The potential upside to the VC Platform is a more consistent level of returns generated by allowing more investors to participate, and as a result of more capital, more entrepreneurs will be attracted. The VC Platform will not alter the fact that many new companies fail – but by monitoring and evaluating more companies, the better the VC will be at spotting potential winners. …
The innovation consulting industry is booming; this is undoubtedly reflected in the vastness and variety of consultancy profiles appearing in the market. As these firms play a significant role in enhancing their clients’ in-house innovation processes or even compensating for gaps in the expertise, they too are expected to demonstrate the ability to transform with market needs and stay ahead of the pack.
The Business Model Canvas gives a clear overview of how the business works in every aspect of its operation. Furthermore, the canvas serves as an inspirational template for entrepreneurs when building new ventures.
Hakim Bey’s celebrated 1980s anarchist manifesto, TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism, contains some unexpected connections to entrepreneurship and innovation.
The future is open and uncertain and where we go will depend on how we relate together. Digital tools can help towards improving the quality of our collaboration and including more people. This is what is exciting.
The reason I am fascinated about the future is because -as Woody Allen said- it’s the place where we are going to spend the rest of our lives.
With deep financial cuts and threats of additionally more cuts, how can art and design institutions adapt and justify the economic value of their activities? At art and design institution Central Saint Martins, it had to align academic activities more closely to those of industry.
Innovation management as a practice is the orchestration of ignition: the bringing together of disparate elements, thoughtfully and insightfully, to stoke change. Innovation management is the deliberate, informed push forward towards progress, and the skilful negotiation of the shifting, emergent space between inertia and uncontrollability.
Human beings see and understand the world through connections made in childhood. How can these layers of perception be leveraged into meaningful opportunities in the relationship between design and people?
On the first weekend of March, people interested in service and customer experience, will meet all over the world. This is your opportunity to join a jam at Central Saint Martins in London.
In a spirit of experimentation, innovation, co-operation and friendly competition, teams will have less than 48 hours to develop and prototype completely new services inspired by a shared theme. At the end of the weekend, their collection of brand new services will be published to the world.