Ayah Bdeir, founder and CEO of littleBits, an award-winning library of electronic modules that snap together with magnets to allow anyone to learn, build, and invent with electronics; making innovation more accessible to people around the world. She is an engineer, interactive artist and one of the leaders of the open source hardware movement.
Georgette Mulheir, chief executive of Lumos, an international children’s organization, founded by J.K. Rowling to end the institutionalization of children globally by 2050.
Jake Burton, Founder of Burton Snowboards, the most successful snowboard company in the world, has played a pivotal role in growing snowboarding from a backyard hobby to a world-class sport.
For a full list of 2015 Disruptive Innovation Awards winners with links to detailed bios and access to their resources (videos, websites, articles) click here.
I invite you to:
Read – and further investigate and study stories of successful disruptive innovators, especially from different industries and realms of activity than yours.
Imagine – yourself in their challenges, sharing in their passion. How would you have gone about it? How did they?
Apply – specifically look for ideas, approaches, strategies used by successful change agents that may provide clues to new opportunities for your business and in engaging your clients.
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