels it held in 2007. This is the key reason why wages, growth and competitive performance are all held back. Who is going to design and program the robots? Why is this and what can be done about it? Resistance to change.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. It also explains why prominent firms, which have been known for their innovative products for years, suddenly lose their competitive advantage?

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Human-Centered Design (IDEO). Updated Model of Design Thinking. Design Thinking Process (Stanford). Design Competitions. Design for Six Sigma (Idov). Experience Design Process (Armano). Value Proposition Design (Osterwalder). Focus stage: Seed Published: 2007 more…. Double Diamond (Chu).

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Leading Experts Share Challenges in Human Resources During the Pandemic and Trends in Employee Health and Wellness

Business and Tech

Wellbeing isn’t just a perk; it’s a competitive advantage. AH: My turning point came in 2007, when I collapsed from exhaustion and broke my cheekbone. JA: I’m a staunch advocate of human-centered design for solving HR problems. I had bought into the idea that burnout was just the price we have to pay for success.

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