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Continuing the Energy Transition Journey

Paul Hobcraft

The Grid Edge includes the innovative solutions of hardware, software, and business innovation that are enabling smart infrastructure to be installed at or near the “edge” of the electric power grid. During this past week, I have been working through specific aspects of the energy transition model. The Grid Edge solutions are on the rise.

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Industry 4.0

eZassi

Let’s take a look at two use case examples. Companies are successfully scaling additive manufacturing for mass customization; one relatable consumer apparel product example is from Adidas. His or her idea must be recorded, reviewed, and promoted in a systemized process of non-siloed corporate ideation.

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The Digitization of Energy

Paul Hobcraft

These “things” are being designed to connect and combined with grid edge software that triggers demand and optimization. Today we are seeing increased sensors and use of devices that are optimizing process controls, providing industrial automation, give us smart thermostats, autonomous cars, and trucks, for example.

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Understanding innovation's past leads to incredible insight

Jeffrey Phillips

Very few companies existed and most "innovation" was in the realm of transportation - primarily moving goods and/or people on waterways (canals, steamships) or rail. The 1960s through the 1990s were boom years (discounting the Oil embargo) mostly due to dividends we reaped from the investments in technology and the space race.

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Innovation Management in 2023: Open Innovation & Partnerships

Innov8rs

Give due weight to geographic proximity: the level of understanding of local challenges that comes with geographic proximity can play a crucial role in open innovation programs. Sustainability is a prime example. They remain competitors and both will use that jointly developed innovation in their respective transport solutions.

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Coronavirus: could this global crisis be the end of the office as we know it?

mjvinnovation

Situations ranging from lockdowns , to panic buying , to massive flight cancellations are happening at an alarming rate due to the prospect of a pandemic. Not due to the virus itself, of course, but for the telecommuting push. The infection is also affecting work-life and business development. Sounds like a dream, right?

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8 External Innovation Sources You should know

ITONICS

In addition to a software that automatically evaluates and clusters all trend and technology information, a dedicated team of external trend and tech scouts can deliver a continuous flood of data. Software and consulting companies. Software and consulting companies that provide solutions and services for innovation management.