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Resource List: All Things Green
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... complicated. Here's a list of some great resouces to help you stay on top of Green issues that matter the most. Pick a few or browse them all of the way-either way, you'll end up ...
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Resource List: Inventor Communities
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... What resources can connect you to inventors, investors, and technologies that can solve your business problems, fill a development need, or make your ideas a reality? This Resource List will give you a good start.
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Resource List: Innovation in Academia
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
Discover where innovation is taught. Think innovation can’t be taught? Guess again. Here’s a list of some of the world’s premier academic programs related to innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Resource List: Social Networking
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... of the biggest things in the realm of the Web. While new social networks seem to sprout up every day, here’s a list of websites you should visit to stay on top of this trend.
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Resource List: Innovation Blogs
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... you follow practioners of innovation. Insights of practioners of innovation are not always published in traditional media, like magazines or books. The blog-o-sphere is full of wonderful insights and ideas about the topics of innovation.
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Resource List: Futurethink's Bookshelf
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
You spend enough time in front of a computer screen, so here’s a list of some of our favorite books—some timely and others timeless—for you to curl up with and peruse the old-fashioned way.
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Resource List: Prediction Markets
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... The market prices serve as an indicator of the probability of these events occurring. Prediction markets have been applied in a variety of contexts. Many corporations are beginning to use the concept to gauge which ...
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Resource List: Ideation Tools
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... structure to our thinking processes and help us look at things in new ways. Ultimately, these tools kick-start our thinking and give us a break when we’re searching for our next big breakthrough. Discover some ...
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Resource List: Technology & Innovation
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... This Resource List gives you the rundown of some of our favorite resources to help stay on top of what’s happening in technology. It contains 24 carefully selected blogs, websites, books, podcasts, and other resources.
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Resource List: Futurist Sources
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... the fundamental driving forces shaping our world and predict what might happen in the not-so-distant future. This Resource List contains 18 carefully selected books, blogs, websites, and other resources to help you discover the future.
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Resource List: Open Collaboration
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... foster collaboration among diverse groups of stakeholders. So there’s only one thing to ask yourself: are you working for your key stakeholders, or with them? This Resource List contains some extremely useful links to help ...
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Resource List: Cultural Trends
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... patterns, and unearth critical insights to make smarter business decisions? If you want to know about underground hotspots in major cities, or if you're interested i n things that are shaping tomorrow, look no further.
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Resource List: Innovation Conferences 2010
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... challenges? Innovation conferences offer a unique opportunity to hear inspiring innovation leaders and network with fellow practitioners. Here’s a rundown of a select list of conferences and events (all dates are 2010 unless indicated otherwise):
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Resource List: Idea Management Software
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... of software designed specifically for idea management. This Resource List has many options to get you started. It contains 13 carefully selected Idea Management Software companies with a brief description and web site for each.
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Resource List: Virtual Worlds
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... exciting, virtual identity with which life may be experienced anew. This Resource List contains a carefully selected list of 18 websites, books, and blogs to help you better understand the new world of Virtual Worlds.
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Innovation Case Study: Samsung
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... itself into one of the world’s most respected companies with its clear focus on cutting-edge product design and technology. Its success has not been a lucky accident—Samsung has takendeliberate strides to become a sustainable innovator.
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Innovation Case Study: Kraft
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... grown to become North America’s largest food and beverage company, and the second largest in the world. How does Kraft manage to take on more projects and initiatives each year while remaining innovative and profitable?
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Innovation Case Study: Bank of America
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... company. Despite its size, BofA has transformed into a creative and nimble organization. Some of its industry-first innovations include talking ATMs and a retail service model based on Disney (employees are given playbooks with customer ...
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Innovation Case Study: General Electric
10/7/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... does a company with such disparate offerings like financial services, energy, household appliances, and water use innovation to tie everything together? CEO Jeffrey Immelt calls it “Imagination Breakthroughs” and it’s boldly reshaping the future of ...
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Skill-Building Tool: Food for Thought
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... 4-page tool can be used to either generate a list of offbeat resources or as an icebreaker to kick-off a more serious meeting. This Tool Contains: A customizable worksheet (in PDF format) that you can ...
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Skill-Building Tool: re:think
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... looking at them for the first time. If an inventor approached you with this “invention,” how would you describe it? What would it do? Who would use it? Taking a fresh look at the familiar ...
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Skill-Building Tool: Share an Idea
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... possessive and defensive about our ideas. It also helps you learn that being open and communicative helps to make innovation better. This 14-page tool can be used as a warm-up to kick off a larger, ...
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Skill-Building Tool: Idea Builder
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... fun, exciting challenge. It encourages participants to embrace rapid-fire interaction and development. Don’t think about what can’t be done or why something must work a certain way—just add to it and pass it on. This ...
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Idea Generation Tool: Who Else? What Else? Where Else? How Else?
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... by asking 4 simple questions:- Who else? Where else? When else? How else? The goal is to rapidly come up with as many ideas as possible, using the prompts in the worksheet as a guide.
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Idea Generation Tool: Thats Outrageous!
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... beyond the normal boundaries. This exercise gives people license to not just think big - but think ‘beyond’ - and come up with things that can only be described as ridiculous, not possible, unlikely and…outrageous. ...
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