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A list of articles for innovation practitioners with a few years of experience who wants to get beyond the usual buzzwords and weak sauce concepts with practical tools and concepts.

You don't beat Google with technology

You don't beat Google with technology

Neeva is a search engine launched in 2019 that raised $77.5 million of funding from VCs such as Greylock and Sequoia Capital. The project was simple and effective: beat Google at its own game by implementing a better crawling and ranking algorithm (that allows you to find the best

Apple glasses? Here we go again...

Apple glasses? Here we go again...

While the rumor mill is spinning like crazy about Apple AR, VR, or XR glasses that are supposedly soon-to-be-announced, it's worth remembering that no one knows anything about this launch. Or even if there will be a launch. Apple secrecy makes it so that tech journalists – and when

Playing the PESTEL bingo

Playing the PESTEL bingo

I often used a simple trick when discussing turbulent zones in any market and trying to monitor as weak signals might become trends. I check how many events have been recently going on on a quick PESTEL checklist. If more than 3 or 4 of the letters have been checked

Twitter, a clinical case study in social network death spiral

Twitter, a clinical case study in social network death spiral

I've been on Twitter for years, probably since around the time they went out of beta. Like many of us, I enjoyed the social network quite a lot and made connections that soon became virtual friends and, for some, real friends. I learned things; I was outraged, and

The winners and losers of the automotive industry paradigm change

The winners and losers of the automotive industry paradigm change

I've been discussing the automotive market for years here as (a) it's a fascinating mix of economic pressure meets technology disruption meets consumer behavior change meets geopolitical turmoil, and (b) I do work for various operators of this market ranging from startups trying to disrupt par