29 minutes ago by Bob

Innovation is in these days. The word is on the lips of just about every CEO, CFO, CIO, and anyone else with a three-letter acronym after their name. As a result, many companies are launching all kinds of “innovation initiatives” – hoping to stir the soup. This is understandable. But it is also, far ...

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45 minutes ago by wmworia

Recently, we featured an article on competitive gaming in Kenya and the efforts going into promoting this as an active ’sport’ in equal standing (or better) than even the athletics games we Kenyans are mostly known for. Today we are pleased to announce that it is confirmed that we can confirm that t ...

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51 minutes ago by Bert Maes

Many believe the key to strengthening the economy and competing globally lies in fostering an innovative culture and educating youth in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). According to this year’s Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, an annual survey that gauges Americans’ perceptions ...

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1 hour ago by Greg Atkinson

As I watched the Super Bowl I couldn’t help but be struck by the boldness and guts it took to do the onside kick at the beginning of the second half. I applauded New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton for having the idea and nerve to go for it. For me, I think that recovery of the onside kick changed ...

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1 hour ago by David Cushman

Image via WikipediaThere's a reason many a CEO views an offer to 'innovate' with a mixture of fear and disdain: Somewhere approaching 9 out of 10 business innovations fail.There are lots of reasons:(To summarise and plagiarise the Harvard Business Review (Jan/Feb 10) and Robert H Miles' Accelerating ...

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1 hour ago by Stefan Lindegaard

I have had the pleasure of working with Novozymes which is a world leader within bioinnovations on several projects. I really like their mix of high ambitions, great people and top management support in order to make innovation happen. A few years back, they captured the below feedback as they asked ...

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2 hours ago by Colin Anderson

For many companies, success is coming up with the next great product. Something that captures the public attention, that is lauded as innovative, as being truly brilliant. If a company can actually achieve this, they’re in a very good position; if they can gain a long-term reputation for such innova ...

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2 hours ago by daviding

Brian Arthur, known for “increasing returns” and economics research from a complexity perspective, has recently been looking into innovation and technology. Technology drives much of the development of human society and economy. Yet, little attention is given to how technological innovations arise. ...

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2 hours ago by paulsignorelli

We will, if the authors ( Laurence Johnson, Alan Levine, Rachel Smith, and Sonja Stone) of the 2010 Horizon Report are as accurate as they have been in the past, soon be as proficient in and comfortable with simple augmented reality, gesture-based computing, and visual data analysis as we currently ...

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3 hours ago by Shawn Liang

The boom of manufacture in the 20th century is due largely to an improved work efficiency of manual workers, with highly automatic equipment, well-designed work duties and aligned supervision mechanism. However, when it comes to the new century, a new group of workers are continuously drawing attent ...

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