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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Social innovation refers to both the new strategies, concepts and ideas innovated to meet the social needs of society (including, but not limited to, working conditions, education, health, and community development) as well as the social processes of innovation, including open innovation techniques. Social Innovation. Product Innovation.

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Fertility coverage, but no paid leave? The seemingly innovative move that’s crushing employer competitiveness

Christensen Institute

While employer benefits often cover employees and their dependents, in this post, “employee(s)” refers to all those receiving benefits (i.e., To remain competitive in attracting talent, more employers would do well to look at the big picture. For example, let’s say the employee makes $100,000 per year.

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Digital transformation examples

Board of Innovation

Digital transformation examples How do you structure a digital transformation process, who needs to be involved, where to start? Below there is a list of pilot case & examples that are part of larger digital transformation initiatives. Feel free to share your own references. Unplug from the organization.

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Thriving in the Face of Toxicity: Transforming Work Environments for Success

Leapfrogging

For a detailed list of indicators, refer to our article on signs of a toxic work environment. Unhealthy Competition and Conflict While a certain level of competition can be motivating, an overemphasis on competition can breed conflict and undermine teamwork. Delve deeper into this topic with toxic workplace culture.

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Agencies Should be as Competitive as Consultancies in Non-Marketing Engagements

Brunner

Those with strong data science capabilities should not only be able to retain current business, but be a competitive resource on projects traditionally in the domain of the consultancies. macroeconomic conditions, weather, competition), operations (e.g., However, agencies may be in a better position than they think.

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Thursday Theory Tips – On Creating New Markets

Christensen Institute

In our last Thursday Theory Tips piece, we explored disruption as a theory of competition. What about competition? This isn’t to say that new market disruptors don’t have to worry about competition. Nonconsumption is a fierce competitor , and this competition can be seen in the form of barriers to consumption.

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Planned Obsolescence: How companies are deliberately making their products worse

Idea to Value

Now normally we would expect that in an open market, innovation and competition between companies would work to continuously improve the quality of their products , resulting in a better selection for consumers. At that point, no factory was producing bulbs lasting more than 1,500 hours.

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