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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. Overhype is an understatement.

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Unleash Your Visual Superpower!

Boxes and Arrows

From start-ups to banks, design has never been more central to business. Yet at conference after conference, I meet designers at firms talking about their struggle for influence. In-house designers often have to advocate for design priorities versus new features or technical change. Get feedback in a train station.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Everything is on the table,” Flannery said on a conference call to discuss quarterly earnings. So what happened?

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How Israel’s Oldest Bank Is Engaging Employees to Become a Leader in Banking Innovation

Qmarkets

In 2013, Bank Leumi embarked on a journey to make innovation one of its prime strategic goals. In order to achieve this goal, the Bank undertook an initiative to change their corporate culture, so every employee would see innovation as part of their daily work; an aim they should constantly aspire to. Ran: Exactly.

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50 what-if questions to reimagine the future

Board of Innovation

50 what-if questions to reimagine the future We have handpicked a selection of trends & shifts in technology to help you come up with more relevant business ideas. What if you owned your own bank? nformation and telecommunication technologies ade the world interconnected. What if you only had voice to interact with users?

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How fintechs forced banks to rethink their user experience

mjvinnovation

It’s no secret that charming marketing grabs customers’ attention faster and for longer than traditional marketing means. In today’s age, where customers have easy access to research and reviews at the touch of a button, companies need to show their audience that they are genuinely there for them. Business 4.0

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Mash-Ups for Innovation, a How To Guide

Gregg Fraley

A great example is the Printing Press which combined two technologies, the wine press, and the concept of moveable type. Or, if your boss asked you to do an interpretive dance of your marketing challenge you might tell him to take a flying leap through a rolling doughnut! Do the dance. To think differently one must Do Differently.

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