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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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5G Entrepreneurs Creating Billion-Dollar Businesses

Daniel Burrus

New multibillion-dollar businesses will appear that didn’t exist before due to 5G wireless technology. The first generation (1G) of wireless came with the introduction of cell phones constrained to phone calls and high-level executives. This generation of wireless technology is already being deployed in major cities in the U.S.

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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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Pivotal Innovation Management: The Past, Present, and Future of 180° Business Changes

Qmarkets

Rising competition from Apple and Google caught Nokia out of position and led to near-bankruptcy in 2012. These include internal innovation programs, as well as external Open Innovation programs, seeking to involve and engage customers, to take advantage of and tap into that wealth of knowledge.

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Digital transformation examples

Board of Innovation

Both how to interact and engage with customers as for how to operate and manage your resources. Sector: Chemicals Company: Dow Corning Learn more: Source Competitive pricing for bulk orders No technical support Cisco outsources all of its manufacturing to contract manufacturers.

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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. Companies who teach critical thinking and problem solving at every level will have a distinct competitive advantage when it comes to innovation. Karin is a former Verizon Wireless executive, and an Inc.

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Understanding innovation's past leads to incredible insight

Jeffrey Phillips

Innovation in these days was often focused on communication - Marconi, the "wireless", radio and other devices reduced the distances and built common stories for the American public. This is because we haven't had a real flourishing of either new technologies, new infrastructure or a real competitive threat like the Soviet space race.