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“Don’t just look at a problem’s exterior, identify the root cause. Then think of multiple ways to solve the problem and compare your options.” —Lei He, Senior Software Engineer, IBM, Inside the Inventive Mind.
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“You have to be patient with yourself and find new ways to persevere in the face of external skepticism. Having a pipeline of different ideas at different stages of maturity keeps you going.” — Suparna Bhattacharya, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Research, Inside The Inventive Mind.
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“Failure is a stepping stone to success.” — Keiko Hasegawa, Manager of AMS Transformation and Consulting, IBM Japan, Inside the Inventive Mind.
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“Workload is like the ocean—it hits you wave after wave, endlessly. You need to learn how to stay above—sometimes you tread water but you can only do this for a short time, sometimes you jump the waves, and sometimes you just beach yourself. And oh yeah… watch for sharks—the things that bite you when you least expect it.” — Nancy Greco, IBM Watson Researcher, Inside the Inventive Mind.
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Seeking innovation? Look for the intersection of physical and digital worlds.Take, for example, Tesco supermarkets in South Korea. The company wanted to increase sales without creating more stores. Tesco understood that Koreans work long hours and have little appetite for shopping at the end of the day so they created virtual grocery stores at subway stations. These virtual stores, shelves and all, are projected on the walls of subway stations. To purchase items, shoppers simply go to a Tesco app on a smartphone and scan the projected items’ QR code. When purchases are completed, the order is delivered to shoppers’ homes shortly after they get home from work. The Tesco app was downloaded 400,000 times in one month after the launch and Tesco skyrocketed to number one in online sales in Korea. Simply, wow…