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Three reasons to change the global poverty fighting paradigm

Christensen Institute

Here are three reasons why the current poverty fighting model needs to change. This needs to change. This happened to me in 2009 when I co-founded the nonprofit organization, Poverty Stops Here (PSH). Our final project was providing microloans. But Ford’s affordable Model T car changed all that.

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Authority Bias: Why we submit to the ideas and orders of others

Idea to Value

This experiment has recently been replicated in a 2009 study , showing the authority bias is still strong in today’s society. They may therefore have a negative inclination towards change , and list out reasons why these new innovations will not work.

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5 Reasons to Bring Your Team Together for a Remote Design Thinking Project Now

InnovationTraining.org

Businesses everywhere are having to evolve at the speed of light to keep up with the pace at which customer needs are changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we share five reasons why now’s the time to bring your team together for a remote design thinking project. This is a guest article written by Sprintbase. .

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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. So, without further ado, let’s get to it. Why is Innovation Essential During an Economic Downturn?

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IDEA 2009 - Day 1

Boxes and Arrows

Download Making Virtual Worlds: Games and the Human for a Digital Age (IDEA 2009 Presentation) View more documents from tmmalaby. But don’t get too comfortable, b/c the future is about to change…again! What has changed in the last year and what are next year’s trends? Co-founder of Razorfish, Inc.,

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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. Because this project centered on the makers of Second Life, Linden Lab in San Francisco, to a certain extent the familiar form of face-to-face ethnographic participant observation and interviewing was possible.

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IDEA 2009: An Interview with Leisa Reichelt

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2009 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. As a designer for a prominent open source community project, what have you found to be the keys to success in working with open source developers, specifically on the usability and experience fronts?

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