RI Columns Chapter 3

So now we are at week 3 which is about how innovations actually happen. Basically there are two basic ways to come up with innovation one is incremental the other one is radical. Incremental innovation has several points. First, the main focus is to improve existing products or services. This leads to increase competitiveness in markets and low uncertainty. Whereas radical innovation explores new…

The availability of internet has started a bit of a revolution when it comes to innovation. What we take for granted today might have not existed 20 or so years ago – prime example being anything we do on the internet. It truly is the greatest innovation platform invented to date. One of the biggest beneficiaries of this internet platform are the service industry providers, i.e. businesses based…

Innovative products are no longer radical   When we talk about innovation, we can distinguish two different types of innovation: the incremental innovation and the radical innovation. Whereas   incremental innovation tend to change step by step, the radical innovation completely changes the current situation.   If we look at the history of radical innovation, we find i.a electricity, the internet…

Ever heard of this? Seen this... Or used this? You probably didn’t, because these are all examples of great inventions that unfortunately never made it to the market . But why didn’t they? I mean, who wouldn’t want a hangover mask, am I right? This is a question that thousands of people, probably including the inventor of the hangover mask, dream of knowing the answer to: How do innovations…

More and more plastic waste is ending up in our oceans and seas, because of the circular sea current in the north of the Pacific all this plastic waste is gathering in the middle of this current. This is what we call “the plastic soup”. Plastic isn’t biologically degradable, which means as long we keep throwing our plastic in the ocean this soup will only get bigger. With the last measurements of…

We are living in an innovative world with endless possibility’s! That you can easily realize if you have a look at for example what an evolution the information and telecommunication industry has made in the last 20 years. Back then you could not fit you mobile phone in your pocket. Nowadays you can do that and not only call somebody. The possibilities of things you can do with your mobile phone…

When looking at several news sources, the refugee crisis is been presented as a dreadful situation. Refugees are often being presented as a terrible burden on our society. Some groups are starting to fight the presence of these groups in society by protesting and aggression and sabotage towards refugees and their shelter.  This is a very big mistake because refugees will be able to help our…

Mobile phones Mobile phones have been around for quite a while now. The first commercially available phones were brought on the market in 1983. Since then we have seen more and more innovations in the mobile phone industry. Not only the mobile phones have developed, but also the usage of the phones have become different. The market around the phones has grown with this, think about all the apps…