Daily Archives: October 21, 2023

How to Win a War

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. What do you need to win a war? A few things. First, an army equipped with modern weapons and instilled with high … Continue reading →

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Being an Expert: Traveling the Same Road Again and Again

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created by Tatiana Ivanov There are two major reasons for the slow adoption of crowdsourcing as a practical problem-solving tool. The first is a widespread, often completely paralyzing uncertainty over which problem crowdsourcing can (or can’t) solve. … Continue reading →

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A Dried-Up Innovation: How Prohibition Disrupted Natural Social Networks

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created with the help of Stable Diffusion Online This piece has been originally posted on Medium. What is the effect of government regulations on innovation? The most comprehensive answer to this question is: It depends. It can … Continue reading →

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Innovating in a Dream (or With a Drink)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted on Medium. In a previous article, I argued that the widespread belief that we are swimming in an ocean of cheap innovative ideas — embodied … Continue reading →

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12 Thoughts About Crowdsourcing

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has originally been posted on Medium. The following are twelve thoughts about crowdsourcing taken from my recently published book “We the People of the Crowd…” and summarizing my … Continue reading →

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Innovation and Freedom

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This article has originally appeared in the International Market & Competitive Intelligence magazine (July/August 2023) With giant waves of technological change rocking every corner of the global economy, innovation isn’t a luxury anymore, not even a matter of choice; it’s … Continue reading →

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Ideas are a dime a dozen. Are they really?

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted on Medium. Did you hear that idea generation is the easiest part of the innovation process? I’m sure you did. Generating ideas is easy, … Continue reading →

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Want a Big Idea? Take a Shower and Sit Under the Apple Tree

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has originally been posted on Medium. It keeps amusing me how many people claim that their best creative ideas come to them in the shower. What is so … Continue reading →

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The Inverted-U Law of Innovation (and Life)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has originally appeared on Medium. I like to argue that providing workers with immunity for failed innovation projects is a much better way to promote corporate innovation than by “celebrating … Continue reading →

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How to Build Your Innovation Dream Team?

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. You can hear this time and again: innovation is all about people. Even if you’re a great fan of AI, you’d hardly … Continue reading →

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