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Is innovation in crisis? Why it's time to amp up research and development

Jan, 2023 | Podcast

The state of innovation wasn't great, even before you threw a pandemic or recession into the mix. Professor Kevin Bryan explores why our collective innovative output has fallen, and what we might do to solve the problem.

Innovation: It's all about the questions you ask

Nov, 2022 | Article

How do you evaluate whether an out-there idea is worth your time? How do you justify the cost when the ROI is unknown? To say yay or nay to an innovative idea, you need the right information first.

Can we redesign the world?

Oct, 2022 | Article

Our current world order was designed 75 years ago, after World War II. The time has come for a new paradigm.

3 ways urban tech and investment will change in a post-COVID world

Jun, 2022 | Article

As people return to downtown living, how will cities and startups adapt?

Want to solve a business problem? Storyboard it

Feb, 2022 | Book

Building a narrative — complete with a beginning, middle and end — is an effective framework when faced with a challenge, writes professor Angèle Beausoleil in her new book.

How women-led companies can raise more money through crowdfunding

Oct, 2021 | Opinion

Research shows it can be more difficult for female entrepreneurs to find funding for their start-ups, in part because entrepreneurship is itself seen as a masculine pursuit. The good news: they can overcome these barriers through "social validation."

Leading the way to recovery: the Creative Destruction Lab's moonshot

May, 2021 | Article

The Creative Destruction Lab is an incubator that brings tech-based solutions to the world’s most pressing (and current) challenges. Launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDL Recovery Program generated 28 world-changing products within the first year of the pandemic.

From hierarchy to holacracy

May, 2021 | Article

As organizations learn how to navigate an ongoing global health and economic crises, it’s a good time to focus on better understanding the internal forces that power them. Welcome to The Moment, a Toronto-based innovation studio where purpose, not any one person, is boss.