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Innovation 2015 or Five Lame Excuses?

Gregg Fraley

Here’s the thing, like the inept and psychologically damaged journalist Jimmy Olsen, even a dysfunctional company that heretofore hasn’t managed to get innovation going can start now. Now is the time to impact 2015. Projects are what change culture. But at the heart of it, it’s about ongoing projects.

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Sustainable Innovation: SDG 13 – Our Journey to Wazoku becoming Carbon Neutral

Wazoku

We’ve had to make the transition to a mostly distributed workforce across our offices, ensuring not only that teams have the tech to work from home but that they are remaining mentally strong in the face of such huge change. Why it matters No-one in the Wazoku business needed persuading that becoming carbon neutral was a good idea.

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

Qmarkets

The ‘Globe at Night’ project – run by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory – recruited citizen scientists to help assess light pollution levels. Crowdsourcing company HeroX provides a platform for citizen driven innovation and science projects in conjunction with the Nasa Tournaments Lab.

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When Disruption Becomes Destructive: How Can Financial Services Companies Close the Innovation Gap?

Qmarkets

caption id="attachment_40714" align="alignright" width="438"] The speed of change in the banking industry has CEOs more concerned than in any other industry. DAO, a venture capital firm run by a network of machines, became the biggest crowdfunded project of all time, raising $168million. billion in 2015. million workers.

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

Qmarkets

Whether it’s air pollution, water pollution, or even climate change, the major sustainability issues facing the world and its citizens are topics that every business should feel a sense of ownership and responsibility towards resolving. Solvay – innovating batteries from the inside out.

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Building an Idea-Driven Organization at HCA

KindlingApp

Desire–Without a desire to change or improve, innovation falls on deaf ears. Familiar–Aligning with existing verbiage, processes, and people will help to minimize the change curve. Ideas can't linger in limbo; they need a definitive state of Yes or No. Our Idea-Driven Organization was finally ready to launch.

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What is innovation? 15 experts share their innovation definition

Idea to Value

What simple thing can a company do to change their conversation / perspective about innovation? In reality, if the customer doesn’t perceive the changes as having value, then they won’t be compelled to purchase it. What simple thing can a company do to change their conversation / perspective about it?: