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Discontinuous Innovation: Transforming Industries & Creating New Markets

Qmarkets

Understanding Discontinuous Innovation The term itself gained prominence through the work of scholars such as Clayton Christensen, who introduced the concept in his book “The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail” published in 1997.

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From Game Rooms to Boardrooms, Virtual and Augmented Reality at Work

Daniel Burrus

Now that Facebook has changed their name to Meta to stake their claim on the personal and business use of Virtual Reality (VR) environments — the Metaverse – will this finally establish VR and/or Augmented Reality (AR) as commonplace technologies? The Current State of Augmented Reality. An example of such was Google Glass.

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The ecosystem evolution of microschools

Christensen Institute

This example of the cell phone’s evolution could serve as a potential comparison to microschools. In my last post , I pointed out that microschools show some of the telltale signs of disruptive innovation. For some, microschools offer a lifeline for escaping struggles in conventional schools due to challenges like bullying or ADHD.

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The cost of innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

We don't have to look far in the corporate scrap heap to find firms that were leaders (Nokia, Kodak) but became obsolete due to a failure to notice changes in the market. But the cost of not innovating is a lot like the cost of not maintaining your streets. Why is innovation so expensive culturally or psychologically?

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An Anticipatory Organization® Can Preemptively Dissect Problems

Daniel Burrus

A pre-mortem being the process of implementing my Hard Trend Methodology should seem like a favorable option in comparison to a post-mortem, where you’re seemingly leading from behind. A review of a product or service once it’s in use is exceedingly valuable. A review of a product or service once it’s in use is exceedingly valuable.

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Augmented Reality Defined with Opportunities

Daniel Burrus

It would benefit you to be wearing AR glasses that can quickly scan the area for a highly recommended restaurant per consumer reviews. Wearing the technology rather than having your eyes divert to your phone is faster and safer. Outside the US, Chinese technology giant Huawei is creating its own version of smart glasses.

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Top 3 Alternative Assets for your Business Innovation Strategy

Qmarkets

Often this is a manual process which can lack in transparency, due to the inability to give feedback on people’s ideas, especially in large enterprises. The trend data you gather can be based on anything from new technologies and services to new disruptive business models. This can vastly increase the go-to-market speed.