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5 Key Areas where innovation is transforming fintech
Fostering innovation is key to growing your business and necessary to stay ahead of the competition. The two sectors that spent the most on R&D in 2020 were the technology sector and the investing/finance sector. When you combine these two sectors you get something called fintech. Fintech is a catch-all term for all of […]
Do you know the difference between radical and disruptive innovation?
Did Apple disrupt the market? Did the launch of iPhone make Apple a market disruptor?
To excel in innovation endeavors: 3 things to learn from the Covid crisis!
3 important tips you can learn from the Covid-19 crisis to excel in your innovation endeavors!
Do all your innovation solutions make money? Here are 3 steps on how to create a sustainable innovation portfolio!
Would you like to have a portfolio of innovative solutions that do not make money?
Persistent innovators and how to act now (ref. Covid-19)
In this post we cover: What is in common among persistent innovators during and after the 2008 crisis? How will the Covid-19 crisis affect innovation? How to innovate now?
Do crises boost innovation or is this just a myth?
How can we expect that the (coronavirus) crisis will affect innovation output?
Definition and Types of Innovation
Innovation is a very frequently used term. Everyone talks about innovation. We hear phrases like disruptive innovation, incremental innovation, architectural innovation, radical innovation… But how these terms differ an how do we define innovation. The Cambridge dictionary defines innovation as: A new idea or method, or the use of new ideas and methods […]
Reacting to the Crisis: 5 steps to Success
In less than three months, the spreading of the coronavirus has proven to be catastrophic for hundreds of thousands of people. At the time of writing, April 4th, the cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), have spread to over 205 countries and territories and account to over 1,100,000, out of which nearly […]
Our times of high uncertainty….
Coronavirus (or Covid-19) has caused the world to turn upside down in a very short time. As of last week, the picture in Norway has changed dramatically. Today, Norway is the second country in the world when it comes to the number of coronavirus infected people per million inhabitants. We watched many apocalyptic movies […]
Våger Norge egentlig å gå ut av komfort sone?
SSB sin statistikk viser at i Norge var det ca. 65% av norske foretak som hadde noen type av innovasjonsaktivitet i perioden 2014-2016. Dette er vesentlig bedre enn tall fra forrige undersøkelsen (2012-14) som sa at i gjennomsnitt var det ca. 50% av bedriften som utførte en slags innovasjons aktivitet [1]. Etter nesten et tiår […]
Når Sesam Parkering AS sovner bak rattet
Sesam Parkering AS gikk konkurs forrige uke. De hadde de beste parkeringsplassene i Bergen sentrum og den nærmeste parkeringsplassen til hoved terminalen på Flesland. De var innovative og digitalisert; de tilbydde billettfri parkering. Billettfri parkering er fantastisk i regnbyen Bergen, mener jeg. Hvorfor gikk det galt – hvorfor sovnet de i timen? Bedriften ble etablert […]
Bergen kommune og Digital Kultur Plattform
BT har skrevet et innlegg om Bergen Kommune (BK) sitt initiativ «Digital Kultur Plattform». Jeg har ledet forprosjektet (gjennom engasjement i Capgemini) i vår og ønsker her å dele mine tanker om dette initiativet. Her er mitt svar på Bergens Tidene (BT) sitt innlegg og dette er mine personlige tanker. Først og fremst tenker jeg, […]
