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Lessons from Silicon Valley on Innovation and Engagement

IdeaScale

The recent leaps forward in software development, computing and consumer electronics have led industry titans to classify the current time period as one of the most innovative on record. The current state of technology can tell us a lot about how effective innovation strategy can drive consumer (and employee) engagement.

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Lessons from Silicon Valley on Innovation and Engagement

IdeaScale

The recent leaps forward in software development, computing and consumer electronics have led industry titans to classify the current time period as one of the most innovative on record. The current state of technology can tell us a lot about how effective innovation strategy can drive consumer (and employee) engagement.

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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

These processes can each guide us, depending upon our goals, knowledge, and values surrounding stakeholder engagement. Agile is a more recently developed process, first adopted as a term in the early 2000’s by software developers gathered in Snowbird, UT to represent a basket of flexible planning methodologies.

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Are We Taking the “U” Out of UX?

Boxes and Arrows

Ability to create clear and engaging visualizations. Deep knowledge in understanding what engages and motivates users. Searches for ‘design thinking’, December 2012-June 2017 (Source: Google Trends). The split of the design teams into researchers and designers might be hampering effective software development.

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UX Design Careers in 2018 and Beyond: The Future of the UX Designer

Boxes and Arrows

Salaries vary between USD$60,000 to $127,000 annually , with the median salary for 2017 being $77,000. According to Maryville University , for instance, studying software development can be a solid foundation for a career as a UX designer. The categories include: VR/MR/AR. Installation. Playful experiences. Storytelling/Film.

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Organizational Design: Clearing the Runway for Collaboration and Breakthrough Thinking

Innovation Excellence

Bech, 2017). Building teams around product lines creates redundancy: this company doesn’t need three separate software development teams, or three separate groups working with suppliers and manufacturers. The software developers pursued their training and education so they could make software for people, not just smart watches.

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