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Origin Story: How IdeaScale Grew from a Simple Idea to a Leading Idea Management Company

IdeaScale

This occurred in tandem with President Barack Obama’s Open Government Initiative. Hoehn wanted companies and government organizations to be able to gather, transform, and prioritize ideas through crowdsourcing. The adoption rate increased in 2010 to include over 36 agencies and enterprise level companies.

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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

Behavioural nudges are clever policy tweaks often used by governments to influence the choices that people make. In 2010 the British Government set up a Behaviourial Insights Team (BIT), which became known as the ‘Nudge Unit’ Its aim was to save at least ten times its running cost.

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What Will our Children Do? 20 Jobs of the Future

InnovationManagement

Back in January 2010 we wrote a report for UK government on The Shape of Jobs to Come. The study highlighted new jobs that might emerge in the global economy by 2030 as a result of exponential developments and breakthroughs in science and technology. Many of those are now real jobs and the rest are still likely to materialise.

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How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

When he served as Brazil’s 35th president from 2003 to 2010, the country was experiencing an economic boom. trillion in 2010. Today, Brazil–and as a consequence its citizens–is poorer and the government has fewer resources to provide social services to the people. It’s unclear, however, how Brazil will pay for Lula’s promises.

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7 Must-Read Books on Innovation Strategy

IdeaScale

Innovation Nation: The Hidden Truth of How the Government Drives Change by Taylor Fitzgerald . One of the major blind spots in innovation, as Fitzgerald points out, is we don’t realize world governments can be partners, or even competitors, in our field.

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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. Also, the database shows RD&D budgets and calculating indicators.

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Introducing the shift towards Autonomous Innovation

Innov8rs

By 2010, the Lean Startup methodology built upon these principles, emphasizing rapid experimentation and customer feedback to guide businesses towards sustainable business models. From Design Thinking to Autonomous Innovation In the 1990s, design thinking emerged, prioritizing empathy and iterative prototyping for user-centric solutions.