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Tech-driven solutions for supply chain challenges
09 May 2024 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Six Canadian companies were selected to pitch their solutions to supply chain challenges, including last mile delivery, labour shortages and visibility, at the Communitech Fast Track Cities Showcase event… Read more
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Innovation is an act of building trust
01 March 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Finding innovative ways to reduce burnout for health-care providers was the theme at the Communitech Fast Track Health Showcase on Feb. 27, 2024. Six of Canada’s leading technology companies were selected… Read more
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The Nimble Hippo: Setting the right expectations
29 January 2019 | By Craig Haney in: Enterprise, Opinion, The Nimble Hippo
In this issue of the Nimble Hippo we talk about innovation labs and what they should be doing and focusing on. Read more
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Canada's best student coders, designers win big in Waterloo Region
21 January 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Event recaps, Featured, News
Waterloo student coders recently won first place at the Code to Win/Design to Win challenge held at Communitech. Read more
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The Nimble Hippo: How to innovate like a fighter pilot
13 February 2018 | By Craig Haney in: Opinion, The Nimble Hippo
Being a fighter pilot may be more similar to running a business than we think. Both need to be able to quickly assess situations and react accordingly. This is where the OODA Loop framework can be helpful. Read more
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The Nimble Hippo: How to cure a case of innovation theatre
22 January 2018 | By Craig Haney in: Opinion, The Nimble Hippo
Communitech's Craig Haney looks into the "innovation theatre" phenomenon that many innovation labs face when branching out from their typical corporate thinking. Read more
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Kitchener embraces Internet of Things with new Digital Innovation Lab
28 November 2017 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
The City of Kitchener is launching a digital innovation lab to embrace the Internet of Things. Read more
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The decentralized Internet: A Q&A with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin
15 October 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Communitech News sat down with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin to talk about Ethereum. Read more
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Hacking the blockchain: ETHWaterloo crowns eight finalists at CIGI
15 October 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
ETHWaterloo, the biggest Ethereum hackathon crowned eight co-finalists. Read more
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Fourteen teams emerge as leaders at Hack the North 2017
17 September 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
After 36 hours of hacking, Hack the North crowned 14 "winners" to end their hackathon. Read more