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Your Consumer and the Innovation Equation – Why They May Not Be Involved Enough
August 26, 2013 Editor 0
Identifying (let alone creating) a new innovation that will dramatically grow your business is difficult. Line extensions and product / package refreshes will keep the business moving forward and engaged with consumers. But what about the breakthrough innovation that executives are expecting? Transformational innovation requires significant investment, risk taking, and preparation which can be a […]
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Ambitious Innovation
July 25, 2013 Editor 0
Learn new methods for creating big ideas and breakthrough new products! Are you lacking the big innovations and significant new products? Is your development department clogged by small projects and minor tasks? The number of small projects has increased significantly over the last 10 years at the expense of the real breakthrough and innovative new […]
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Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Centennial Innovation Challenge
June 30, 2013 Editor 0
The 10 Winners were chosen for their truly breakthrough ideas, which have the potential to transform livelihoods for millions of poor or vulnerable people working in informal economies worldwide. Go to Source
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Use Tension and Conflict to Create Breakthrough Products
June 21, 2013 Editor 0
I’ve written before about the science that helps explain why and how constraints and limits, often in the form of intelligent, well-set stretch goals, result in more creative solutions. Too often, though, managers set what appears to be a good stretch goal, only to discover that it did not produce the hoped-for innovative thinking. One […]
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Match Your Innovation Process to the Results You Want
September 11, 2012 Editor 0
From HBR We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. The answer is both, but it depends. Bottom-up approaches work well for incremental (keeps you in the game) innovations. Breakthrough (changes the game) innovations, contrary to popular belief, need a top-down approach.
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Breakthrough by U of T-led research team leads to record efficiency for next-generation solar cells
July 30, 2012 Editor 0
(University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering) Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) and King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) have made a breakthrough in the development of colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films, leading to the most efficient CQD solar cell ever. Their work is featured in a […]
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