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Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate

IdeaScale

Bezos took a strong stand that the company must not create a business strategy designed only to protect their existing business when their customers clearly wanted something else. They did just that, and by 2011, e-books sales surpassed sales of print books. In fact, by April 2011, Amazon became the world’s largest e-book retailer.

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Smart Service Canvas

ITONICS

Services that aggregate and analyze data through intelligent technical systems or platforms to create customer value are called smart services. Service design thinking methods are useful tools to design a service from a customer’s point of view. This information is the basis for new and innovative service offerings.

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The Book that Took 9 Years to Publish

Stephen Shapiro

March 2011: I submitted the final manuscript to Penguin for Best Practices are Stupid. It covered a wide range of topics related to innovation: strategy, organization structures, measures, technology, and more. April 2011: Almost immediately after submitting the manuscript, I conceived the concept of a “Challenge Toolkit.”

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Best Practices are Stupid

Stephen Shapiro

As you read this and the other chapters, please remember that this book was published back in 2011. For a company that stood to lose billions of dollars in cleanup costs, relief payouts, and lost sales due to bad publicity, this approach might indeed have been a good strategy. These tips are designed to help you innovate differently.

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Clicking Fast and Slow

Boxes and Arrows

On the web, user interface design may work to either exacerbate or counteract these biases. This article will give a brief overview of the science then look at possible ways that design and implementation can be employed to support better judgements. Screen grab showing an Amazon review. Designing smarter rather than simpler.

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When Pundits Say That Robots Will Take Our Jobs, Remember These 4 Things

Innovation Excellence

So, in a manner of speaking, 90% of American agriculture workers lost their jobs, mostly due to automation. Borders filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and was liquidated later that same year. So even in highly technical areas, the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively is becoming an important skill.

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What is innovation management and why your organization needs it

hackerearth

Innovation Management is about more than just planning new products, services, brand extensions, or technology inventions. It’s about imagining, mobilizing, and competing in new ways,” says Idris Mootee, author of Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation. Reduces risk of becoming obsolete due to competitors.