Social Innovation

In the ground-breaking Innovation Thinking Methods, entrepreneur and tech CEO Osama A. Hashmi introduces the discipline of "innovation-thinking," based on the methods and techniques he's applied over the past 15 years to build strong innovation cultures in his award-winning tech companies, and to help entrepreneurs and enterprise companies refocus their thinking back towards ambitious goals and more meaningful pursuits.

Future Unveiled: The Societal Impact of Emerging Technologies reveals how fields like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology are reconfiguring industries and everyday life. This book examines both their transformative promise—addressing healthcare, climate, and economic disparities—and the ethical dilemmas they spark around data privacy, labor disruption, and responsible governance. Drawing parallels with past industrial revolutions, it underscores the importance of inclusive frameworks that guard against inequity and foster collaboration.

Book Description: "Tech for Change: How Innovation Shapes Community Engagement" In "Tech for Change," readers embark on a journey through the intricate relationship between technology and societal transformation. This insightful exploration delves into how innovation is revolutionizing community engagement, offering a comprehensive understanding of the evolving digital landscape. Beginning with a historical context, the book outlines the evolution of technology and its profound impact on society. It further defines innovation as it pertains to community interaction, setting the stage for ...

Much of the world's landmass is already known. Deep sea and outer space are beyond most people's reach. It feels like there are fewer places left to discover. Psychedelics, on the other hand, reveal worlds that remain largely obscure. Altered states offer modern, 21st-century audiences boundless opportunities to explore what a human being can experience. In this book, I show you how to become a capable discovery-maker, sample-collecting naturalist, and rational thinker of visionary phenomena.

Essential reading for any executive, Into the Metaverse, will reshape how you think about the internet and its place for those who want to lead successful businesses, today and into the future. If the internet was first used to connect us to information, and then developed into a social media forum to connect people, then Web3, which connects people, places and things, will help enable the successor state to today’s mobile internet - the Metaverse. It will bring together and merge our physical and digital lives and Metaverse will shake things up even more.

In this book, Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund Phelps draws on a lifetime of thinking to make a sweeping new argument about what makes nations prosper--and why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Why did prosperity explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing"--meaningful work, self-expression, and personal growth for more people than ever before?

The future is here—are you ready to navigate it? In a world defined by rapid technological advancements, shifting cultural norms, and unprecedented environmental challenges, "Future Shock: The World of Tomorrow Is Here" offers a comprehensive guide to thriving amidst the complexities of a constantly evolving landscape. Inspired by Alvin Toffler's original concept of "future shock," this book dives deep into how our society, economy, and individual lives are being transformed at breakneck speed—and what you can do to stay ahead. From the rise of artificial intelligence and autonomous ...

The US Army entered World War II unprepared. Lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground and one in the air. Previous commentators have blamed Congressional funding and public apathy for the army's unprepared state. David E. Johnson believes instead that the principal causes were internal: army culture and bureaucracy, and their combined impact on the development of weapons and doctrine.

Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards, world-renowned inventor; Harvard professor of the practice of idea translation; creator of breathable insulin, edible food packaging, and digital scents, reveals that the secret to creating very new things of lasting benefit, including innovations we will need to sustain human life on the planet, lies in perceiving art and science as one.

Are you ready to navigate uncharted territory in the world of politics? Look no further than this thought-provoking and insightful eBook. In today's fast-paced digital age, emerging technologies are reshaping political campaigns as we know them. With chapters dedicated to examining the impact of social media, big data, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the marvelous advancements that are transforming politics. But, with great power comes great responsibility. You'll also explore the ethical concerns and potential pitfalls of ...

This book on how to become a social innovator and inventor of high reput otherwise simply termed: Creative Guru from the Blues, is a graphical descriptions of adventures of a self-made innovator-Amos Obi , who from the level of abject poverty,ignorance and lacks made land mark innovations and creative endeavors endorsed and recognized by world bodies. Truly, his is a practical proof to the fact that necessity is indeed the mother of all inventions. From this account, we could learn that any body anywhere in the world, despite odds and negative prevailing circumstances could rise above ...

Edward Ashford Lee explores the ways that engineers use models and abstraction to build inventive artificial worlds and to give us things that we never dreamed of - for example, the ability to carry in our pockets everything humans have ever published. But he also attempts to counter the runaway enthusiasm of some technology boosters who claim everything in the physical world is a computation - that even such complex phenomena as human cognition are software operating on digital data.

Do you want to create social impact, but feel there must be a better way? There is. So many problems the world faces go largely unaddressed because social entrepreneurs are unaware that they hold the power to design a better organization for creating more effective social impact. Not anymore.

Most new media is destined to fail. Whether it's a song, film, website, book, video game, or advertisement, it's extremely difficult to create works that resonate with audiences. Lean Media can give creators and media companies an edge. The innovation framework for new media has worked for some of the biggest media brands and most well-known artists, as well as smaller creative teams and media ventures. It draws on the same "lean" approaches adopted by manufacturing and tech startups, but is optimized for the unique needs and creative methods used in the media industry. In LEAN MEDIA, ...

In conversation with social entrepreneur Badr Jafar, philanthropic leaders including Bill Gates, Baroness Valerie Amos, Kristalina Georgieva, David Miliband, Razan Al Mubarak and many more discuss their hopes and priorities for the world of today and tomorrow. Their insights shed new light on the increasingly important role that strategic philanthropy is playing in helping to address some of the world’s greatest challenges.

Drawing from an incredibly rich trove of global data, this groundbreaking book reveals that human progress has been slowing down since the early 1970s. Danny Dorling uses compelling visualizations to illustrate how fertility rates, growth in GDP per person, increases in life expectancy, and even the frequency of new social movements have all steadily declined over the last few generations.

Crypto Hipster's Mysticals compilations that cover Season 4 and Season 5 are far more than just a catchy-named compilation. While there is a deep focus on technology, they also include common themes faced by entrepreneurs and founders across all industry spectra. This theme is based on "human" issues, which include societal, mindset, social opportunities, and personal growth and development. Of course, they also focus on solving industry and technological problems that we all face in our everyday lives or will face soon. Navigating the cyclical trials of the crypto market is no effortless ...

Nothing is more dangerous than a single compelling idea that is lived out and nothing is more harmless than lots of little ideas never applied. By creatively communicating one Big Idea every week your church will transform people into genuine Christ followers who live out the mission of Jesus. Less is more!

#Emprende is a guide for citizens who want to start in the business world. We describe some experiences lived by entrepreneurs for new entrepreneurs. Teaching tips that will help start and maintain a Breakthrough Entrepreneurship. From writing a business plan to working with reduced budgets, includes all the issues you should consider when taking the first step in your own venture. If you want to start a business in the Dominican Republic, this is your guide!

Everything you've been told about being green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100-mpg car is a dangerous fantasy. We are consumers, and we like to consume greenly and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross-purposes to our true goal: living sustainably while caring for our environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the holy grail of our environmental problems, turns out to be part of the problem - we have little trouble turning increases in efficiency into increases in consumption.