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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Typically, we are talking about moving a culture from its current set of values that has sustained the business, to a culture that helps the company compete in a new reality that may be different or more competitive or operate in a slightly adjacent market. Additionally, it was experimenting with new design techniques for the 737.

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The great miscalculation–and exit–of multinationals in Africa… again

Christensen Institute

In 2015, many multinational companies exited Africa. Nestle cut staff across 21 countries and Barclays, Coca-Cola, Cadbury, Eveready, and SABMiller retreated from different African markets they once believed had promise. The allure of Africa, particularly the widely referenced Africa rising narrative, was fading.

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

While there were some pieces that had to be custom engineered, overall this drove down the cost of an uncrewed flight. It was clear that the lack of a private space launch market was hampering innovation. National Space Policy helped set the stage for the private space market. The question then became who’d meet the challenge.

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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. There is no intent of introducing new products or entering new markets via this merger.

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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

Identifying employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). 2015: Innovate Your State. Taking Ten New Technologies to Market. Finding the 5 Solar IT Start-Ups You Need to Know. Department of Labor. Finding the top-selling product of all time.

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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

The new unified team also brings together two seasoned professional service organizations that combined have decades of consulting experience in the Innovation Management market and can now fuse their knowhow to deliver an unparalleled set of domain expertise and next practices. with offices in Boston, MA, USA and Portsmouth, U.K.

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