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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. Weak political leadership, lobby groups, regulation and enquiries lead to a paralysis of decision making and action. Low investment in Research and Development. Poor management. Poor leadership. Low skills.

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Options-based Strategy: An Approach for Uncertain Times

The Inovo Group

How do you create a company that can adapt, respond, and reinvent itself to become stronger in both good times and bad? In 2017, the entire eight-person, executive management team (except for the CFO) of Sweetgreen quit of their own accord after the company had record growth in 2015 and 2016. Highlights. Michael Raynor.

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Designing for Harmony

Boxes and Arrows

Was their size and rapid growth diluting their design-driven culture? Intuit had developed its mobile platform late in the game, creating an inconsistent experience. In 2007, Scott Cook had another important insight: He realized that he’d never be Steve Jobs. Hanson, in turn, put together a team of nine people to help her.

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Why you need extreme constraints to fuel innovation

hackerearth

The team calls itself a curiosity driven research group at Stanford, trying to invent novel technologies with clinical applications with a current focus on resource-poor settings. In an Agile system, you could adjust cost, scope, and schedule to impact development positively. Have you heard of the “Prakash Lab”?

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

Entrepreneurial thinking is described as having an entrepreneurial expert mindset (Krueger, 2007). Krueger, 2007). Based on the same logic as mentioned above, entrepreneurial thinking is prone to both causational thinking and effectuation-based thinking (Krueger, 2007). Is it easy to create autonomous team and projects?

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. Establishing a culture that encourages innovation, and rewards intrapreneurship, is a powerful way to counteract this effect.

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50 what-if questions to reimagine the future

Board of Innovation

What if you were charged a fee for delivering a bad customer experience? What if you were charged a fee for delivering a bad customer experience? For example, Spotify offers personalized playlists reflecting the cultural music of users’ heritage, based on their DNA test (provided by Ancestry). What if no staff was required?