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An #ATM designed for illiterate users
NCR’s EasyPoint 70 Tijori machines are already automating the collection and disbursement of loans in India, and soon the company hopes to introduce its Pillar ATMs there as well. These new devices are the result of research in the largely illiterate slums of Mumbai, and feature a contactless card reader, a biometric fingerprint scanner, fast cash buttons, [...]
Download: LBi/bigmouthmedia Innovations in Retail white paper
Home Download now LBi/bigmouthmedia Innovations in Retail white paper The white paper, authored by digital experts across both LBi and its media arm bigmouthmedia, draws in knowledge of trends in digital retail, explains their impact and looks into how they can be harnessed by brands to engage and reward consumers and to develop brand and [...]
#Android@Home: #Google Gets Serious About the Smart Home
Android@Home is a new Google framework,announced today, that will allow you to control everything in your home from an Android device. It's an exciting development from Google, which up till now has been on the periphery of the Internet of Things - the fast-evolving trend where real world objects are connected to the Internet. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/androidathome_google_gets_serious_about_the_smart_home.php
How Good Designers Think – Simon Rucker – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review
Firstly, good designers don’t tend to think about consumers; they think about people and what they want and need. It’s a subtle point, but thinking about people as consumers immediately dehumanizes them and makes it harder to empathize. Secondly, good designers like observing — really looking at what people do rather than simply relying on [...]
The Art of Admitting Failure – Charlene Li – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review
Dealing with failure is part of being a leader. Rather than expend enormous energy to avoid it, you should build an organization that is resilient in the face of inevitable failures. Here are three steps that you can take: 1. Create a culture of sharing failures as well as success. When then-new Ford CEO Alan [...]
Four New Types of CIO for the Future
Wang is a global traveler who meets with CIOs on a constant basis in his role as principal analyst and CEO of Constellation Research, an independent firm with a key focus on the transitions the enterprise is experiencing. In the report, he proposes four new types of CIO: Chief “Infrastructure” Officers, Chief “Integration” Officers, Chief [...]
3 Ways to Encourage Risk-Taking – Harvard Business Review
Over the past few years, the economy has forced many companies to play it safe and take few, if any, risks. If your company culture has become — or always has been — risk-averse, try doing the following three things to turn it around: Evaluate risk-taking. Take an honest look at your company or unit [...]
A Bias against ‘Quirky’? Why Creative People Can Lose Out on Leadership Positions – Knowledge@Wharton
In a paper titled, “Recognizing Creative Leadership: Can Creative Idea Expression Negatively Relate to Perceptions of Leadership Potential?” to be published in the March 2011 issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Mueller and co-authors Jack A. Goncalo of Cornell and Dishan Kamdar of ISB undertook three studies to examine how creative people were [...]
The Organisation Structure as Free Market | Management Innovation eXchange
Summary Good manager deliver good results while motivating and growing their employees. Bad managers might still deliver good results, but not focus on doing the best for their employees, slowly de-motivating their staff and thus losing performance and ownership. Often, managers are made based on their achievements in other areas than managing people rather than [...]
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