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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. Overhype is an understatement.

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Schindler Announces Successful Nationwide Deployment of Qmarkets Idea Management Platform

Qmarkets

This success can be attributed to the promotional efforts of Schindler, who employed a variety of promotional techniques to encourage participation, including newsletters, magazines, flyers, and SMS texts. Out of the 4,000 users who have been invited to participate, there are many field workers who don’t have regular access to computers.

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Innovation Budget Planning: 8 Things to Consider

eZassi

As Forbes magazine mentioned in an article last year “The presumption is that R&D spending is somehow connected to increased innovation, revenue growth and profits. Having a great R&D process and achieving market success with the technologies we invent are two different things.” A five-year plan may no longer hold true.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

Then, have a process for aligning strategy (which pulls you forward) with budgeting (which anchors you backward) with project governance (which is usually a total mess) with people’s incentives. As one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, Rita’s work is regularly published in the Harvard Business Review. Tiffani Bova.

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25 Podcasts for Managers (with Episode Recommendations)

CMOE

The Premise: Every week, Harvard Business Review interviews top thought leaders on effective management and business practices, including CEOs, founders, psychologists, and others. The Premise: Success Magazine presents interviews with successful leaders and entrepreneurs, focusing on stories you won’t hear in other sources.

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Open Innovation: definition, what types and benefits

mjvinnovation

In his book, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (Harvard Business School Press – 2003), researcher Henry Chesbrough coined the term Open Innovation. Usually, this happens with the incorporation of technologies developed by other companies. The open innovation concept.

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Road to wavespace – Interview with etventure startup expert Laura Kohler

etventure

Laura Kohler, partner at etventure and Head of wavespace & Startup Ecosystem, is in charge of this major project. In our interview she gives insights into the large-scale project #wavespaceBerlinXBerg. Laura has many years of experience in coordinating startup and digital projects. This contains two essential aspects.