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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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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.

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José Moreno

Innovation 360 Group

In the Private Sector, he’s been a pioneer Consultant and founder—associate of several Data, Software and Business, and IT initiatives. Software research. He’s passionate about music and Hispanic literature. Area of expertise: Strategy. General Management. Innovation Management. Design Thinking. Strategic Change. Geointelligence.

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José Moreno

Innovation 360

In the Private Sector, he’s been a pioneer Consultant and founder—associate of several Data, Software and Business, and IT initiatives. Software research. He’s passionate about music and Hispanic literature. Area of expertise: Strategy. General Management. Innovation Management. Design Thinking. Strategic Change. Geointelligence.

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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.

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The Personality of a Business: More Than Just a Brand Image

Tullio Siragusa

Case Study: Airbnb’s Personality Shift and Rebranding Background: Founded in 2008, Airbnb started as a platform that allowed homeowners to rent out their spaces to travelers. Are you clear about the personality you’re projecting? Was it solely the product’s functionality, or did the brand’s ethos, values, or character play a part?

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Crowdsourcing vs crowdfunding – what’s the difference?

Wazoku

Crowdsourcing first became popular among software developers: open sourced code was a way for companies to more quickly develop software. In sum, anyone is free to add their two cents or edit projects and by working together, the information is more powerful than any one person or even a department can create.