Ideas, Innovation

Innovation Lessons From the World’s first Rope Free Elevator and a Human Powered Elevator

Thyssenkrupp unveiled their latest product – Multi. This is the world’s first rope-free elevator that can move both horizontally and vertically. I think this is a breakthrough that is worth celebrating. They claim: Introducing the elevator industry’s holy grail and the end of the 160-year reign of the rope-dependent elevator. MULTI harnesses the power of linear motor technology to move multiple cars in a single shaft both vertically and horizontally! This opens up new possibilities in urban development. You could envisage a time when if you were to move from one building to another, you could take an elevator to […]

Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Podcast

PBTO58: Hunch – Where Insights and Foresights Meet! With Bernadette Jiwa

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Personal Growth, Podcast, transformation

PBTO57: Liminal Thinking – Creating change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs with Dave Gray

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/57_PBTO57__Liminal_Thinking_-_Creating_change_by_understanding_shaping_and_reframing_beliefs_with_Dave_Gray.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS Credits: Opening music credit goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Dave Gray. He is the founder of XPLANE and author of multiple books including Liminal Thinking. Why is he on the show: He is a visual artist and uses agile, iterative techniques like Visual Thinking, Culture Mapping, and Gamestorming to get people engaged and involved in co-creating clear, unique and executable business strategies. His latest book – Liminal Thinking, talks about a core practice for connected leaders in a complex world. What do we talk […]

Ideas, Innovation

Breakthrough Innovations

Introducing Vycle: Vycle is a human-powered vertical transport system for our expanding cities. It’s a cross between a cycle and an elevator. This enables us to use the concepts of riding a cycle but instead of going forward, we go up. This idea also combines the idea of allowing us to do a little bit of exercise over the course of the day, without having to take time out to exercise from our schedules. There is already a growing body of science that shows that non-intensive and consistent movement through out the day might be much more beneficial than intense workout for […]