Hype Cycle

The Hype Cycle is a graphical depiction of a common pattern that arises with each new technology or innovation's life cycle.

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Sunk Cost

A sunk cost is a cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered.

Innovation Failures

Innovation failures are unsuccessful attempts to bring new ideas to market, often leading to valuable lessons and future improvement.

The Six I's of Innovation

The six aspects that drive innovation culture and sustainable business excellence within an organization: Ideation, Insight, Inclusion, Inspiration, Implementation, Impact.

Top Hype Cycle Resources

Emerging Technologies of the Future You Should Know About

Gartner's Hype Cycle presents emerging technologies with potential to disrupt businesses & society. Optimized technologist delivery is among the top 3 themes, with Cloud sustainability and Dynamic risk governance technologies on the radar.

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The Secret Formula Behind Modern Beauty Brands

Organic Bioactives, a clean beauty startup from New Zealand, won L'Oreal's Innovation Runway 2020 competition with their unique skincare ingredients derived from seaweed, receiving total funding of S$70,000.

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What to Blog About - Getting Outside Help from Hubspot

A blogger tests out the Hubspot Blog Topic Generator and finds mixed results in generating blog post ideas.

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Why Trends are for Suckers

Trends often fail, despite appearing promising. The S curve, the Hype Cycle, the flattening curve and the importance of value are all discussed as indicators of falsity.

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Innovation the Tom Sawyer way

Learn from Tom Sawyer's approach to innovation, which involves signals about your company's needs, encouraging partners to generate ideas, and licensing solutions before competitors do.

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Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

Ask your developer - The landscape has shifted from the classic build vs. buy question, to one of build vs. die. Companies have to get this right to survive. But how do they make this transition?

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