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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

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Make the Internet of Things More Human-Friendly

Harvard Business Review

By comparison, the standalone product design characteristic of many of early IoT consumer offerings leads to “component-dominant dynamics,” where a user’s ability to solve everyday problems by imaginatively connecting a number of elements is prevented by design. So, what might a “handy” IoT offering look like?

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