Gihan Perera

Joi Ito – Want to Innovate? Become a "Now-ist"

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When the major earthquake hit Japan in March 2011 and caused a nuclear reactor to fail, Joi Ito decided to do something about it. Bypassing the NGOs and government bodies frantically trying to solve the problem, he gathered a group of people online to create a network called “Safecast”, ...

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Gihan Perera

Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree

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Education, especially formal education, is expensive. Or at least, it was expensive. The Internet is now making it more affordable than ever before, especially when people like Shai Reshef dedicate their lives to providing low-cost education to everybody. Watch his fascinating TED Talk here: The ta...

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Gihan Perera

Prevention Is Better Than Cure – But Only If You Do It Right

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Our world is moving so fast that we don’t give ourselves much room to play safe. For example: An unhappy employee can send an offensive tweet that reaches millions in a few hours An online security breach can be exploited by hackers before it’s even discovered Leaders can’t hide b...

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Gihan Perera

Ideas With Legs – Innovation for Employee Engagement

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Innovation is an employee engagement strategy. Learn how to harness the innovation in your people to develop and future proof your organisation. Most organisations have struggled with the idea of employee engagement – especially now, because employees have more choices, greater flexibility, an...

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Gihan Perera

Ideas With Legs, by Nils Vesk

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There are many books about business innovation, but few are as practical as this, which helps you take an idea all the way from something abstract in somebody’s head into the practical implementation in your organisation. Broadly, Vesk breaks down the “ideation” process into four group...

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