Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things. —Theodore Levitt (1925–2006), renowned economist The last few years in particular have shown how fragile the economic, social or financial environment can be and how quickly the conditions in which a business operates can change. So, adapting to it …
Ah, innovation. At its core, it’s all about solving problems. That’s why the saying “necessity is the mother of invention” couldn’t be truer. Every day, both in our personal and professional lives, we encounter hurdles, and sometimes, in our moment of despair, we come up with ideas to solve them. …
Although product and service innovation is, more often than not, driven by unhappy customers whose demands for seamless, delightful and outcome-driven experiences are not being met, it’s up to smart, visionary businesses to seize the opportunity and, nimbly, cover those needs. In the pandemic (and post-pandemic) world the need for …
One day, robots will socialise with people. One day, we’ll be able to successfully teleport into a different city, country and continent. One day, we’ll have nanobots running in our bloodstream that will allow us never to get sick again. Do you think it’s impossible? While we might have a …
Agile has been revolutionising the IT world over the last three decades, accelerating software delivery and maintainability and improving the engineering practice as a whole. Nowadays, its principles and practices have moved across a broad range of industries and functions. It has proved it can enhance businesses’ ability to manage …
The age of disruption has arrived. Could your business be like the Phoenix, the bird that rises from the ashes with renewed youth, to successfully navigate the disrupting hordes? To start off, it’s urgent to examine the way we look at the world and the way we do business. Every …
Automation and ‘thinking machines’ are replacing human tasks, changing the skills that organisations are looking for in their people. What will the future look like? In this new weekly series, we’re presenting four worlds of work for 2030 which will kickstart your thinking about the many possible scenarios that could …
With Luxembourg launching its House of Startups early next year and potentially hosting Google’s data centre, the country is bound to become the beating heart of Europe’s startup scene. We examined what makes Luxembourg a hotspot for entrepreneurs and why the country needs them to spur growth. What makes Luxembourg …
Technology transforms the world and the financial sector. Digitalisation takes competition and innovation capacities to new levels. For those of you still hesitating on embracing the digital wave, here are five reasons to make the leap:
New communication technologies, new sources of energy and new modes of transport – here are the drivers of the third industrial revolution, as seen by Jeremy Rifkin. With this revolution, we’re entering a new age – the age of a circular economy, fuelled by smart technologies in a prosumer-focused social …
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