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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

And it happened in large part due to a drive for innovation and a desire to take the space program to the public. At the same time, governments were trying to learn how to wage a “cold” war, a fight more about diplomacy and ideology than physical combat. National Space Policy helped set the stage for the private space market.

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What Makes Switzerland a Leader in Innovation?

IdeaScale

Switzerland is a global leader due to their level of scientific knowledge and their ability to launch technologies into consumables for the market. There were 873 patent license applications per million of inhabitants in Switzerland back in the year 2015. Switzerland has some world class R&D establishments.

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Continuing the Energy Transition Journey

Paul Hobcraft

Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.” It is evident innovation must be way broader than just technological RD&D. Firstly , I have been looking a little more at the emerging focal point of Grid Edge.

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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Its success is due to a mixture of transparency, willingness to discuss when ideas won’t work, and accepting failure as part of the innovation process. And in 2015, that was what the GSA set out to encourage more of. In 2015, the GSA held what was intended to be a one-off event called “The Great Pitch.”

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Managing Energy Transition through Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

For me, the energy transition that the world is undertaking requires all forms of innovation, to offer technically advanced, as well as breakthrough solutions, to an incredibly complex system of energy delivery. The critical enabler will come from technology and systemic innovation. The societal inhibitor is a real impediment.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. They have lost their capabilities of marketing their former innovative strengths and have failed to adapt their business models to the changing environment. “

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Top 5 Women Innovators of All Time

IdeaScale

There has also been cultural reporting bias in favor of male inventors, despite the countless female innovators involved in some of the biggest technological advances in history. The device is now used internationally to prevent blindness due to cataracts, which affect around 25 million people in the U.S. Marie Curie. Stephanie Kwolek.