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How the 2021 Olympic Games Are Some of the Most Innovative Yet

IdeaScale

The Tokyo Olympics were originally scheduled for 2020 but were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s made a few innovations more important at both the athletic and technical level. Most of this technology wasn’t rolled out for spectators but will be tested in Tokyo to be used in future games. The Challenge.

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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. This way, we can balance loads on a grid through more effective storage and industry or city demands.

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Digital transformation in the insurance industry: innovation revolutionizes business model

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The new consumer places high expectations on the products offered by insurers, which demands a combination of speed, transparency, convenience and technology. “The crisis has cooled down the pace of industry growth, but not its enthusiasm for innovation. New technologies revolutionize the customer experience.

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Innovation and digital transformation of the healthcare industry

hackerearth

Innovative healthcare technologies can help optimize health services, reduce threats to public health, make the diagnosis of life-threatening diseases more efficient, offer effective clinical services, and facilitate communication between doctors and patients. The lenses were projected to begin testing in 2016. Source: Nexeon.

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Winners of Nokia’s 2016 Open Innovation Challenge Announced

IdeaConnection

A big round of applause is due to the winners of Nokia’s 2016 Open Innovation Challenge, a global search for the next big ideas in the Internet of Things (IoT). Among the winning concepts was a firewall for the connected home and a home medical innovation that can help with the early detection of breast cancer.

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Insights from the LES 2018 Annual Meeting

Yet2

Have the contract state who will own any co-developed technology. His keynote presentation was based on his book, Negotiating the Impossible , which was chosen as the “#1 Business Book of 2016” by KnowSquare and was listed among the. Top 10 Business Books of 2016” by The Globe & Mail. Negotiate process before substance.

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

The BMI Lab Blog

You don’t need to “reinvent the wheel” for small but innovative changes in your business model, instead get inspired by existing concepts in other industries and apply them to your business model. Harvard Business Review. MIT Sloan Management Review. The spectrum of triggers for changes in the current business model is broad.