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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. It promised £50,000 ($100,000) in prize money to the first group that could fly a human-powered aircraft over a figure-eight course covering a total of one mile and including certain height markers. Paul MacCready.

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9 Way Bailey’s Irish Cream Can Help You Innovate

IdeaScale

On December 3rd, 2007, Diageo announced the sale of the billionth bottle of Baileys since it was first introduced in 1973. Names can be tough and often really easy to reject with a comment like “I just don’t like it”…Being words, not graphic designs, they are within everyone’s purview so anyone can reject them.

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Bringing Design Thinking into the classroom to prepare the next generation for the challenges of the future

Betterific

Paul Kim , is a teacher at Colorado Academy and Co-Director of the Redi Lab, and is best known for using the design thinking process to teach History. He is our design thinking guest blogger. Below, Paul lays the case for using design thinking in school. Differentiation by Design. by Paul Kim.

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Innovation Lessons from the Master, Steve Jobs

Destination Innovation

He dropped out of college but voluntarily took a course in calligraphy. Jobs worked with designer Jonathan Ive to develop a stunning sequence of new product blockbusters: the iMac, iTunes, Apple Stores, the iPod, the iTunes Store, the iPhone, the App Store, and the iPad. He empowered his team to design something radical and they did.

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Changes in Leadership, Reflection, and Reduced Commitment to Outdated Plans

Michael Roberto

Further, such teams were better able to respond to feedback, to identify and correct errors in their updated plan and make course corrections by focusing on error reduction. However, we also must remind ourselves that a new leader alone, without critical reflection, will not save us from poorly designed and seriously outdated plans.

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How Chriztine Kirk Strengthens Global Connections

Planview

In 2007, my dad passed away. I started as a trainer and then was promoted to manage the Global Enablement Team, designing the training courses, coordinating and identifying training needs. I also enjoy the creative process of designing and sewing complex quilts. Tell us about your career journey to date.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

A while ago I sat down with Machiel Wetselaar & David van Dinther to create a list of innovation methodologies for a course we’re developing. Human-Centered Design (IDEO). Updated Model of Design Thinking. Design Thinking Process (Stanford). Design Competitions. Design for Six Sigma (Idov).