Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Pippo and Paul take a look into 2024: which topics could shape the world of innovation?

Pippo and Paul take a look into 2024: which topics could shape the world of innovation? 4 predictions:1) Innovation will take place closer to the core business. There will be fewer mavericks; innovation professionals will have to make friends with the core. But that doesn't only have downsides, especially in the long term!2) Also, this year moonshot business models will be less of a driver. In times of recession, people will concentr

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

When Tesla Superchargers Are Opened to Everyone You Sometimes Have to Take Unconventional Routes to Avoid the Queue...

When Tesla Superchargers are opened to everyone you sometimes have to take unconventional routes to avoid the queue... In this case a VW ID3, whose charging port is at the rear right, parked in the "wrong" parking space and thereby blocked the charging station for that space for all other Teslas that have the charging port at the rear left. A pity, but thanks to all-wheel drive no problem for me ;) I'm thrilled that electromobility is taking off so much and Tesla is now also fo

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

How AI like chatGPT works, explained in one paragraph

How AI like chatGPT works, explained in one paragraph:Imagine this sentence: In our podcast we discuss [predictions, prognosis, forecasts] about how innovation in big companies will change in 2024.Which is the most correct of the 3 words to use in this context?Your brain runs all variants and decides for "predictions" because this is the most fitting in this context.This is how chatGPT works as well.

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

If this doesn't stop people from ridiculing EVs and battery production I don't know what will.

๐Ÿฅต If this doesn't stop people from ridiculing EVs and battery production I don't know what will.Ever since I'm driving an EV I can't wrap my head around fossils burning for energy. This stuff has taken millions of years to produce. It has been in the ground for millions of years. And then it gets pumped up, refined, transported around half the world only to be burned in a matter of seconds. Once.This can't be the future.Source: https://lnkd.in/eHjJbUbU

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Hot take: Powerpoint is good enough!

Hot take: Powerpoint is good enough!I always wonder if there is actually a need for a tool that is somehow "better than" Powerpoint or Google Slides. Imho no.Sure, Powerpoint is overloaded with features, some of which are hidden out of plain sight and require a 3 year bachelors degree to actually start using them, but...New competitors in the space often seem to disrupt established workflows for their users. Why? Because many of the features people have come to expect over the years simply do no

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

โ€ Using solar energy to pay teachers more?

This school in Arkansas installed solar energy and turned a budget deficit into a surplus. The surplus is used to pay teachers in the local school district more money, subsequently making the job more attractive. The point is: as humanity, we already have solutions to go back into a virtuous cycle. We simply need a little bit of ambition and courage to implement them. #solarenergy #school #innovation Source: https://lnkd.in/ehhta26i

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Today you're at the top, but already tomorrow your product might be obsolete

โšก Today you're at the top, but already tomorrow your product might be obsoleteNever stop reinventing: at Google the whole search engine codebase is open to all employees.Why? "If we stop re-inventing, we have already died. That's why we don't mind if todays code gets stolen".#innovation #futurepositivity #creativity #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

"We let the AI figure out how to make money"

โšก "We let the AI figure out how to make money" ๐ŸคฏWhen asked how chatGPT will ever make money, Sam Altman, the CEO, said:"Honestly, we have no idea."But the next sentence is what really cracked me up:"We focus on making the AI a general intelligence first and then we will ask it how it can make money for us."๐ŸคฏDo you understand the profound impact of this?This is Silicon Valley business building spirit taken to the EXTREMES.It has been normal the past 2 decades to focus on product first, get to l

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Have a good start into the week!

Have a good start into the week!#innovation #futurepositivity #creativity #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€? ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.๐Ÿ‘ ๐—ข๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†.

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Day 1 of doing customer research for a new business idea ...

Day 1 of doing customer research for a new business idea ...and finding out what customers actually want. It's important though to get back up, dust off and start all over again on day 2.If customer research and the problem-solution fit is done right, magic can happen afterwards.#innovation #creativity #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups #whatinspiresme #pretotyping #designsprint #mvp #humanwritten

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Still can't get over how modern olive harvest works

Still can't get over how modern olive harvest works ๐Ÿ˜…Last year when driving back from Portugal we had been driving for literal hours on a highway through endless plantations of olive trees in Spain.Back then, I wondered how the hell this is harvested. Well, here is the answer.I love this type of machine:it's an innovation that is only possible through relentless customer centricity.What's the biggest need of an olive farmer during harvest?Speed. Ok, let's make the machine fast, first and foremo

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

This actor was created by an AI

This actor was created by an AIIn this case, the model is used for "good purposes", e.g. for video or photo shoots, as a moderator, as a face-to-the-customer in the customer success environment.In the future, however, we will also see more and more "bad actors", i.e. artificially generated 3D models that, for example, emulate an important personality and put words into his or her mouth.The phenomenon is already known today as "deep fakes."The Pandorra's box in this area has been opened.However,

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Lots of great innovations in that 1950s refrigerator, especially...

Lots of great innovations in that 1950s refrigerator, especially...... those pull-out trays.Where did all those ideas go?I'm sure there are high-end refrigerators out there that somehow incorporate these features - but:in all the low-end or mid-range devices I know these innovations are surely not a part of it.The point I want to make: this is a good example of a product where customer-centricity was sacrificed on the altar of higher profits very early on.#innovation #customercentricity #product

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Old plastics will become a resource that trawlers go fishing for

Old plastics will become a resource that trawlers go fishing forI've had the thought since 10+ years now: in the future, old plastics will become such a valuable resource that fishermen who are out of jobs due to overfishing, go plastics fishing instead.Now The Ocean Cleanup shows us the way with their prototype-grade systems.In parallel researchers around the world (I know one ;) Patricia Falkenstein) are working on processes to recycle such plastics in a way that it is as good as new.So, once

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

Corporate Innovators at work

Corporate Innovators at workIt's important though to wear that helmet, because who knows ๐Ÿ˜‚#innovation #futurepositivity #creativity #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€? ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.๐Ÿ‘ ๐—ข๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†.

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