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2024: A Pivotal Year

Digital Tonto

In 2009, it felt like the world was ending. In 2009 I started my blog, Digital Tonto, which turned my life in a new direction. We have wars raging, authoritarian regimes on the rise, deep challenges posed by climate change, and the need to regulate our technology, especially, but not only, artificial intelligence.

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Innovative Start-Ups Founded by Women

Destination Innovation

A report by the Kaufmann Foundation found that only 3% of technology start-ups are led by women. Proximie , based in London, develops remote surgery technology using augmented reality. Maria Karvela gained a PhD at the University of Glasgow before working as scientist in skincare technology. Nadine Hachach-Haram.

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Where is technology taking the economy?

The Inovo Group

Brian Arthur, well-known economist who described the phenomenon of increasing returns and wrote the excellent 2009 book, “ The Nature of Technology ”. The post Where is technology taking the economy? This is bringing us into a new economic era—a distributive one—where different rules apply. So begins this excellent article by W.

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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. The rise of digital technologies poses many challenges and opportunities for ethnographic research. Can you describe how your research process was structured for this writing effort? especially the Bay Area).

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How ITONICS’ customers practice trend and technology management

ITONICS

ITONICS identified this gap already back in 2009 and became the digitizer in innovation management. Durst: We continue to be the sole provider who covers innovation management with an integrated, end-to-end approach: from environmental scanning to trend and technology management all the way to innovation portfolios and roadmaps.

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Five Benefits of a Diverse Innovation Team

IdeaScale

Nikon is a crown jewel of Japanese engineering and imaging technology, and yet a lack of diversity resulted in a camera Japanese people couldn’t use. Diversity Stops Embarrassment In 2009, HSBC launched a campaign with the slogan “Assume Nothing.” Diversity Spots Problems.

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Why World Water Day should focus on more than just water

Christensen Institute

Third, Water4 partners with franchisees and provides them with drilling and pumping tools, technology and business management training, and a support network with 24/7 access to the organization’s technology team. million people since 2009.

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