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Innovation - United Kingdom
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Case study – Virgin Atlantic Airways
Joe Ferry, Head of Design, Virgin Atlantic Airways
How understanding the customer’s experience has led to innovative services that encourage more people to fly Virgin.
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Case study – Penguin
Anna Rafferty, Digital Marketing Director, Penguin
Anna discusses how this publisher is engaging more readers with Penguin books by responding to consumer demand for more active, creative engagement with companies.
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Fresh thinking about business models - GE case study
Fernando "Nani" Beccalli-Falco, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE International
Nani discusses how GE has adapted to change, and some of the unexpected benefits of globalisation.
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Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating what Things Mean
Roberto Verganti, Professor of Management of Innovation, Politecnico di Milano, and Author.
In this inspiring talk Professor Verganti explores how companies are using design to change the way they compete, and what this means for business in future...
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Robin Bew, Chief Economist of the Economist Intelligence Unit, met with Sir George Cox, Former Chair of the Design Council, to discuss how design thinking will aid the post-recession recovery.
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Well-being, community cohesion and a thriving local economy are now high on the agenda for today’s citizens. Intelligent policies and design for urban areas can provide answers, in one way or another, to all of these concerns and more; while stimulating local economies and creating jobs becomes more important than ever against a background...
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On March 11th - 12th, 250 design practitioners and business leaders gathered in London for The Big Rethink. It was jeans verses suits as these two communities converged to discuss how major disruptions to business are paving the way for design-led business innovation.
Over twenty presentations were delivered over the course of the two days...
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The Economist calls for nominations for the 2010 Innovation Awards.
Nominations for The Economist's Innovation Awards are now open and will be accepted until April 1st 2010. Readers may nominate individuals (not companies) in one of the seven following categories: bioscience, business process, computing and telecoms, consumer goods and services,...
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Robin Bew, Chief Economist of the Economist Intelligence Unit, met with Sir George Cox, Former Chair of the Design Council, earlier this week to discuss how design thinking will aid the post-recession recovery.
Watch the conversation HERE
Robin Bew and Sir George Cox will be speaking at the Redesigning Business Summit on March 11th and 12th.
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For immediate release: Monday, February 16th 2010
Leading economists are supporting the Design Council’s call for businesses to use design to transform how they do business and compete as Britain’s industries battle to recover from the effects of the recession.
Robin Bew, Chief Economist for the Economist Intelligence Unit said “Not only...
