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 Breakthrough Innovation Leadership: How Prepared Are You?Innovation leadership is a much sought-after personal skill.Innovation is the practice of creating new, breakthrough value with minimum waste. Knowing how to champion this "best practice" in a systematic, no-nonsense way will give you - and your organization - a clear advantage. Bart Huthwaite, founder of the Institute for Lean Innovation and a world-renowned expert in innovation leadership, will share a step-by-step checklist to assure you will be a winner in this culture of innovation. During this fast-paced IndustryWeek webcast, you will learn how to change the process of innovation from a mystery to a method. You will also learn how your organization can achieve breakthrough levels of innovation, quality, cost control, and time to market. Whether you design and manufacture jumbo jets, mobile phones or something in between, discover how product lifecycle management can transform the way you do business. event (ended) current design events more info www.ind... (44) added by Levent OZLER |
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 How Procter & Gamble is Using Design Thinking to Crack Difficult Business Problems"Design thinking" may seem like just another new buzzword in the lexicon of innovation, but Procter & Gamble is using the approach to change its culture.Leadership is listening, learning, and deploying; cross-functional teams are cracking vexing problems across its business landscape; and visualization, prototyping, and iteration are facilitating communication internally and with customers like never before. more busines... (106) added by Levent OZLER |
 Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary HustwitObjectified is a feature-length independent documentary about industrial design.It's a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It's about the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It's about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability. It's about our relationship to mass-produced objects and, by extension, the people who design them. Through verite footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world's most influential designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves? Objectified is currently in production and will have its world premiere in early 2009. more www.obj... (125) added by Levent OZLER |
 Lotus Designs Safe & Sound HybridLotus Engineering, the world renowned automotive consultancy division of Lotus, has developed technologies to synthesise external sound on electric and hybrid vehicles to counteract the growing concern these "quiet" vehicles pose to pedestrians and cyclists.A simulation of a real engine sound is used on the "Safe & Sound" Hybrid technology demonstrator vehicle, making it instantly recognisable that the vehicle is in motion. Electric and hybrid vehicles, a favourite choice of the environmentally conscientious have recently come in for criticism from blind and partially sighted people. Due to the almost silent operation of hybrid vehicles at slower speed when running on electric power, the independent travel of the blind and partially sighted may be put at risk as they cannot hear these quiet vehicles as they approach, making crossing a road or walking through a car park hazardous. Mike Kimberley, Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus said "The increased acceptance of greener vehicles such as hybrid and electric vehicles is to be encouraged; they have an important role in improving fuel economy and reducing emissions. Our advanced external sound synthesis technology increases pedestrian safety, while retaining the car's environmental benefits. We hope that legislators introduce minimum noise requirements for vehicles to encourage the adoption of technologies, such as ours, which will ultimately increase pedestrian safety." more Lotus Designs Safe & Sound Hybrid added by Levent OZLER |
 Joy Ergonomic Mouse: Better Design and No Wrist StrainStealth Electronics introduced a new product and design of an ergonomic mouse: The Joy Ergonomic Mouse.This improved mouse design fits your right hand like a friendly hand-shake, and is custom fit to your palm. If using an ergonomic mouse is new to you, or you have never tried one, you will feel the difference immediately with the way the JOY mouse fits your hand. Ergonomic style allows your arm to extend from the side of the body, which is natural to our posture. It places no stress on the wrist, by allowing your hand to rest along the bottom of your palm, or a thumbs-up position. The JOY mouse allows your arm and wrist to rest naturally on its side, rather than twisting your hand and wrist over to be "palms down," as with a traditional mouse. By allowing the wrist and arm to function in a natural position, you alleviate carpal tunnel strain, reduce fatigue, and increase productivity. The left and right mouse click buttons are conveniently located where the fingertips naturally rest, making it effortless to "click" or "drag" items with your JOY mouse. This ergonomic mouse also has a scroll button, located directly under the fingertips for ease of use. more wowpen.... (647) added by Levent OZLER |
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