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Mega Capital Projects and Product Documentation: How PLM Can Help

Innovation Excellence

Investment activity in infrastructure and other major capital projects has regained its upward trend following the 2008 crash. The quantity and scale of mega capital projects is encouraging for the engineering and construction industries. Continue reading →

Project 40
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Big Hit or Big Flop: Extreme Outcomes for High-Status Project Leaders

Michael Roberto

A project manager has had a remarkable track record. Surely, it makes good sense to assign him or her to lead the next high-profile project in your organization. They find that high-status project leaders may be prone to extreme outcomes: perhaps another blockbuster hit, but just as likely, a major flop. Not so fast.

Project 26
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How to Manage Complexity in Strategy

Cascade Strategy

Next thing you know, the recession in 2008 rolls around and your revenue gets cut in half… Is your thorough strategic plan with all its detailed projects and goals still viable? Take strategic planning for example, imagine you poured hours into crafting a thorough and detailed strategic plan in 2007.

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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. You can see examples of their various projects on their website. Showing peer reviews e.g. for companies, products, hotels or restaurants.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Innovators are forced to give up on initiatives, projects, and resources. In this context, innovators wonder how to get ideas across, how to continue projects, what back-up solutions to find and how to keep innovation afloat. The long-horizon projects are the first to go and this leads to an unbalanced innovation portfolio.

How To 105
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Teacher shortages bring to mind the saying ‘necessity is the mother of invention’

Christensen Institute

As a result, disruptive innovations typically start by serving areas of nonconsumption—where the alternative is nothing at all. By outperforming this alternative, disruptive innovations can take root and improve over time until they take over.

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IDEA 2008

Boxes and Arrows

Information in Space – Elliott Malkin Artists and Information Architect Elliott Malkin discusses his new media projects installed in public space. Jason also looks at the lessons learned and where he draws the boundaries between a firm’s design principles and the tenets of a particular.