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Soren Kaplan’s April 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

In the past, new products and technologies consumed the vast majority of the innovation air-time. The most innovative companies today realize that competitive differentiation comes as much from how they innovate as it does from what they’re innovating. 7 Millennials Who Are Too Busy Changing The World To Take Selfies.

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Walmart: How an Innovator in Arkansas Continues to Change our World

IdeaScale

Later the company would buy aircraft second-hand to fly managers out to stores. In 2005, the company’s CEO decided to set the company on a path to becoming completely green, with no waste and the stores running on renewable power. By 2015, it led corporate America in solar capacity and is branching out into energy storage.

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How to fight climate change with innovative business models

The BMI Lab Blog

This should not come as a surprise: Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that humankind faces today with a wide range of negative impacts such as droughts, floods, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and loss of biodiversity. Experts agree that climate change is clearly linked to Green-House-Gas (GHG) emissions.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

However, very few managers are able to explain their company’s business model ad-hoc, and even fewer can define what a business model actually is in general. The number of companies, which have established dedicated business model innovation units and processes is even lower. 2008), or, more simply, the value proposition (Teece 2010).

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Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

This 2050 target is in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, the foundations of global consensus to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5c. The report also examines key uncertainties, such as the roles of bioenergy, carbon capture and behavioural changes in reaching net zero. The role of innovation has a crucial one to play.

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Getting Board Buy-In for Your Innovation Project

IdeaScale

For innovation to thrive in a company, it must be prioritized at every level. It’s not uncommon for corporate boards to lack strong expertise in the areas of innovation and technology. A 2015-2016 study by researchers at the Harvard Business School found that boards don’t prioritize innovation. Demonstrating ROI of Innovation.

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Sustainable Innovation: Explanation and Examples

IdeaScale

The evolution of technology and the demand for sustainable products and processes is becoming one of the main drivers of revenue growth and cost reduction across industries. Sustainability is also changing how consumers shop. Companies must reach out across industries to unlock the value of sustainable innovations.

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