Innovation & Inventions
How to Think Like a Start-Up Leader - Video
Companies looking to be innovative face a conundrum: policies and procedures designed to make them efficient oftentimes stifle innovation. Unlike start-ups which are innovative by design, most organizations believe innovation can only happen by exception—or heroic efforts. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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E-Economics: Demystifying Bitcoin (DVD)
Bitcoin has made its presence known. After the initial hype and volatility, a number of unanswered questions remain. Susan Athey discusses the technological innovation behind Bitcoin and its broader applications, as well as crypto-currency’s potential impact on financial systems, industries—even world economies. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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Driving Innovation in a Tough Economy - DVD
After reinventing itself years ago from a software-for-PCs producer to a software-for-the-enterprise producer, Microsoft is now in the midst of a multi-year initiative to transform itself again—to a software-plus-internet-services provider (DVD or Video Streaming)
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Inventors: Benjamin Franklin DVD
This program commemorates the life of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most prominent Founders, early political figures and statesmen of the United States. One of the earliest Founders, Franklin was noted for his curiosity, writings, ingenuity, and diversity of interests. His wise and scintillating writings are proverbial to this day. He shaped the American Revolution, despite never holding national elective office; a leader of the Enlightenment, he gained the recognition of scientists and intellectuals across Europe and the United States.
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The Risk Matrix: How to Strategically Manage Innovation Risk and Reward - DVD
How do growth leaders such as Procter & Gamble, GE, and Amazon consistently achieve above-average organic growth? These companies pursue a disciplined, systematic process that distributes innovations across a spectrum of risk, ensuring that they balance incremental growth with breakthrough opportunities. (DVD or Video Streaming)
Daily Planet In The Classroom: Inventions & Technology Super Pack
Daily Planet Inventions & Technology Series takes an exciting look at the future of science! Get ready to explore breakthroughs in medical technologies, extraordinary inventions and an exclusive look at the evolving role of robots.
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Inventors: A Century Of Flight DVD
From the Wright Brothers to Charles Lindbergh; from the DC-3 to the F-117; the 20th century has been defined by remarkable aircraft and the people who have flown them. In this video, we will explore the history of aviation; the First flight at Kitty Hawk, the Spirit of St. Louis and the first transatlantic solo fight, and the world’s first "invisible" aircraft. All this plus much more as we take the journey through a Century of Flight.
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Inventors: Thomas Edison DVD
This program presents the life of Thomas Edison, a true "rags to riches" story. Through hard work and determination, he helped in creating the modern world in which we live today. Considered to be the greatest inventor of his or any time, Edison's wonderful inventions were a driving force of the Industrial Revolution. From the stock ticker to the phonograph; from the light bulb to motion pictures, his inventions guided America into the 20th Century.
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Creativity: The Pixar Process (DVD)
President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
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With fascinating insights about the creative process at Pixar and Disney, Ed Catmull recounts lessons learned from working with Steve Jobs, speaks to the real dangers, and importance, of failure, and reminds us that whatever conclusions we have drawn, we need to hold them lightly. (DVD or Video Streaming)
The Innovation Engine - DVD
Why do we need creativity? Dr. Seelig’s model for the “Innovation Engine” allows us to alternate between discovery and invention. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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Just the Facts: Inventions That Changed Our Lives DVD
Inventions and Innovations feature rare footage of pioneering inventors Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford.
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Garage-Based Innovation - DVD
The drive to invent that Bill Hewlett and David Packard shared when they launched HP in a garage decades ago is critical to organizations today. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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Inventors: Famous Inventors And Inventions DVD
Inventors and their ingenious inventions have shaped society since the beginning of time; always searching for ways to make life easier, better and more convenient. These people of extraordinary talent and boundless energy left an incredible legacy of tools and ideas that improved the quality of life and paved the way for future inventions. Learn about some of the most significant inventors that ever lived: Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, and the Wright Brothers.
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Creating Infectious Action: How to Make Ideas Take Flight DVD
An emerging trend in brand development is a shift from an advocacy marketing model (why one should buy a brand) to an ambassador model (how you can participate in the brand).
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Inventors: Henry Ford DVD
This program presents the story behind Henry Ford, a man unique to his world. A man whose vision and drive created the backbone of the Industrial Revolution and the American automobile industry. From humble beginnings, Henry Ford used his natural gift for mathematics and his love for machines to propel himself into history. He was a pioneer in automobile technology and the inventor of the mass-production assemble line. Ford’s dedication to his dreams has affected us all and helped shape the world in which we live.
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The Brand Race: How to Rise Above the Competition (DVD)
Incremental product improvements to promote “my brand is better than your brand” have little impact on the market dynamics affecting market share. In industry after industry, the brand race is won instead by substantial innovations that define new categories or subcategories and thus make competitors irrelevant. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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Collaborative Entrepreneurship: Creating Wealth Through Networked Firms - DVD
Since many existing business practices inhibit innovation, new organizational designs and managerial approaches must emerge to meet today's new challenges.
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Inventors: The Life And Mind Of Albert Einstein DVD
Take a journey inside the mind of a genius. Albert Einstein was considered by many to be the greatest thinker of the 20th Century. His amazing discoveries gave scientists around the world new insights about the universe in which we live. The things we know today about time and space, mass and energy, gravity and light, are attributed to Einstein. All this and more as we explore the life and mind of Albert Einstein.
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Nurturing Innovation (DVD)
Most of us would agree that innovation drives economic cycles. Yet, in recent years we've seen a risk aversion among investors and corporate leaders alike that has stifled innovation by emphasizing "time to market" as the highest good.
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Inventions & Gadgets!
Takes young viewers on exciting excursions into the wondrous worlds of science and the environment.
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Getting from Little Bets to Big Breakthroughs
Release - 2011
Much like the standup comedian who tests and refines jokes in small clubs before rolling them out to a television audience, most successful entrepreneurs don’t begin with brilliant ideas: they discover them through a deliberate process of creative trial and error. From his research on innovative leaders, from Apple, 3M, Toyota, and Starbucks, to the U.S. Army’s counterinsurgency strategists, to artists and even standup comics, Peter Sims found they shared a surprisingly similar approach. (DVD or Video Streaming)
The Science of Entertainment! (DVD)
Takes young viewers on exciting excursions into the wondrous worlds of science and the environment.
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Creativity in Business- DVD
Continual innovation is essential to succeed in today's challenging marketplace.
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Customer-Centric Innovation - DVD
According to Lara Lee, this intensive customer focus is the most effective means of achieving the rich pipeline of innovation that leads to continuous improvement and consistent growth. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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Daily Planet: Robots For Progress (DVD)
Hosted by science enthusiasts, Jay Ingram and Natasha Stillwell, Daily Planet is a series that provides discussion and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events. Featuring interviews, field pieces and real-life experiments from around the world, Daily Planet provides a fast-paced, enlightening and entertaining look at what is happening on (and off) our planet.
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Future Tech!
Takes young viewers on exciting excursions into the wondrous worlds of science and the environment.
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The Business of a Sports Car Super Pack (3 DVDs)
From conception and design, to testing, production and display, Business of a Sports Car will reveal the technological mysteries and challenges in the development of a superior automobile.
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Space!
Takes young viewers on exciting excursions into the wondrous worlds of science and the environment.
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Finding Untapped Growth in Existing Markets- DVD
Managers are under constant pressure to grow, but it is often difficult to find new avenues of growth within an existing line of business.
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Just The Facts - Inventors That Changed America (2 Pack) DVD
Just the Facts: Inventors that Changed America: On the Go & Medical
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Food Science: Super Pack DVD
This 13 program series tells the stories and unravels the science behind of our daily bread. The series explains what we're eating, how it's made, and even what effect different combinations of foods will have on our bodies.
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Creating the Future- DVD
The biggest risk today is irrelevancy. Barriers that protected incumbents in the past have broken down, and competitive positions can be quickly overturned. If you miss a trend, there may be no catching up.
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Red Queen Competition: A Dynamic View of Strategy (DVD)
Learn why the greatest innovation occurs during periods of the greatest upheaval.
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Sustainability Matter (DVD)
With consumers favoring products and services that are better for the environment, companies are finding competitive advantage in the environmental impact of their activities. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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Leadership for Innovation - DVD
What kind of leadership is needed when innovation is your competitive advantage? From her research on companies that have achieved breakthrough innovations, Professor Hill found a common leadership approach. (DVD or Video Streaming)
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