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Ten Modern Examples of Bad Assumptions

Destination Innovation

2008 Financial Crisis: Many financial institutions assumed that mortgage-backed securities were low-risk investments, but they turned out to be toxic and the subsequent banking crash led to a global economic downturn. They assumed he was a financial genius who could guarantee high returns to investors.

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Innovate your way through tough times

Values Centered Innovation

Our habitual sources of entertainment, access to healthcare, ways of working, supply chain management… all put aside. Our habitual ways of living and doing business have been disturbed and unfrozen. That means the opportunity for innovative change is both ripe and necessary. Now is not the time for business to sit on the innovation sidelines.

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Blockchain: A Real-World Example of the Power of Innovation

IdeaScale

The first white paper about blockchain technology was released in 2008. For example, securely sharing private data across platforms is a major task of the healthcare industry, and blockchain promises a method for doing this at a level that has never before been possible. Blockchain is one of them.

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IDEA 2008: An Interview with Andrew Hinton

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. About Andrew Hinton Since 1990, Andrew Hinton has worked as a designer, instructor, writer and consultant of various stripes in the healthcare, financial, consumer and manufacturing industries.

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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

In 2008, Lloyds Pharmacy conducted 20 minute interviews 1 with 1,961 UK adults. Retrieved April 2008, from www.lloydspharmacy.com/wps/portal/aboutus/pr. 5 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The not so typical design challenge of medicine information leaflets shows the importance effective design can have.

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Innovating Out of Crisis

Innovation in Practice

In its recent fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation reported a record profit, in spite of the loss of its core business several years ago, brought on by a rapid increase in the digitalization of photography as well as the world financial crisis in 2008. The hair stood up on the back of my neck.”

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The 8 Hidden Venture-Killers

Peer Insight

Case Example : When Kimberly-Clark healthcare wanted to help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions , they had a treasure trove of life science IP to draw upon. They ignored it and instead looked at the problem from a frontline healthcare worker standpoint. Know what will make your venture win, and only focus on that.