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Why You Should Let a 5-Year Old Design Your Next Product

Harvard Business Review

Even though he''s only five years old, that product will one day be on the shelves of your local Bed Bath and Beyond, or Target. This five-year old is able to be the inventor without also creating a company because of a product innovation company called Quirky. And, of course, this slowed innovation and restrained market outcomes.

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5 Questions That Will Help You Stay Ahead of Your Disruptors

Harvard Business Review

Stagnant growth in its core PC market recently led Intel to announce layoffs of roughly 12% of its workforce. The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market. That process was quickly fixed — and illuminated the pathology of valuing productivity metrics divorced from UX.

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