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The Top 5 Technology Trends That Will Drive Innovation in 2018

hackerearth

Innovation is never easy, and in today’s world where everything is becoming digital, innovation is technology first and quite complex. photo editing software), and technology push (e.g. Samsung Galaxy with touchscreen technology in 2012). Whatever your business model, emerging technologies will be a key driver.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% at United Technologies and 30% at Siemens.

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The right time to innovate

IdeaSpies

Despite the ubiquity of these concepts, there are abundant examples of successful organisations and industries that have been found wanting due to hubris, poor planning and strategy or an inability to conceive of futures that nimble new entrants then exploit.

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Innovate or Die: Bold Action, Connected Minds, and a Leadership Team with Vision

eZassi

The Roaring Twenties , a period of economic prosperity following the end of World War I, was marked by changes to American life through advancements in manufacturing, consumer products, travel, medicine, entertainment, and upended social norms. There’s No Debate, You Must Innovate. They ask questions like: Do we need an AI Officer?

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#1,616 – The Future of Everything

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

It may even mark a turning point for mankind, one that ushers in new technologies and a new way of looking at things; new ways of doing business and new ways of living. The Internet of Things inevitably comes into full effect as everything gets further automated/controlled by voice commands/motion sensors.