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The EU Sustainability Directive Is Setting a New Global Standard for Business Practices

Innovation 360 Group

US innovators and investor are closely watching the drama of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) (Regulation 2016/679/EU), covering corporate responsibility for protecting personal data, which is scheduled to go into force in May of 2018. Correcting for Oversimplification.

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Innovation Inspiration – Driving Sustainability at Ford, ESB, and Solvay

Qmarkets

And with global warming showing no signs of abating (last year was the hottest since 1880 according to data from NASA and NOAA, and this year is on track to be the hottest ever), companies have no time to spare in the all-consuming quest to develop innovative solutions for humanity’s many shared challenges.

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Innovation and digital transformation of the healthcare industry

hackerearth

The patients used monitoring devices at home to send medical data to the clinic, which used special software to identify patients who needed interventions. Health data is being migrated to the cloud instead of being stored on paper or on immovable digital records. This reduced the frequency of unnecessary hospitalizations.

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Innovation and digital transformation of the healthcare industry

hackerearth

The patients used monitoring devices at home to send medical data to the clinic, which used special software to identify patients who needed interventions. Health data is being migrated to the cloud instead of being stored on paper or on immovable digital records. This reduced the frequency of unnecessary hospitalizations.

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3 of the Best Innovation Team Formulas…and When to Ignore Them

Qmarkets

Ambiguity tolerance : the capacity to make decisions based on limited data. Implicit in the formation of an innovation team composed of members belonging to different parts of an organization is a belief that this team can only be successful if it includes people with diverse professional expertise and experience.

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3 of the Best Innovation Team Formulas…and When to Ignore Them

Qmarkets

Ambiguity tolerance : the capacity to make decisions based on limited data. Implicit in the formation of an innovation team composed of members belonging to different parts of an organization is a belief that this team can only be successful if it includes people with diverse professional expertise and experience.

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How to enable inclusive innovation

hackerearth

Pittsburgh (PA) has an Inclusive Innovation Week every year with focus areas being open data, local business, digital divide, clean technology, city operations, and civic engagement. You also have programs in developing countries such as the Inter Institutional Inclusive Innovations Centre ( i4C ) in India.

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