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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

Behavioural nudges are clever policy tweaks often used by governments to influence the choices that people make. The concept was popularised in the influential book, Nudge, by economists, Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, published in 2008. Showing peer reviews e.g. for companies, products, hotels or restaurants.

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VUCA is a matter of perspective

Jeffrey Phillips

Not too many people seem to remember the stock market crash of 2008, but of course that was a decade ago. The market crashed in 2008 and reached the same point as the top of the market a few years later. Volatility seems like something we've only just discovered. Notice that much change reverses itself or corrects over time.

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The Innovation Intensity needed in the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

In the short term, the dramatic economic downturn has given rise to seeing air pollution levels drop during the “lockdown” months, but as was seen after the 2008 /9 financial crisis when the economy came “roaring back,” so did the carbon emissions. There is significant pressure on Governments as they attempt to stimulate their economies.

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#2,078 – China’s Weather Modification System

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Twelve years later, the government was spending millions of dollars on weather-modification research each year, and 15 other companies had started cloud-seeding operations in 23 states. Because of that ongoing toll, the government has staked its legitimacy in part on how well it responds to such incidents.

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First 3 predictions for post-COVID world

Jeffrey Phillips

Over the next week or so I'll be writing short blog posts that examine a handful of the trends and some of the predictions that I made in the longer scenario, to illuminate factors governments and companies should consider as they start thinking about what lies ahead. These and other questions are the ones that your teams should be asking.

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Is Disruption the New Normal?

Moves the Needle

The world has endured 3 massive economic disruptions in the first 2 decades of the 21st century, including the dotcom bust and 9/11, the Great Recession of 2008, and the current pandemic-caused economic devastation. This is true in corporations, startups, education, government, and so on. But we are no longer in the 20th century.

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Gulsah Ceylan

Innovation 360 Group

By combining her innovative perspective and engineering knowledge in 2016, she has designed and developed an innovative smart textile product which was funded by government funds. 2003-2008 Uludag University – Textile Engineering (BSc). After that, she has established her own Start-up and developed many innovative projects.

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