Category Archives: Innovation

Serendipity in Management and Innovation

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

The occurrence of events by chance in a beneficial way has always played a fundamental role in innovation Read an  interesting case studies of Thogus ( Google of Manufacturing ) who value serendipity and and facilitiate its happening. http://www.changinggears.info/2011/09/07/the-google-of-manufacturing-one-company-shows-a-possible-future/

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The Beginning of the End of the World Economy, the way we have seen it

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

I am not a doomsayer. But, I have kept cribbing, since 2004, about the ill-effects of lop-sided economic development. Just three weeks before the world started talking about another recession, I published a note expressing fears of not just another … Continue reading →

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Transforming Villages with Open Source

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

This is hugely inspiring, could be a good idea for CEO’s in India and globally to link with their Corporate Social Responsibility and for various NGO’s. Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints … Continue reading →

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100-Whats of Creativity

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

100-WHATS of CREATIVITY One hundred “what-if?” questions to spark your creativity, unmuck your mind and break through your mental blocks by Don The Idea Guy 100-Whats of Creativity View more presentations from Don The Idea Guy Snyder

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How to Invent : The Idea Hexagon by Ramesh Raskar

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

I had a fantastic time listening to the talk by Ramesh Raskar of MIT Media Lab organized by Pune Startups and NCL Innovation Park It was great to hear about his extremely low cost eye care devices which can be … Continue reading →

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From ‘oops’ to ‘eureka’

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Mark Twain once remarked that accident was the greatest inventor of them all, and then he promptly tripped over. Even if I made that last part up, the master humorist did uncover an incisive truth in the domain of creative … Continue reading →

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Where is the real value in your organization? – Vineey Nayar

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

HCL Technologies CEO Vineet Nayar describes the company’s “employees first, customers second” principle—and the innovation journey it launched.

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By 2015, More Than 50 Percent of Organizations That Manage Innovation Processes Will Gamify Those Processes

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

By 2015, more than 50 percent of organizations that manage innovation processes will gamify those processes, according to Gartner, Inc. By 2014, a gamified service for consumer goods marketing and customer retention will become as important as Facebook, eBay or … Continue reading →

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World’s Next Practise

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

How Would Your Company Be Different If Your staff were inspired about change, rather than paralysed by it? Your leaders could raise performance, do more with less, and innovate their way into the future? Your senior leaders knew how to … Continue reading →

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Secret History of Silicon Valley

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Today, Silicon Valley is known around the world as a fount of technology innovation and development fueled by private venture capital and peopled by fabled entrepreneurs. But it wasn’t always so. Unbeknownst to even seasoned inhabitants, today’s Silicon Valley had … Continue reading →

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