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When Business Models Trump Technology

Harvard Business Review

But drip irrigation is not a new technology, it has been around for over 120 years, and many companies have developed and marketed it. The reason is a problem common to almost all new technology adoptions. So why are we celebrating drip irrigation only now? What is Netafim's secret?

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Why User Experience Always Has to Come First

Harvard Business Review

Actions speak louder than mission statements. That is, platform providers and innovation ecosystems are rethinking how they really make money from, and with, their customers and partners. The former perspective inspires and incents a different investment in UX than the latter.

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Learning Collaboration from Tiki-Taka Soccer

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. Once, soccer players used to earn bonuses for scoring goals, but those were abandoned when managers realized that was an incentive to shoot — regardless of distance and position.

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Learning Collaboration from Tiki-Taka Soccer

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. Once, soccer players used to earn bonuses for scoring goals, but those were abandoned when managers realized that was an incentive to shoot — regardless of distance and position.

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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing

Harvard Business Review

We’ve hit a point of acceleration in video and wearable technologies that provide us with information that we’ve never had in the past about how to optimize player performance. When you don’t need to win games to make money, what’s the incentive to win? It comes back to our mission statement.

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