How to foster innovation in a crisis
15 Apr, 2009 | Written by admin | under Information
Ian McCaig, CEO of lastminute.com gave a talk titled Innovation in a Crisis at the SPA 2009 conference, with some very interesting thoughts. For example
Labs are a research division without permanent staff, where people volunteer to participate in labs projects and can take a break from their day-to-day routine by participating in something interesting. Staff in labs rotate so that different people get to play with innovative ideas. Hack-days are intensive coding competitions that are organised to give people a break from their daily duties but also promote innovation and allow new ideas to bubble up.
Read more at: Gojko Adzic ยป SPA 2009: How to foster innovation in a crisis.
For years Frank Carver has been paying attention to the strange world of convergent technology. During that time he has discussed and researched broad subject areas, come to some surprising conclusions, produced and distributed digital media, scattered ideas and opinions like sparks from a firework, and above all consulted for businesses both large and small to help develop and deploy successful systems, services, and products in this highly complex arena.
