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Overton Window: How extreme ideas become mainstream

Idea to Value

For example, with climate change there are people on one extreme that say we all immediately need to become vegan, and on the other extreme that this is all a hoax made up by a worldwide government conspiracy. In comparison, the normal low-price service that people were currently getting, toilet included, looked much better.

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Driving Success: Managing Risk Across 3 Key Automotive Areas

Planview

This change, influenced by fluctuating demands and stricter regulations, underscores the need for agility and adaptability. Real-time Linkages: Seamless integration between product data and portfolio analysis, enabling agile responses to changing circumstances.

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Increasing innovation focus on the end-user segments within the energy transition story

Paul Hobcraft

As crucial renewable energy solutions (wind, solar) are falling in price comparison, we are beginning to see clean energy solutions for industry, for the environment, and society, as a whole. The changes are transforming energy management. The level of investments in the existing energy system needs staging for significant change.

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Seeking out knowledge that feeds our innovations

Paul Hobcraft

The more we embrace change and recognize innovation demands more of our time, the more we must seek out knowledge that ‘feeds’ innovation. Organizations need to move well beyond their lazy reliance on best practice comparison and they need to find better ways to explore emerging practices.

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First-Mover or Fast-Follower: Which is the right innovation strategy for you?

Idea to Value

In comparison, of the companies which were fast followers in those categories (and which entered on average 13 years after the pioneers), only 8% failed. This can require significant marketing and sales effort to change. Customers are happy with their current solution.

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TRANSFERRING IDEAS FROM ONE DOMAIN TO ANOTHER

Michael Michalko

Genius is often marked by the ability to imagine comparisons and similarities and even similar differences between parallel facts and events in different fields or “other worlds.” This led to his idea of intelligent polymer seed coatings, which shift properties as conditions change. Why is X like Y? PARALLEL WORLDS.

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Innovative Strategies for Effective R&D Budgeting

Innov8rs

Now, imagine that something special is a groundbreaking innovation that could change the world. In other words, weighing the anticipation of future gains carefully against present investments. Peer benchmarking also requires available, accurate data and for comparisons to be made with similar companies only.