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When Software Can’t Change the Laws of Physics (or Leadership)

Mills-Scofield

We can’t design with atoms and ignore gravity, conservation of energy and Newton’s laws of motion. There have been major 737 design upgrades and changes over the years; it is usually easier to do variations on a theme in terms of design, testing, certification, regulatory approvals, etc. Boeing 737 Max in production.

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Building the innovation stack

Paul Hobcraft

These stacks follow an established logic, such as working through idea discovery, relating to given problems, exploring solutions, and determining the final model or design and the execution delivery to achieve this. Still, this becomes the end game in design We need to move back to describing innovation stacks a little more.

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When Software Can’t Change the Laws of Physics (or Leadership)

Mills-Scofield

We can’t design with atoms and ignore gravity, conservation of energy and Newton’s laws of motion. There have been major 737 design upgrades and changes over the years; it is usually easier to do variations on a theme in terms of design, testing, certification, regulatory approvals, etc. Boeing 737 Max in production.

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Create your own Corporate Miracle Garden

Destination Innovation

It contains many unexpected and incongruous items covered with flowers e.g. an Emirates Airlines plane, two cars stacked one on the other or two houses leaning together. It made me think that many a staid corporate culture would be improved by the addition of a similarly stimulating place. They are like parks in the corporate city.

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Smisek’s United Ouster – Were You Really Surprised?

Adam Hartung

Smisek organized the merger of Continental (his former employer) with United, creating the world’s largest airline at the time, things have not gone well. Since announcing the merger in 2010, more has gone wrong than right at United: Computer glitches have hounded the airline. How could things seem to constantly become worse?

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Why you need extreme constraints to fuel innovation

hackerearth

They talk about Zappos, Southwest Airlines, and Aravind Eye Hospitals to drive home the point about turning a constraint, such as resource, time, and method, into a winning opportunity. Different technological, business and cultural constraints need to be factored into your idea to prototype strategy. Well, some do.

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A new value chain for next-generation mobility

Corporate Innovation

The consumer shift will require the automakers to transition from exclusively designing and manufacturing vehicles for consumers to lease or own, to also providing transportation solutions that address the consumer’s overall mobility experience. This is common practice today in the airline industry. Automaker shift. Fleet insurance.