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Crowdsourcing Internal Innovation

Collective Innovation

The most common types of sustaining innovation are: Application Innovation : This is when you find a new use for an existing product, tapping into a new base of customers and potential. Product Innovation : Creates a difference with an existing product line and existing market, usually through features.

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Overcoming fixedness before being locked in amber

Jeffrey Phillips

Conversely we can see why it is difficult to innovate in the airline industry. Safety concerns, unions, the transparency of pricing, the reliance on key volatile inputs (oil, labor), the fixed number of gates and so on don't leave a lot of options for innovation. Innovation is possible in any setting and in any industry.

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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. Perhaps, this is why startups are often synonymous with successful innovation. Their most profitable customers have the highest return rates!

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Your Guide to Fueling Enterprise Innovation in the Transport Industry

Qmarkets

In this blog, we’ll explore some of these trends and make a case for an effective innovation management program to capitalize on them. Other airlines including Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines have placed orders for air taxis developed by British company Vertical Aerospace in partnership with Rolls-Royce and Honeywell.

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Transport Innovation: Your Guide to Driving Industry Innovation

Qmarkets

In this blog, we’ll explore some of these trends and make a case for an effective innovation management program to capitalize on them. Other airlines including Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines have placed orders for air taxis developed by British company Vertical Aerospace in partnership with Rolls-Royce and Honeywell.

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Game Changers: How Citizen Science and Gamification Are Transforming the Business World

Qmarkets

The Crowdsourcing Week article A Thousand Eyes Are Better Than Two by Shay Hershkovitz details how international naval and air force authorities have implemented crowd-based initiatives in their search for the missing MH 370 airliner. Inform your innovation strategy. with key citizen insights !