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What shapes your thinking?

Jeffrey Phillips

There's a famous saying, attributed to Marshall McLuhan, who is reported to have said - we shape our tools, and then our tools shape us. I think what was attributed to McLuhan is true - we shape our tools, and then they shape us. Supposedly Churchill said something similar, only about buildings.

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The problem of scaling can confuse those innovating.

Paul Hobcraft

We need more modular thinking and this is where scaling can be achieved differently. Today we are struggling due to these legacies. It is in the software we have the potential to scale out in different ways, less in the physical assets that house them. Any plan of future actions needs to be designed in different ways.

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Unlocking Innovation with Data, Creativity, and Automation

Tullio Siragusa

According to a study conducted by MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte, over 60% of executives say that data-driven decision-making is “critical” or “very important” to their success. According to the report, 60% of respondents said that data was “critical” or “very important” to their innovation process.

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Part 2: Accelerating the impact of Innovation Campaigns

Values Centered Innovation

The 2016 State of Crowdsourced Innovation report from Spigit, the largest vendor of innovation management software by revenues, gives us some idea of how these software systems are used with their customers: 64% of surveyed customers use the platform company wide, rather than in just a few groups.

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Innovation in the Era of COVID-19

Innovation Excellence

Writing articles quickly using the ‘cablese’ shorthand employed by the reporters to reduce wire costs,” she opines, “was instrumental in the development of Hemingway’s straightforward prose style.”. This would show that the innovator has exercised due diligence in the work effort and possibly pre-empt any negative questions from the audience.