Empathy Loves Company
December 30, 2008
Dev Patnaik recently spoke with BusinessWeek's innovation editor Reena Jana about Wired to Care for an enlightening edition of the magazine's Innovation of the Week podcast.
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Patnaik to Keynote ‘Front End of Innovation’
December 22, 2008
Jump founder and principal Dev Patnaik has been selected by the advisory board of the Front End of Innovation to deliver a keynote about his book Wired to Care at the Boston gathering of innovation leaders in May 2009.
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San Diego Zoo Partners with Jump Associates to Reinvent Conservation Leadership
December 16, 2008
SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec 16, 2008 — Leaders of the San Diego Zoo and growth strategy firm Jump Associates today announced a partnership to develop new sources of revenue and a reinvention strategy that will build upon ongoing conservation efforts at the Zoo, Wild Animal Park, and Beckman Center for Conservation Research. Times of change
Read moreBusinessWeek: Jump’s Mortensen “Hits It Right On The Head” With Kindle
December 8, 2008
In a featured post on BusinessWeek's "Nussbaum On Design" blog, Jump's Pete Mortensen noted that the real success of the Kindle was the design of its network, including high-speed mobile internet and the Amazon library. Notes innovation expert Bruce Nussbaum: "This is important stuff. It's the ecosystem, the platform, folks."
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When The Customer Talks Back
December 3, 2008
cScape's 2009 report about online customer engagement has just hit the presses, and Jump's Pete Mortensen is one of six outside thought leaders contributing articles for the publication. In his piece, Pete examines the meaning of Twitter's rise as a customer service tool, and the remarkable things that happen when companies recenter their business around the needs and opinions of ordinary folks.
Read moreJump Celebrates a Decade of Helping Companies Grow
November 24, 2008
SAN MATEO, Calif. — It was a big field of milkweed, spread out as far as the eye could see and pastoral in its beauty. The fibers engineer, driving by on the way home, couldn’t resist the urge to pull over
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Wall Street Journal Names Jump “Top Small Workplace”
November 23, 2008
We are touched, honored, and more than a little humbled that The Wall Street Journal selected us for its prestigious "Top Small Workplace" list. Creating Jump has been a team effort, both internally and in close collaboration with our clients. Quite simply, we wouldn't be here without you. Thanks for helping us build something truly special.
Creating a Culture of Innovation
November 20, 2008
We are touched, honored, and more than a little humbled that The Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces selected us for its prestigious “Top Small Workplaces” list, alongside such Small Giants as New Belgium Brewing Co. and the Rainforest Alliance. Creating Jump has been a team effort, both internally and in close collaboration with our
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Video: Reinventing Car Retail. Again.
November 13, 2008
Jump's Udaya Patnaik and Saturn's Chris Bower were a hit at AIGA's GAIN 2008 Business and Design Conference as they shared the work we did together to reinvent the Saturn retail experience in terms of people's needs. For those who couldn't catch it the first time, you can watch the presentation in full at AIGA's site in streaming video.
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Design Strategies for Technology Adoption
November 4, 2008
Jump Principal Alonzo Canada leads a DMI Webinar at 1 p.m. EST on Nov. 5 explaining how design can be used as a tool to drive mainstream adoption of nascent technologies. The presentation is open to all DMI members, and may be viewed afterward here.
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