Categoria: innovation
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How becoming a non-executive director (NED) could help your career
Over the last decade there has been a growth in ‘portfolio careers’ – a living derived from have multiple simultaneous jobs on a part-time, flexible, consulting or interim basis. Those juggling such careers cite the positives that derive from having exciting variety or the better work-life balance and greater flexibility afforded by being their own…
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The innovation does not have to be a separate area in the company
A lot of disruptive pioneers separate their innovation endeavors from the core business in order to protect it. But creating this kind of distance can sometimes backfire, if there is not enough common ground to bridge the gap between the emerging business and the existing one. Many companies are already structured in a very siloed manner. So…
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Growth Hacking: você já ouviu falar?
O Growth Hacking é a nova forma de fazer marketing, mas será que sua empresa está preparada para essa revolução? Você já ouviu falar em Growth Hacking? Essa expressão que já faz parte do livro de cabeceira de todo profissional de marketing está ditando o sucesso de muitos empreendedores. Para entender melhor o assunto, batemos…
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Innovation is the secret to economic growth, says the global Innovation Index 2016
Growing the economy requires investment in innovative technologies and practices, but national policies towards this end must not focus on local players alone. It must also explicitly favour international collaboration, says the Global Innovation Index 2016 report. INNOVATION is a key ingredient for economic growth, and governments need to facilitate more international collaboration and encourage…
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Pay Pal expanded its research operations Fintech to Singapore
PayPal has expanded its research operations to Singapore, one of the global financial and fintech hubs, culminating in the launch of a new innovation lab in the country and its first outside the United States, according to a PayPal statement. The fundamental goal of the lab will be to help foster a new generation of…
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What’s is a Chief Innovation Officer?
The chief innovation officer (sometimes abbreviated as CINO) is the business world’s response to a fast-moving, technology-fueled marketplace. The evolution of technology has shortened the timeline on new product releases, hastened the pace at which customers expect to receive feedback and service, and created a more competitive world where today’s practices may not be good…
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Cambridge Innovation Capital raised $98 million to invest in technology and healthcare research
Aug 19 Cambridge Innovation Capital, which commercializes technology and healthcare research from Cambridge University, has raised 75 million pounds ($98 million) from investors, including for the first time Woodford Investment Management. CIC, founded in 2013, has already invested 33 million pounds in 13 technology and healthcare innovations, such as a company building robots to do…
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Embraco é exemplo da verdadeira inovação
Ao desafiar o antigo conceito de que o compressor de refrigeração é aquela bola preta que fica atrás das geladeiras e simplesmente distribui o gás refrigerado da mesma forma desde o início do século passado, a Embraco S.A. colocou-se na dianteira do setor. Segunda empresa em número de patentes requeridas no Brasil, a empresa acaba…
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How Cisco think about innovation and their projects
No one doubts that the future belongs to the Internet of Things. From drones to refrigerators, from massive industrial robots to tiny, implanted medical devices, machines already are communicating with other machines, sharing data and, without human guidance, accomplishing ever more sophisticated tasks. Gartner predicts that there will be more than 6.4 billion connected “things” in use…
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Manchester in UK is the newest place to innovate
Hoje Consulting in Innovation is opening a hub in Manchester. Cisco is to open an innovation centre in Manchester focusing on the development of smart cities, the Internet of Things (IoT) and healthcare and creative digital technologies. The centre will be set up with the Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP) made up from the city’s two…
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