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It happens over and over again. Some innovation (a new product, a management trend) comes along that captures the public's imagination. Everybody joins the parade with great fanfare and high expectations. This "next big thing" promises to transform the companies that adopt it -- and inflict great peril on those that don't.Then, when the innovation fails to deliver as promised immediately, everyone starts bailing out. Investments are wasted; stock prices plunge; disillusionment sets in.It doesn't have to be this way. In Mastering the Hype Cycle, Jackie Fenn and Mark Raskino explain what drives this pattern and how your company can avoid its potential dangers. By understanding the hype cycle, you can ride it more skillfully -- timing your investment decisions so that the innovations you adopt stand the best chance of succeeding in the long-term.Drawing on company examples and Gartner's proven STREET (Scope, Track, Rank, Evaluate, Evangelize, Transfer) framework, the authors show how to orchestrate the key steps in the innovation-adoption process -- from choosing which innovations to take on and when in their life cycle you should adopt, to paving the way for a successful introduction.The hype cycle isn't going away. But this book arms you with the strategies you need to ride the crest of a new idea to success -- and steer clear of the trough of disillusionment.Bron: www.amazon.nl

Organizational change --- Technological innovations --- Management --- Innovatie --- Trend --- Trendwatching --- Bedrijfsbeheer

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In the very near future, smart technologies and big data will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life. Technology will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways and create new incentives to get more people to do the right thing. But how will such solutionism affect our society, once deeply political, moral, and irresolvable dilemmas are recast as uncontroversial and easily manageable matters of technological efficiency? What if some such problems are simply vices in disguise? What if some friction in communication is productive and some hypocrisy in politics necessary? The temptation of the digital age is to fix everything -from crime to corruption to pollution to obesity- by digitally quantifying, tracking, or gamifying behavior. But when we change the motivations for our moral, ethical, and civic behavior we may also change the very nature of that behavior. Technology, Evgeny Morozov proposes, can be a force for improvement-but only if we keep solutionism in check and learn to appreciate the imperfections of liberal democracy. Some of those imperfections are not accidental but by design.Arguing that we badly need a new, post-Internet way to debate the moral consequences of digital technologies, To Save Everything, Click Here warns against a world of seamless efficiency, where everyone is forced to wear Silicon Valley's digital straitjacket.Bron : http://www.amazon.com

Internet --- Internet in public administration --- Human services --- Technological innovations --- Liberty --- Social aspects --- Democracy. --- Political aspects. --- Aspect politique --- Technologie --- Sociologie --- Internationalisering --- Politiek --- Maatschappij --- Film --- Erfelijkheidsleer --- Stadssamenleving --- Verpleegkunde --- Internet - Social aspects --- Human services - Technological innovations --- Technological innovations - Social aspects

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There is a rapidly emerging and developing area of music therapy practice that uses electronic music technologies in a range of therapeutic and clinical settings to help clients with complex needs. This edited volume explains cutting edge technologies and how to apply these tools in practice.With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book takes the reader through the equipment that is available including computer-based software; electronic devices which produce musical sounds with minimal movement or skill; assistive devices such as switches and sensors; and recording and listening equipment. Clinical case studies are then offered that show these technologies being used successfully with a broad range of child and adult populations, including those with visual impairments, autism spectrum disorders, medical needs, physical challenges, and mental health issues, and within a variety of settings, including a neonatal intensive care unit, schools, hospital environments, and palliative care settings. The final section looks toward the future and examines philosophical and theoretical perspectives on the use of technology and its relationship to aesthetics, gender and identity.This book will be a key resource for all music therapists, special needs educators, and professionals from the field of assistive technology, as well as allied health professionals such as occupational therapists and speech and language therapists.

Muziektherapie --- Music therapy. --- Music therapy --- Music and technology. --- Musicothérapie --- Musique et technologie --- Technological innovations. --- Musicothérapie

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Innovate or Die! Companies that cannot innovate and develop new products, strategies and technologies to keep ahead in today's fastpaced market will not succeed. Winning at Innovation presents a groundbreaking new model for successful marketing advancement from two world-leading experts in marketing and innovation, Fernando Trias de Bes and Philip Kotler. Innovation is a responsibility normally assigned to R&D departments but this is not enough. Companies need a systematic framework so innovation can occur at any level of the organization. The A-F Model is a step-by-step process for developing a successful culture of innovation, bringing together the different individuals and groups across the organization for ideas to be created, developed and implemented. Offering flexibility, the model allows a back and forth flow of ideas and creativity to adapt to changing circumstances. Using this model, companies can learn how to make their innovation processes more effective, more sustainable, and more successful. Innovation must be a priority for organizations who want to be ready to grow and develop in post-recession economies. Trias de Bes and Kotler present a unique model for innovation for all companies that want to succeed in the global field.Bron : http://www.bol.com

Technological innovations --- Management --- Innovatie --- Veranderingsmanagement --- Marketing --- Onderzoek en ontwikkeling --- Marketingstrategie --- Creativiteit --- Organisatiesociologie

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Technology --- Technological innovations --- Social aspects --- Trends --- Internet --- Technologie --- Trendwatching --- Automatisering --- Cultuursociologie --- Trend --- Maatschappij --- Business policy --- Organization theory --- Computer. Automation --- digitalisering --- ICT (informatie- en communicatietechnieken) --- Technology - Social aspects --- Technological innovations - Social aspects