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How Being A Generalist Can Help You Adapt And Innovate

The Horizons Tracker

This means that innovators are not necessarily inventing completely new things, but rather applying existing technologies in new ways. The researchers looked specifically at the development of the Microsoft Kinect, which was released back in 2010 as an accessory to the Xbox gaming console. Creating impact. Being more of a generalist.

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Design Lessons from the Consumer at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

Companies must rely on a crystal-clear value proposition, not an early adopter model, and offer flexibility and innovation in their business models. Best Buy's Buyback program allows consumers to sell back their gadgets at a guaranteed price when they upgrade to a newer technology. In the U.S.,

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Why a Low Carbon Price Can Be Good News for the Climate

Harvard Business Review

economy during the peak of the Great Recession (2008-2010). Because a lower carbon price is a sign that power companies and other regulated entities don't think it will be very costly for them to reduce their own emissions, so they didn't need to stock up on allowances or permits to emit. The reporter shouldn't be disappointed.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Similarly, Charles Schwab was the early adopter client of Siebel’s revolutionary CRM system.

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Your Smartphone Works for the Surveillance State

Harvard Business Review

Technology, on the other hand, makes it much easier. And while you might scoff at these as something that only early adopters use, even late adopters of digital technologies leave behind an incredibly detailed trail of their lives. But the technology alone isn''t the problem. But it''s not that, either.

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