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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 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

However, very few managers are able to explain their company’s business model ad-hoc, and even fewer can define what a business model actually is in general. Alex Osterwalder defines a business model as “a set of assumptions or hypotheses” and Michael Lewis claims that “all it really meant was how you planned to make money” (Ovans, 2015).

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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. During this past week, I have been working through specific aspects of the energy transition model.

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Tech Disruptor – The Process Mining Unicorn Celonis

ITONICS

Imagine losing hours of productivity each day due to unnecessary steps in business processes. Europe’s newest tech unicorn – Celonis has developed a process mining solution to address those issues. The startup was founded in 2011 and soon became one of Germany’s fastest-growing tech firms headquartered in Munich, Germany.

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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. Educated workers.

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The best year in mankind – due to innovation, technology and global leadership!

Innovation 360 Group

Something we all share with all our licensed practitioners as well as internally with our own consultants and the management team. The post The best year in mankind – due to innovation, technology and global leadership! Read more here. The best year in mankind. The best year in mankind. The best year in mankind.

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Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Sorry for not keeping my promise to blog more in 2020 about responsible technology and artificial intelligence as I wrote in Happy New Year: The new roaring ’20 s. Responsible use of the digital enabled technologies that often inhibit artificial intelligence is still a topic of debate. Here’s what it says , MIT Technology Review.