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Technology adoption as a series of wavelets caused by release of successive versions, as dynamic life cycle of technology keeps improving fitness and affordability of innovations

Technology Diffusion as Waves of Progress: Fitness and Affordability Drive Adoption

The evolution of technological innovations is dynamic, with continuous advancements in quality improvement and cost reduction. Unlike static innovations, like seeds or vaccines, which largely remain unchanged after their creation,…

Technology saturation to reinvention for leveraging Leveraging successive waves in technology

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Technology Saturation to Reinvention: How Technology Waves Shape the Future of Innovation

The evolution and saturation of technology reflect a fundamental principle in Innovation cycles: each technology wave has its peak, decline, and eventual replacement by more advanced waves that draw on…

Beyond design thinking attempts to blend conventional designing thinking with technology possibilities for meaningful ideation

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Beyond Design Thinking: How Emerging Technologies Propel Product Innovation

Design thinking has been widely celebrated for helping innovators design products that resonate with consumers’ needs. It gives the impression that Innovation is about art. Anyone with empathy and creativity…

Resonating with consumer preferences for avoiding high failure rate could be done through silent observation and empathy

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Resonating with Consumer Preferences: Innovating by Observing and Feeling, Not Just Asking

With more than 95 percent of new products failing to achieve success, it prompts a crucial question: how can your product steer clear of a similar fate? No business is…

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Limits of AI: Why AI Struggles with Tacit Skills and Innate Human Abilities

Despite the promise and significant investment, upon getting stuck, high-profile AI projects raise the issue of the limits of AI. The challenge of achieving broad, reliable, and human-like intelligence in…

Disappearing middle jobs has been due to ease of automation and education and training earned codified knoweldeg and skills of college graduates

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Disappearing Middle Jobs: Why Automation Hits College Graduates Hardest in a Replication Economy?

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, automation—particularly through software-driven solutions—is transforming the structure of the workforce and creating uncertainty about the future of jobs. With the rise of software-centric automation,…

Innovation Economy vs. Replication Economy experience opposite effects on jobs due to technology progression

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Innovation Economy vs. Replication Economy: Opposite Impacts of Technological Advancement on Job Markets

There have been widespread predictions about massive job loss due to robotics, automation, and AI. For example, some estimates suggested in 2017 that up to 375 million jobs could be…

For evolving innovations, design thinking should leverage modular designs, software updates, third-party plugins, and reconfigurable hardware options

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Evolving Innovation: Enhancing Products to Meet Unfolding Consumer Needs

In a recent Harvard Business Review Article, Vijay Govindarajan, Tojin T. Eapen, and Daniel J. Finkenstadt challenge design thinking—”Design Products That Won’t Become Obsolete.” As technology advances, consumer expectations evolve with a…

Return from smartphone evolution tends to experience diminishing trend poses innovation challenges

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Return from Smartphone Evolution—avoiding diminishing trend!

Avoiding diminishing trend of return from smartphone evolution is a key Innovation challenge. The evolution of smartphones, especially the iPhone, has showcased how continuous advancements in technology can elevate the…

Inferior to creative destruction demands sustained incremental advancement of reinventions to cross the threshold and go beyond as a long wave.

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Inferior to Creative Destruction: The Journey of Innovations Through Reinvention Waves

Innovation often emerges as a response to unmet needs or a desire to improve existing technologies. However, the path to wide-scale adoption and profitability is far from straightforward. Historically, significant…

Evolution of lighting innovation as creative waves of destruction is a typical pattern of growing wealth creation from science and technology--making scarcity irrelevant and prosperity transient

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Evolution of Lighting Innovation: Unfolding Creative Waves of Destruction

Lighting has been central to human progress, transforming how we live, work, and interact. The evolution of lighting Innovation—from primitive firewood burning to modern-day LEDs—demonstrates a fascinating journey characterized by…

Health wearables innovation has been driven by jobs to be done and unfolding technology possibilities

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Health Wearables Innovation: Jobs to be done and technology possibilities drive

The evolution of health wearables Innovation is transforming the healthcare landscape, enabling more personalized and preventative care than ever before. Consequentially, according to some estimates, the health wearables market is expected…

Editor’s Pick

Technology Diffusion as Waves of Progress: Fitness and Affordability Drive Adoption

Technology Saturation to Reinvention: How Technology Waves Shape the Future of Innovation

Beyond Design Thinking: How Emerging Technologies Propel Product Innovation

Resonating with Consumer Preferences: Innovating by Observing and Feeling, Not Just Asking

Limits of AI: Why AI Struggles with Tacit Skills and Innate Human Abilities

Disappearing Middle Jobs: Why Automation Hits College Graduates Hardest in a Replication Economy?

Innovation Economy vs. Replication Economy: Opposite Impacts of Technological Advancement on Job Markets

Evolving Innovation: Enhancing Products to Meet Unfolding Consumer Needs

Return from Smartphone Evolution—avoiding diminishing trend!

Inferior to Creative Destruction: The Journey of Innovations Through Reinvention Waves

Evolution of Lighting Innovation: Unfolding Creative Waves of Destruction

Health Wearables Innovation: Jobs to be done and technology possibilities drive

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