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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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The flaw behind coding bootcamps’ attempt to disrupt higher ed

Christensen Institute

At the Christensen Institute, we wondered if they might disrupt universities’ master’s degree programs. McGrath’s analysis of why companies like Casper lacked enduring disruptive value also reveals the central flaws in coding bootcamps’ initial direct-to-consumer models. The bootcamp industry exhibited the same pattern.

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Disruptive Innovation: SpaceX

Collective Innovation

There can be few industries as small and incredibly hard to enter as that of putting rockets into space. It all started at a meeting of the Mars Society where Musk started to share and connect with others in the space industry. When they got started innovation in the rocket industry had changed very little in the last fifty years.

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7 Must-Read Books on Innovation Strategy

IdeaScale

Fortunately, there’s no shortage of brilliant people working on tomes to help you think about the present, and just as importantly, the future, of innovation and where your industry is heading. Deciphering Innovation: How Disruption Drives Companies to Transform or Die by Lisa Hendrickson and Jim Colwick . Stian Westlake .

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Disruptive Innovation: Drones

Collective Innovation

The story of drones is much like the story of any other disruptive innovation. As with all disruptive innovations if you walked into a store and bought a $60 drone the technology and cost of that would have been astronomical 15 years ago, perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars to build. billion in the current year.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

2008), or, more simply, the value proposition (Teece 2010). According to the degree of innovation, innovations can be divided into evolutionary and disruptive innovations. Disruptive innovations are innovations that radically change existing structures and markets (Pisano, 2015). What Is Disruptive Innovation?

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We are falling badly behind on our invention in technology for the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

In summary: The Technology Collaboration Programme supports the work of independent, international groups of experts that enable governments and industries worldwide to lead programmes and projects on a wide range of energy technologies and related issues. The IEA also provide a Clean Energy Transition Annual Report.