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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

The concept was popularised in the influential book, Nudge, by economists, Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, published in 2008. In 2010 the British Government set up a Behaviourial Insights Team (BIT), which became known as the ‘Nudge Unit’ Its aim was to save at least ten times its running cost.

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Business Model Scalability: Internal vs External

The BMI Lab Blog

When I co-founded the online ebook platform PaperC back in 2008, I made an interesting discovery. The internal scalability concerns the configuration of the business model design, the resources and partners. How can I improve my scalability when I design new business models? The market, the business model, or the team?”

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Case study of agile and UCD working together

Boxes and Arrows

Large scale websites require groups of specialists to design and develop a product that will be a commercial success. To develop a completely new site requires several teams to collaborate and this can be difficult. Particularly as different teams may be working with different methods.

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Information Architecture for Audio: Doing It Right - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design

Boxes and Arrows

Boxes And Arrows : The Design Behind the Design Register or Log In Search Stories Ideas Forums People Events Jobs About December Issue, 2008 Jens Jacobsen 32 Reputation points Jens likes writing for multimedia and loves tracking down usability issues. Jens started as a technology writer. Find or Post New Jobs!

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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”? Well, some do.

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The enemy is already within. The flood gates are open. Can GE recover?

Paul Hobcraft

It is then through managing your future development, mostly through research and development, that when combined with a sound acquisition strategy, that you believe will then augment your present internal growth and look to sustain the business. The last few months have been some of the most shocking ones in GE’s history.

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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. It’s estimated that a loss of more than $2 trillion in world-wide economic growth occurred between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.