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Innovate Forward

Leading Blog

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. I NNOVATION has always been important. To streamline operations and control costs.

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

With so much stuff coming at me from all angles, daily prosperity relies on spam filters, Internet search engines, and personalized music and movie recommendations. Machine learning develops predictive capabilities with a form of number-crunching, a trial-and-error learning process that builds upon statistics and computer science.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. When Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb, he was able to convince Morgan to advance him $30,000 for the Edison Electric Light Company. Moreover, it’s hard. “I

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How GM Uses Social Media to Improve Cars and Customer Service

Harvard Business Review

Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, brand and online-shopping websites, social media, and vehicle connectivity, businesses have a unique opportunity to use technology to revolutionize the customer experience and to incorporate the voice of the customer into product development. The CoE elevated the issue to the engineering leads.

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Is the Cost of Innovation Falling?

Harvard Business Review

Consider the recent phenomena of shoestring 3D design labs or the biofabrication labs at MIT , which are taking the plunge into synthetic biology with far fewer resources than the genetic engineers at government labs. In fact, the costs of developing seminal software algorithms continue to rise, too.

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America’s Leaders Need to Tell a New Story About Infrastructure

Harvard Business Review

Narratives are powerful leadership tools. This kind of leadership communication is sorely needed now to get moving on America’s infrastructure problems. Framing it that way would put in perspective the trillions of dollars the OECD and the American Society of Civil Engineers say is required to put American back in the lead.

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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. Where was its leadership bench? Why are so many companies struggling with a crisis of their leadership bench? Is P&G no longer an academy company?