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2024: A Pivotal Year

Digital Tonto

GDP would fall by 14% and the ad market, which fueled the media business I ran, fell by 85%. The incredible cynicism and incompetence of Yanukovych’s rule stoked a desire to change direction. In 2009, it felt like the world was ending. I was still living in Ukraine then and the financial crisis hit there especially hard. We can too.

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Connection over content: A new era for education technology

Christensen Institute

The pandemic cast education technology (edtech) into a starring — and some might argue above-its-paygrade — role in education. Although by no means perfect, before the pandemic, technologies in education had been steadily improving for decades. A desire for more social experiences is not just noise in the market. Click To Tweet.

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How four market-creating innovations are improving education and employment in Brazil

Christensen Institute

In our recently published paper titled Leveraging Market-Creating Innovations to Solve Brazil’s Education Paradox , we describe how Brazil currently spends more money on education than its Latin American peers, however much of the outcome of its education system is subpar to theirs in comparison.

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First-Mover or Fast-Follower: Which is the right innovation strategy for you?

Idea to Value

What makes more sense: To be the first player in a brand new market, able to be the first (or only) company which customers buy from? To wait until other companies have proven there is a market for a new offering, and then quickly develop and scale your own? This can require significant marketing and sales effort to change.

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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

Result: Kodak’s failure to innovate and adapt to digital technology ultimately led to bankruptcy in 2012. Hinders Responsiveness to Change In a rapidly changing business landscape, agility and adaptability are crucial. Result: This empathetic redesign led to increased market share and strong customer loyalty.

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3 main takeaways from the 2nd Summit for Democracy in the Republic of Korea

Christensen Institute

What I saw and experienced was a community of incredibly hardworking people who believed in their potential to change not only their country, but also the world for the better. These innovations serve so many more people in society and, as a result, create jobs, boost tax revenues, and ultimately change the culture of a place.

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Why We Are Entering A New Innovation Era.

Paul Hobcraft

Increasingly we are seeing a growing dissatisfaction on the impact that innovation is having; in growth, in returns, in market and customer impact. Before I move forward I first wanted to look back and reflect on my path of growing realization that innovation was changing or needed to change. Posted on November 9, 2012.