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Uncharted Waters Disrupting the Corporate Boardrooms

Paul Hobcraft

When you read a report that has within its executive summary this: “ In combination the boards stand unarmed to enter the battlefield of future business creation in a disrupted world ” it makes you want to read on. It wanted to address the skill-set at board level to handle digital disruption and the urgency to act proactively.

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Innovators in FMCG love Direct to Consumer

Destination Innovation

Warby Parker was valued in 2016 at over $1.2B. It was founded in 2015 with $2.5m It was founded in 2015 with $2.5m Hubble Contacts , founded in 2016, aims to disrupt the market for contact lenses by selling direct. Their innovative mattress was chosen as one of Time’s best inventions of 2015.

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Getting Board Buy-In for Your Innovation Project

IdeaScale

A 2015-2016 study by researchers at the Harvard Business School found that boards don’t prioritize innovation. In general, a board that is more diverse in terms of professional background and age is likelier to pay attention to trends like the rise of innovation and disruption. Boards Don’t Prioritize Innovation.

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Spigit Ignite Summit 2016: Announcing Speakers from Pfizer, CH2M, Lexington Insurance

Planview

The 2016 Summit is sure to be even more impactful and inspiring. Wendy Mayer, who also spoke at Spigit Ignite 2015, is Vice President of Worldwide Innovation for Pfizer. The post Spigit Ignite Summit 2016: Announcing Speakers from Pfizer, CH2M, Lexington Insurance appeared first on Spigit.

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Sustainable Innovation: Explanation and Examples

IdeaScale

Compared to innovation in general, sustainable innovation is more disruptive, fueled by a better rationale, and is more collaborative. Sustainable innovation is disruptive because it can result in better business models, improved processes, streamlined resource flows, reduced waste and cost, and the creation of new market segments. .

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Why We Are Entering A New Innovation Era.

Paul Hobcraft

Each of these is a link to the post itself: Bringing New Innovation Together Is Stretching the Mind, Posted on October 25, 2016. The New Innovation Need: Organizing within a Networks of Collaborators, Posted on October 3, 2016. Posted on May 19, 2016. Establishing a new mentality for innovation Posted on April 28, 2016.

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10 Technology Driven Hard Trends Shaping 2016

Daniel Burrus

Many of the themes that we have witnessed here in 2015 will gather pace next year and continue to enable or disrupt your business depending on how prepared they are for the Hard Trends on the horizon. The technology is already here, but 2016 will be the year we realize the power hidden in our data. Virtual Reality Gets Real.

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