I am keen to make and publicise a list of ’social Innovation’ case studies located in Melbourne Australia.
These may be projects/ companies/ ventures/ initiatives/ and other such collectives formed for social good – with or without a profit motive.
Can you give me examples to add to my list? I have a list here which I [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Disruptive Innovation’
July 28, 2008
Social Innovation Examples
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Tags: Disruptive Innovation, social entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, social media
July 17, 2008
Disruptive Technology
A clean description of Disruptive Technology in this blog. “The first muskets were not very effective compared to existing weapon technologies. Their value on the battlefield was marginal, but it was much less expensive to give some guy a few hours training in how fire a musket than to outfit and train a knight or [...]
July 13, 2008
Disruptive by Nature
This is a phrase from the IBM 2008 Global CEO study:
“Hungry for change. Wildly imaginative. Disruptive by nature. Totally wired to the people who matter most. To some people, this might sound like your average teenager. In fact, these are the qualities companies will need to thrive in the near future, according to our newest [...]
July 11, 2008
Disruptive Technology
What is Disruptive Technology?
Disruptive technology is a term coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen to describe a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology. In his 1997 best-selling book, “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” Christensen separates new technology into two categories: sustaining and disruptive. Sustaining technology relies on incremental improvements to an already [...]
February 1, 2008
Learner Centered Project
Notes on the Learner Centered Project:
In May 2003 the 25 students, of the Masters Class at IT Delhi, and I stood around the 1929 Austin 7 and everyone was grinning – we had done it, the grin said. In January when we started there were two facts – a course in technology that needed to [...]
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