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Podcast 1646 Creating a Culture of Innovation…Faking the News

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Show Notes

Hour  1: Building a Culture of Innovation

 

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derek-bishopDerek Bishop the co-author of Building a Culture of Innovation along with Cris BeswickDerek BishopJo Geraghty joins us from England to discuss A Practical Framework for Placing Innovation at the Core of Your Business.  In other words, when companies get as big as some of the international automotive giants in Michigan, how do they stay nimble enough not to be run out of town by some upstart innovative company like Google or Tesla.  Are they doomed to die like the Leather Companies who made saddles and buggy whips in 1899 and were run over by Henry Ford’s invention?

Being a truly innovative company is more than the dreaming up of


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Ford Ditches Microsoft For QNX

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Ford today took the wraps off Sync 3, its next-generation, in-car technology package that is, as you’d expect, faster, sleeker and much improved over the old one. It’s also more intuitive and easier on the eyes, and integrates smartphone apps better. But the biggest change is under the hood: Sync 3 is powered by QNX instead of Microsoft Auto.

When Ford first launched the Sync prior to the recession, it was novel in the infotainment space. The platform announced today, several years after version 2.0, is Ford’s third go at infotainment, and from my limited experience with the Sync 3, it’s dramatically better than its predecess.

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