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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

They asked customers to help design new products. In 2012 Lego launched ‘Lego Friends’ with a more realistic ‘mini-doll’ Sales to girls tripled. Collaborate to innovate. Inventory was reduced and the number of individual parts was halved from 13000 to 6500.

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Qmarkets’ Named as G-Cloud 12 Supplier on UK Government SaaS Marketplace

Qmarkets

The UK Government G-Cloud framework was established in 2012 to encourage the use of, and trust, in Cloud-based suppliers. The framework includes a comprehensive selection of SaaS offerings, including customer relationship management, project collaboration tools, and idea management platforms.

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Qmarkets’ Named as G-Cloud 12 Supplier on UK Government SaaS Marketplace

Qmarkets

The UK Government G-Cloud framework was established in 2012 to encourage the use of, and trust, in Cloud-based suppliers. The framework includes a comprehensive selection of SaaS offerings, including customer relationship management, project collaboration tools, and idea management platforms.

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The 8 great talks from 8 years of Union

100%Open

Date: April 2012 – Theme: User Makers – Host: Arup. Cesar told us about an amazing idea to use a novel and open source boat design to clean up oil spills. Date: June 2012 – Theme: Business Without Borders – Host: Method Design. Cesar Harada – Protei. It was such a brilliant idea.

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Five Product Innovations that Evolved Over Time

IdeaScale

However, these innovations aren’t that common. The most successful, innovative companies strike a balance between core, adjacent, and transformational initiatives. Avon responded to the product’s popularity by creating a Skin So Soft Bug Guard, a similar product designed as a bug repellent.

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Typology for Innovative Organizations

Open Innovation EU

It has been a while since Henry Mintzberg developed his influential work that made us aware of the importance of structures in organization design. Structures are no longer of primary focus in design organizations. Let me show you how the focus of organization design has changed over the years: Scholar. It enhances productivity.

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Top 10 must-read books on Innovation

hackerearth

Frans Johansson, a Swedish-American entrepreneur, introduces the concept of “intersection of ideas,” which results in path-breaking innovations. He believes diverse teams with an array of perspectives should collaborate to bring ideas from various fields to create the Medici Effect.

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