Sat.Apr 07, 2018

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Insights for Innovators from the Founding of Google

Destination Innovation

In 1973 a married couple, Mr and Mrs Page, who both worked at Michigan Sate University were blessed with a son. The father was a Professor of Computer Science and the mother taught programming. They called their son Lawrence though he was known as Larry. At the age of six the boy was given a home computer, one of the very first models, and soon he was programming.

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A New Take on Being Customer Obsessed

Innovation Excellence

Those of us in business often latch onto words and phrases as the latest “bright and shiny objects” to share with others. While instilling new thinking is great, the downside of this tendency centers on the misuse and misunderstanding of those catchy phrases. Think of how often we hear “digital transformation,” or “customer-obsessed” (and the.

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This Startup Is Combining Big Data and Materials Science to Revolutionize Manufacturing

Innovation Excellence

Greg Mulholland didn’t take the typical route to getting his MBA. He had no background in banking or consulting and hadn’t even taken a business course as an undergraduate. After earning an Engineering degree from NC State and then a Masters Degree in Physics from Cambridge, he went to work as a materials scientist. Yet.