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Eating your own dog food

Idea to Value

For example, analysis of mutual fund managers in 2011 found nearly half of the managers did not themselves invest in the core funds they were advising customers to buy. Or I can give an example of my own start at one of the world’s biggest consulting firms.

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Innov8rs and The Alliance for Southern California Innovation Co-hosting Innov8rs Socal, 10-11 April 2024

Innov8rs

The Southern California innovation ecosystem was featured in a recent study by management consulting firm BCG that was based on their foundational analysis of the region that continues to serve as a blueprint for building a thriving innovation community.

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Why aren’t more people of color in the mental health workforce?

Christensen Institute

In 2011, according to the American Psychology Association (APA), psychologists were 85% white, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian,28% American Indian or Alaskan Native, and.05% To uncover the struggling moments, as well as the progress someone seeks in their current situation, an innovator could conduct a Jobs analysis.

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Are you born creative? Is creativity genetic? The nature vs nurture debate

Idea to Value

Runco et al 2011 also found mild correlations between DRD2 and DRD4 dopamine receptor genes and creativity, but correlations were much stronger for fluency than originality. A 2008 meta-analysis performed by Prof DK Simonton estimated that performance related to creativity and talent had a basis that was no more than 10% – 20% genetic.

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Strategic foresight: learning from Steve Jobs

Norbert Bol

This discipline includes all activities related to forecasting, scenario analysis, action planning and decision making about strategy. Steve Job’s Apple iPad 2 keynote speech, special event, March 2011. This speech was one of his last before his death in October 2011. . Concluding in this speech, Jobs.

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Alison McMillan, PhD

Innovation 360

She previously worked at Rolls-Royce plc, between 1997 and 2011, where she developed capability acquisition plans and lead research programmes. Machine component stress analysis, and design optimization. Impact analysis, failure mechanics, dynamics, and non-linear problems. Product innovation, invention, ideation techniques.

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Shifting innovation from a vague buzzword to a mechanism of progress

Christensen Institute

In early 2011, during my first dialog with Clayton Christensen, I asked him, “Who is the most innovative company in the world, and what causes you to say that?” In order to deliver consumer delight, the unit of analysis and competition needs to move from a product or service to a business model. He immediately answered Intuit.

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