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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 Secret To Learning is the Reverse of Conventional Wisdom. 175k Innovation Prize 2015 – Deadline April 30, 2015. Global Millennial Conference 2015 – May 15, 2015, Columbus, OH.

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Understanding the Innovation Landscape needed for Enabling Technologies in the World’s Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

To have any chance to reverse these temperature rises there is an increasing emphasis on innovation solutions within the technology that is required for the Worlds energy system. Much of the investments need to be directed away from fossil fuels (the primary carbon emitters) into clean technologies. Behind-the-meter batteries.

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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. To quote from this IEA view : Most of the global reductions in CO2 emissions between now and 2030 in the net-zero pathway come from technologies readily available today.

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

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. Exploring space offered a two-fold opportunity; it had promise for both military and civilian technological advancement and an invaluable demonstration of prowess on the world stage.

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The Risks of Sticking with Legacy Technology

Daniel Burrus

Legacy technology is like that old pair of jeans you wore as a teenager. Move that anecdote onto a larger stage and you have a fairly accurate picture of why many organizations hold on to legacy technology—tools that are long outdated: comfort. In a world of exponential change, legacy technology is trouble. Compliance penalties.

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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

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.” ” Hosted by what was at the time the agency’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, the idea was inspired by funding rounds in the VC sector.

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BD Named 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator Winner by Product Development and Management Association

Innovation in Practice

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX). To learn more, visit www.pdma.org.