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Eating your own dog food

Idea to Value

In 2006, the editor of IEEE Software recounted that in the 1970s television advertisements for Alpo dog food, Lorne Greene pointed out that he fed Alpo to his own dogs. 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.

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What Marie Kondo taught me about agile project management

mjvinnovation

She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! In this article, in besides knowing better the Japanese sensation of the present, you will see what lessons she can bring us about agile project management.

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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. April 2011: Almost immediately after submitting the manuscript, I conceived the concept of a “Challenge Toolkit.” May 2011: I created a spreadsheet cataloging a number of lenses. Over time I added to it, collecting dozens of them.

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The Global StartUp Ecosystem

Paul Hobcraft

The authors JF Gauthier, Marc Penzel and Max Marmer are all founders of Startup Genome and have pulled together an impressive project team to provide this great, insightful report with a whole host of Ecosystem Partners around the globe- thanks from this reader. The money and startup mecca called Silicon Valley.

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How to Build the Ultimate Crowdsourcing Platform: Qmarkets’ New VP of Product Discusses Creativity and Innovation Management

Qmarkets

Sivan Leshem joined Qmarkets in 2011 as a project manager, before going on to manage the product delivery department during a period which would see Qmarkets grow into a leader within the idea management market. QM: What were some of the limitations of the previous version of Qmarkets software, and how have these been overcome?

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50+ Business Cases on Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Open Innovation EU

Source: www.businessinsider.com/top-10-ways-entrepreneurs-pivot-a-lean-startup-2011-9?IR=T. Source: www.startuplessonslearned.com/2011/10/case-study-nordstrom-innovation-lab.html . Source: www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Lauds-Scrum-Method-for-Software-Projects. It’s becoming so much more. Source: fd.nl/economie-politiek/1134701/grootste-taxibedrijf-nederland-lanceert-amsterdamse-concurrent-van-uber.

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Innovation by numbers: Lessons to learn from the CIA and Netflix

Innovation 360 Group

Back in 2011, we were wondering how to develop the first hypothesis in the large and very complex assignments we were undertaking. A number of scientists had developed a piece of open software, Cytoscape. We decided to look at other trades and industries to see how they approached complex tasks. Co-create with us.