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Here Are Eight Innovation Awards to Watch and Follow for Inspiration

IdeaScale

Last year’s winners included IBM’s autonomous ship, Origin Wireless’ remote patient monitoring system, and the fifth-generation Waymo Driver. Announced in May and run by Harvard Innovation Labs , this competition is open to both students and alumni who have made substantial progress in ventures that fit the yearly theme of the PIC.

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The 6 Trends That Will Shape Your Business In The Future — And How To Prepare For Them

Faisal Hoque

Leaders have to think digital, embrace design thinking, and read every day to keep up. The modern economy — local, domestic, and global — operates in a state of accelerating change, driven by increasing and changing competition. The answer is probably “never,” and that’s because competition spawns innovation. BY FAISAL HOQUE.

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The 6 Trends That Will Shape Your Business In The Future — And How To Prepare For Them

Faisal Hoque

Leaders have to think digital, embrace design thinking, and read every day to keep up. The modern economy — local, domestic, and global — operates in a state of accelerating change, driven by increasing and changing competition. The answer is probably “never,” and that’s because competition spawns innovation. BY FAISAL HOQUE.

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Testing New Business Ideas: Learnings from OWLET [Part 1]

Strategyzer Innovation

We often use the OWLET team video from the International Business Model Competition in 2013 to illustrate how to de-risk new ideas, cheaply and quickly. Let's unpack together the most important principles to follow when testing new business ideas. What can we learn from Owlet on testing new business ideas?

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Five Technology Trends Driving Manufacturing (Are you on Board?)

Daniel Burrus

New manufacturing plants will utilize the latest technologies in an effort to increase productivity and competitive advantage. Professionals and anticipatory leaders in manufacturing should look for ways to implement these Hard Trends now, because if you don’t, your competition will!

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Apple Does it Again!!

Rmukesh Gupta

While increasing the processing power of the main chip, retina display, Ultra fast WiFi, new games (Mario) and all the other technology led features are important; addressing the competition with a new improved camera and including stereo sound is critical, What I am truly impressed by is the AirPods. That is also an elegant design.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

Innovation must be rooted in improving competitive advantage, customer needs, employee expectations and now, sustainability. One first step is to design the space and the time for the wonder (deep curiosity, audacious dreaming, awe and pausing) and for the rigor (focus, mastery of skill and discipline). Twitter: rgmcgrath.