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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Additionally, it was experimenting with new design techniques for the 737. McNerney left Boeing in 2015, just as some of the problems with the revised 737 began to emerge. The startling amount of cultural change What's startling about this is how much the quality and safety culture was impacted at Boeing from 2005 to 2015-17.

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

The Cold War ended, and civilian technology companies began innovating and building off of government designs to deliver their own products. While there were some pieces that had to be custom engineered, overall this drove down the cost of an uncrewed flight. Throughout the 1980s, though, space agencies began to see their briefs shift.

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Biased by Design

Boxes and Arrows

While my parents worked long past sunset, I played on the sidewalk of my parents’ company, Design Matters. Before it was a podcast, Design Matters—one of the first agencies in the San Francisco Bay area—was my personal experience with design. By 2015, the divide was down to a nearly equal balance, 53.2%

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Increasing innovation focus on the end-user segments within the energy transition story

Paul Hobcraft

We also have to focus on the broader aspects of “energy transition” by re-engineering much of the existing infrastructure to create smart grids, the electrification of many industries and the ability to introduce e-mobility across the transport sector. It is not just replacing energy sources; it is all about solution renewal end-to-end.

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Confusion or Diffusion in Energy Transition?

Paul Hobcraft

There is this compelling and urgent need to accelerate low-carbon technology innovation if the world can achieve decarbonization of the energy sector between now and 2050, to significantly contribute to meet international climate goals set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The primary arguments of economic benefit are not enough.

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Dyson’s newest innovation: an Ultra-powerful $400 hairdryer

Idea to Value

James Dyson has just revealed what his engineering firm has been working on for the past four years: the world’s most advanced hair dryer, called the Supersonic. And as you can see in the video above, the product is over-engineered compared to cheaper competitors, so should stand up to abuse.

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Planbox Acquires Imaginatik Creating an Agile Innovation Powerhouse

Imaginatik

Since the acquisition and merger of BrainBank Software and Planbox in November 2015, Planbox has transformed the innovation management landscape. Imaginatik results engine and analytics provides the necessary innovation governance with a comprehensive set of capabilities to evaluate, analyze and uncover impactful innovations.

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