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Innovative Start-Ups Founded by Women

Destination Innovation

The system is designed for children aged 6 to 18 and is based on gamification ideas. Rent the Runway is an e-commerce platform that allows users to rent, subscribe, or buy designer clothing and accessories. It was founded by Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss in 2009. It encourages saving and financial education.

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InnovationOps: the Next Evolution of Innovation Management

Innov8rs

Paul navigates the technology landscape for both Sopheon and its customers and identifies the business values linked to investments in innovation management systems and processes. The Jobs in Innovation Management For starters, this does require a change in how we think about jobs.

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Fusion, Flow and Fluidity are needed in our Management Practices

Paul Hobcraft

We need a new management model, one where we are pushing to seek increasing new knowledge. We actually are in urgent need of a new management operating model. We need a new management practice to deal with our digital world. Applying the three horizon lens to develop new management practices.

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

InnovationTraining.org

At Sprintbase , we help businesses bring remote teams together to tackle the challenges they’re facing remotely using design thinking to find truly innovative solutions. Here we share five reasons why now’s the time to bring your team together for a remote design thinking project. But first you need to be ready to spot them.

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Why World Water Day should focus on more than just water

Christensen Institute

In the UN’s first ever assessment of water security in Africa, around half a billion people are in areas designated “ water insecure.” . As the people on the ground design and develop their solutions, they pull in the appropriate resources necessary to make the solutions sustainable. million people since 2009.

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What Somalia’s Impending Famine Teaches Us About Addressing Donor Fatigue

Christensen Institute

Somalia’s famines are typically intensified by international policies designed to fight terrorism. In 2009 , for example, fears that Islamist insurgent Al-Shabaab was benefiting from the influx of food aid led the U.S Political instability, clan wars, drought, famine , and displacement have all factored in the nation’s story.

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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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