Sun.Sep 04, 2016

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The Ten Types of Innovation

Destination Innovation

How many types of innovation are there? The simplest way to categorize innovation is into two forms – incremental and radical. Incremental innovation is an improvement in an existing thing (e.g. product, process or service). Radical innovation is finding an entirely new way of doing something. For example if you had been making spectacles in the 1950s then plastic lenses instead of glass lenses would have been an incremental innovation.

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Innovation Needs To Shift From Disrupting Markets To Tackling Grand Challenges

Digital Tonto

The truth is that what has passed for innovation over the last 20 or 30 years has been more focused on disrupting markets than fundamentally changing the world. That needs to change. Related. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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A Lesson in Innovation Practice from Medicine

Destination Innovation

For centuries doctors tried different remedies for treating illnesses and diligently observed what happened. But they were unable to be certain what caused the outcomes that occurred. When the patient recovered that seemed to vindicate whatever treatment had been used – even it was bloodletting or the application of leeches. The big innovation which transformed medical research and saved countless lives is the Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT).

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Can mindfulness stimulate sustainability-oriented innovation?

Norbert Bol

For most of us in the Western hemisphere the summer holiday season is coming to an end and I sincerely hope that everybody enjoyed their summer holidays. This year I have, like previous years, the intention to keep the mindset of the summer holidays for a longer period of time. Apparently we have a different in mindset when we are on a summer holiday, than when we are busy in our daily routines during the rest of the year.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Leverage Your Organizational Networks Most Efficiently with BLOCKCHAINS

Leveraging Networks

Experiencing a Digital Transformation. As 2016 has peaked, beginning its slow decent to 2017, businesses are facing a great many changes to the global commerce landscape. Let’s face it; the world is getting smaller. And with it, a rising consumer base. Now, of course this isn’t bad news, as being able to market to a global audience is something that most businesses only dreamed about just a few decades ago.

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Open innovation, open science and open to the world

Innovation Excellence

A new paper from the European Union outlines their attitude and approach towards open innovation in Europe.