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The University of Central Asia: Educational Innovation in the Mountains of Rural Kyrgyzstan

New Markets Advisors

With the insights I’ve since gained at New Markets, I’d like to examine the University of Central Asia (UCA) through the lens of disruptive innovation and Jobs to Be Done, two concepts popularized by Clayton Christensen, the author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. The current university system is being disrupted, and this is only the beginning.

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The Secret Ingredient to Operational Excellence Success

Qmarkets

Put simply, Operational Excellence can be defined as a management principle which encourages the discovery and implementation of incremental changes, with the objective of optimizing processes to achieve a competitive advantage. In his 2011 book, Design for Operational Excellence, Kevin J. customer requests for proposals (RFPs).

LEAN 49
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The Secret Ingredient to Operational Excellence Success

Qmarkets

Put simply, Operational Excellence can be defined as a management principle which encourages the discovery and implementation of incremental changes, with the objective of optimizing processes to achieve a competitive advantage. In his 2011 book, Design for Operational Excellence, Kevin J. customer requests for proposals (RFPs).

LEAN 40
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What is innovation management and why your organization needs it

hackerearth

Innovation management initiatives focus on disruptive or step changes that transform the business in some significant way. For instance, an emerging business is likely to be focusing on one main product, unlike a mature organization that is looking to fortify its position in the market or find new, disruptive innovations.

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What is innovation management and why your organization needs it

hackerearth

Innovation management initiatives focus on disruptive or step changes that transform the business in some significant way. For instance, an emerging business is likely to be focusing on one main product, unlike a mature organization that is looking to fortify its position in the market or find new, disruptive innovations.

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How Technology is Empowering the Modern Property Manager

Business and Tech

At the time we were looking to raise capital (between 2011 and 2013), businesses with women on the executive team received only 7 percent of the venture funding. Since the advancement of technology never stands still, we had to tackle developing major capabilities in a disruptive way while the proverbial clock was ticking.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

The idea was conceived by Eric Ries and brought to life in his book The Lean Startup back in 2011. Others are being disrupted. Competition is now global. It’s not that everyone will have sprints as fast as a small software company, but that the cadence is determined by complexity of the product and business model.

LEAN 105