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2024: A Pivotal Year

Digital Tonto

In 2009, it felt like the world was ending. GDP would fall by 14% and the ad market, which fueled the media business I ran, fell by 85%. In 2009 I started my blog, Digital Tonto, which turned my life in a new direction. The incredible cynicism and incompetence of Yanukovych’s rule stoked a desire to change direction.

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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business Review

In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory. Inventory challenges aren’t new. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

Would you like to have read the best 50 books on sales, marketing, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-improvement? Just imagine all the insights and lessons you would have learned and how that would have helped you in your business career. But how much time would it have taken?

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Overcome the Customer’s Concern – Transfer the Risk

Destination Innovation

During the economic depression which followed the financial crash of 2009 car sales slumped across America. Once they gained this insight Hyundai decided on a daring marketing strategy. Hyundai saw its share of the US automobile market rise from 3.0 Hyundai saw its share of the US automobile market rise from 3.0

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Seven Companies That Failed to Innovate and What Happened to Them

IdeaScale

These seven companies lost out on entering major new markets, got acquired by competitors, or accumulated billions on bad bets, all by failing to innovate or grasp the value of their innovations. The mistake in innovation was to assume that minor cosmetic changes and rougher play were the only things sports fans wanted. The lesson?

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IDEA 2009: An Interview with Thomas Malaby

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2009 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. Certainly, but in a sense any given community changes historically in a unique fashion. Did you find in your research that Second Life is evolving in a unique way compared to other communities?

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

We’ll also provide a series of practical tips and examples that can help address the changes, embrace new opportunities, and navigate these challenging times. As not all organizations are willing to take the risk to shift gears and change direction, that’s where you can outperform competitors. So, without further ado, let’s get to it.

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