Remove who-are-we
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Overton Window: How extreme ideas become mainstream

Idea to Value

The Overton Window was developed by policy analyst Joseph Overton, to explain how ideas and policies would only be viable if they fell within a range of what society would accept. Radical: Ideas which are very divisive and unacceptable to people who hold the opposite view. Therefore will not be accepted by society overall.

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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

One of the most common questions I get asked when talking to companies about their issues with innovation is “how do we prevent someone stealing our ideas? Should we get them all patented?” And then use those patents to sue other companies who are actually working in that space! What patents are supposed to do.

System 100
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The Engineering Stakeholder Interview

Boxes and Arrows

It is quite long, so we’ve broken it into several sections. If there are no design engineers, a system architect and GUI lead may be the best option for software expertise. They may have worked with people who called themselves designers, but who proposed horrendously difficult solutions that seemed “cool.”