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The Risks of Sticking with Legacy Technology

Daniel Burrus

Legacy technology is like that old pair of jeans you wore as a teenager. Move that anecdote onto a larger stage and you have a fairly accurate picture of why many organizations hold on to legacy technology—tools that are long outdated: comfort. In a world of exponential change, legacy technology is trouble. Compliance penalties.

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When Creative Destruction is the Right (or Wrong) Foundation for Innovation

New Markets Advisors

New technologies and new business models are fundamentally redefining entire industries. In the airline industry, for example, airlines may offer an array of options that includes Economy, Premium Economy, and First Class, among others. Even Southwest Airlines?—?famously And the companies that fail to adapt don’t survive.

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Game Changers: How Citizen Science and Gamification Are Transforming the Business World

Qmarkets

In the current disruptive business landscape, where innovation is more important than ever , organizations need to look to alternative sources to gather ideas and solutions in order to remain successful. .” ” Today, the digitalization of information has created many new opportunities not just for scientists.