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Functional fixedness bias, and how to overcome it

Idea to Value

This could be due to children around the age of 6-7 beginning to learn set thinking patterns and learning “correct answers” Overcoming functional fixedness. One potential method to overcome functional fixedness is called the Generic Parts Technique.

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MAKING GAMIFICATION ACCESSIBLE – BRINGING NEWNESS TO CORPORATE LEARNING

ImagineNation

I was first introduced to gamification when I met Mario Herger , in 2012, when he was a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs LLC, in Israel, as a participant in his two-day gamification workshop for Checkpoint security software. Gamification and corporate learning. Evolution of the gamification market.

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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? The early bird catches the worm … ? There are proponents of both camps.

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KaiNexus Office Relocating to Antarctica, Summer 2021

Kainexus

Companies around the world have spent the last year learning how to manage a remote workforce as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe. Jacobson first visited Antarctica back in 2012, where he fell in love with the solitude and expansive views. There’s room to think out here.”.

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Examining the State of Crowdsourced Innovation in 2019

IdeaScale

The average number of years a company spends on the Fortune 500 list is dropping. Fifty years ago, a company on the Fortune 500 list could expect to stay there for 33 years, but by 1990, that tenure had shrunk to 20 years. How companies balance their “innovation portfolios” is also important. Want to learn more?

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

Tullio Siragusa

Traditionally, some companies have adopted a command-and-control culture, with a hierarchical structure that emphasizes strict obedience and a top-down approach to decision-making. Result: Kodak’s failure to innovate and adapt to digital technology ultimately led to bankruptcy in 2012.

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To reach young adults, companies like The Home Depot Rental are finding success on TikTok

Brunner

Learn how you can, too. . The Home Depot aims to serve them all by offering everything they need to get projects done, including materials, supplies — and a wide range of rental tools, equipment and trucks through the company’s rental operation, The Home Depot Rental. . TikTok campaigns are effectively reaching Millennials and Gen Z.

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