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Teacher shortages bring to mind the saying ‘necessity is the mother of invention’

Christensen Institute

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. The practice is one in which the teacher of record delivers whole-class learning virtually, and an in-person monitor—often a substitute teacher—tracks behavior and ensures students do their work.

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Applying AI and Machine Learning to Patent Data Analysis

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Artifical intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques are changing the world of patent data analysis. These facts make patent data very suitable to be processed with machine learning techniques. These facts make patent data very suitable to be processed with machine learning techniques. Click To Tweet.

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The Creativity Crisis: It’s Getting Worse

Idea to Value

This approach stifles natural curiosities, the joy of learning, and exploring topics that might lead to their passions. Because teachers have been compelled to depend on rote lecturing, students have few opportunities for group work or discussions to learn and collaborate with others. Narrowing visions. Narrowing minds.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Maribel Lopez Founder and Principal Analyst, Lopez Research LLC

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After several technology marketing and market research industry analyst roles, I took the leap and created my own independent analyst practice in 2008. During my meetings with tech buyers, I learn about their challenges with technology adoption and how they’d like to evolve their business. I read constantly.

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Water4: market-creating innovation at the heart of Sierra Leone

Christensen Institute

I soon learned from a Sierra Leonean returning home from Canada that this was the norm. In addition, fewer than 15% of countries surveyed in the 2019 UN GLAAS report had the financial or human capacity to implement their plans for safe drinking water. . million people since 2008.

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What a recent HBR article gets wrong (and right) about innovation metrics

Commodore Innovation

Christensen and colleagues 1 called them “innovation killers” in a 2008 HBR article and earlier work 2 highlights similar issues. Until the point at which you can estimate outcomes, the shared basis of judgment for a given project or portfolio should be the learning generated. Financial metrics (e.g., 1—Muller, J. Christensen, S.P.

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CPG Industry Innovation

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Another opportunity in innovation is to look to CPG growth strategies for the year based off the lessons learned from the last recession. Metrics reanalyzed from 2008 can provide an outlook for how consumer behavior may repeat if we find a recession triggered in the coming year as some economists are predicting.