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Understand Your Entrepreneurial Superpower

Skip Prichard

Jonathan Littman collaborated with IDEO on the bestsellers The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation. Susanna Camp is a journalist specializing in emerging technology. We saw something new taking hold a few years ago – San Francisco had usurped Silicon Valley as the new center of tech innovation.

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What It’s Like Being a Business Traveler in Iran

Harvard Business Review

But after spending the past two years traveling across the Arab world (and writing a book about innovation and entrepreneurship in the region), I also knew how younger generations and new technologies can redefine business and engagement across the board. million iPhones in the country. There are risks.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

You need to think like a portfolio manager, allocating resources both to innovate in your core and for the future. Knowing that today’s operations will almost always win the lion’s share of resources, you need to consciously create a protected class of innovative ideas to invest in, even if money is tight.

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When Ingenuity Saves Lives

Harvard Business Review

The incubators sold in Western countries cost up to $20,000 and require electricity — which is unreliable in developing nations. Enter jugaad innovation — a cost-effective approach for creating affordable products and services using limited resources. For us, innovation is a dynamic process that never ends.''.

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Bologna Shows How a Business Cluster Can Stay Vibrant for Centuries

Harvard Business Review

Today when we talk about business “ clusters ,” we’re usually talking about the technology industry in Silicon Valley, the financial sector in London or New York, or automakers in southern Germany. The major innovation lay in an extraordinary machine already in use in Lucca, about 150 kilometers southwest of Bologna.

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3 Ways Big Companies Are Connecting with Younger Consumers

Harvard Business Review

It requires a new set of tools: a more open and flexible mind-set, significant process changes, as well as new technology and infrastructure. As innovation consultant Pete Maulik told me, “It’s time to switch from here they come to this is how we’re going to win.” That’s an enormous mistake.

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3 Ways to Get Your Own Digital Platform

Harvard Business Review

Customers can tweet at JetBlue with questions or problems, and the account helps keep JetBlue front of mind for its followers, even when they’re not traveling. Many big organizations even help incubate startups in their industry. Airline JetBlue has turned its Twitter account into a highly responsive, 24/7 customer service line.