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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 Is Far Bigger Than Faster Smartphones

Daniel Burrus

Having a wait-and-see strategy can put you out of business fast. Strategy based on uncertainty has high risk; that’s why so many wait when it comes to applying new technologies. Strategy based on uncertainty has high risk; that’s why so many wait when it comes to applying new technologies. So what should you do?

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How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis

Harvard Business Review

For small to medium enterprises, this means margins may be squeezed to the point to where they can no longer compete in today’s hyper-competitive global marketplace. In addition, the costs of producing materials, manufacturing goods, and providing services is rising due to labor costs.

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2019 USPTO Patent Statistics: Breaking the Trend

Anaqua

Other technologies, such as wireless communications were also high on that list. With the ability to integrate “big data” market analytics with internal portfolio analysis, IP organizations are being, and can continue to be, smarter about their patent strategies, better supporting the business while maintaining increased budget control.

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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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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. The iPhone box comes with a 3.5

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

Then, have a process for aligning strategy (which pulls you forward) with budgeting (which anchors you backward) with project governance (which is usually a total mess) with people’s incentives. She is consistently ranked among the Top 10 management thinkers in the world and was ranked #1 for strategy by Thinkers50. Twitter: rgmcgrath.