“Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world” – Lauren Bacall
By now, it should surprise no one that the world is changing very rapidly, but just how fast is an open question. Michael Simmons explores that question in a recent Article. When looking at the future back in 1930, the big concern was how to use the leisure time enabled by technology. Instead, a…
Human foresight, as the improving proxy to nature’s hindsight, is the impetus to innovation responsible for the expanding fractal of human ingenuity and capacity.
US drone firm Skydio valued at $1 billion as government freezes out Chinese competition
US drone firm Skydio valued at $1 billion as government freezes out Chinese competition
Skydio has become the first US dronemaker with a valuation of more than $1 billion, a signal of deeper investment in American-made drones after the US government blacklisted Chinese manufacturers. The California-based Skydio raised $170 million in a Series D funding round led by VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, as first reported by The Financial Times. Skydio’s drones are best known for their…
MWC Shanghai 2021 : Huawei engagé dans l’innovation pour créer un monde durable
MWC Shanghai 2021 : Huawei engagé dans l’innovation pour créer un monde durable
Discours de Catherine Chen, Vice-présidente et directrice du Conseil d’administration de Huawei lors du MWC Shanghai 2021, le 22 février 2021 Shenzhen, Chine, 22 février 2021– Des représentant de plusieurs pays se sont réunis à l’occasion du forum Connected for Shared Prosperity organisé notamment par Huawei et la GSMA dans le cadre des préparatifs du MWC Shanghai 2021. Tous les intervenants ont…
Today I learned the iPhone’s excellent document scanner can be controlled from a Mac
Today I learned the iPhone’s excellent document scanner can be controlled from a Mac
The iPhone’s Notes app has a powerful document scanning feature built right into it, and today I learned that this scanner can be controlled directly from a paired Mac in a variety of apps. It’s an incredibly useful tip for Mac users as it cuts out the awkward middle steps of having to transfer it from phone to computer, or grabbing it from the Mac’s Notes app after it syncs. Shoutout to TikTok…
The real problem of Apple is that Tim Cook is not a product guy. And without a renewal of product strategy, Apple will lose its place on the technology throne, after it has maximized the addressable market of its downstream evolution.
Lime says it will spend $50 million on a huge e-bike expansion
Lime says it will spend $50 million on a huge e-bike expansion
Lime is getting back to its roots. The scooter company formerly known as LimeBike says it will invest $50 million to grow its shared electric bicycle network, including adding a new model of bike and doubling the number of cities in which it operates. Lime got its start with shared bikes, only to quickly pivot after Bird first introduced the concept of dockless electric scooters in 2017. The…
Kensi Gounden says Innovation relies on inspiration. Keeping yourself motivated to find new sources of inspiration and creativity management is integral in your formula to success. Enjoy these tips to finding new inspiration.
Expand your Knowledge Base: The root of innovation is understanding the products and the market demands that currently exist. Open source education sites such as MIT OpenCourseWare and Harvard Open Courses allow you to expand your knowledge of current trends and remind yourself of tried and true research and development methods. Consider a course adjacent to your interests. For example, innovation is exploding in the biosciences, driven by people with an understanding of genetics and computer science. Software is growing hardware, including jet fuel. Online courses offer you knowledge, and equally as important for innovators, the opportunity to collaborate with other creative thinkers.
2. Use Those Nerves to Your Advantage: Performers call it pre-show jitters, athletes get pre-game anxiety and innovators sometimes call it ulcers, but that distinct sense of panic that surrounds what feels like a tremendous, new idea could be that same rush you get just before tipping over the apex of a roller coaster. In your mind you know you are harnessed safely, the coaster serviced properly and the car is in good maintenance but your stomach still knots up and your muscles tense. In your project the research is solid, the presentation prepared and the idea ground-breaking but your mind tries to fall back into the existing ideas because you’ve already been there and know the measure of success.
3. Just Breathe: When Fast Company profiled Shell’s Mandar Apte they spoke at length about one of the most innovative and undeniably successful programs he instituted called Empower. Among the various tenets of the program, breathing techniques were introduced into the work place designed to foster creativity and innovation. A breathing technique, known in the yoga community as Ujjayi, emphasizes the pause between breathing in and out. This comes with the idea that each pause between breaths creates a brief pause in thought. Those pauses allow your mind to create separation between each thought. Those separations help keep your mind clearer and foster creativity.
The Innovation Lesson: Some product managers are not innovators — they seldom leave their office, avoid networking meetups, eat lunch by themselves, and don’t talk with customers. For them, they have no fear of the edge because they never go near it. Readers of this blog are not like that. Instead, you look at how to create more value for customers through innovation, engage in networking opportunities to gain new perspectives, and expand their knowledge regularly. If you are working on the edge, continue these practices… and just breathe.
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My answer is that Twitter suffers from the barking-dog syndrome. Twitter should have developed a dynamic meritocracy by which it explores the ever expanding fringe of human interests, not stimulate the mediocrity of spiraling collusion of thought.
Cybersecurity firm says social media bots hyped GameStop during trading frenzy
Cybersecurity firm says social media bots hyped GameStop during trading frenzy
A cybersecurity firm found that bots were promoting GameStop stock on social media before and after the stock’s frenzied rise last month, Reuters reported. Massachusetts-based PiiQ Media says social media bots promoted Dogecoin, GameStop, and other “meme” stocks in posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. The firm estimated that tens of thousands of bots participated, but it’s still…
Minneapolis hiring social media influencers for former police officers’ trials
Minneapolis hiring social media influencers for former police officers’ trials
Minneapolis is hiring social media influencers to share “city-generated and approved messages” during the trials of four former city police officers charged in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to the Minnesota Reformer. The Minneapolis city council approved the plan on Friday, which calls for six influencers to be paid about $2,000 each to spread the city’s messages with Black,…
Translator: Amantia Gjikondi Reviewer: Dita Bytyci How do you explain when things do not go as we assume? Or rather, how do you explain it when others are able to achieve things that seem to challenge all assumptions? For example: Why is Apple so advanced? Year after year, after year, after year, they are more advanced than all their competitors. And so far, they are just a computer company. They…
