Aplas helps to digitalize Czech healthcare
Digitalization can be a bad master or a good servant. It all depends on how we approach it. And in healthcare this is particularly...
Linet vs covid or our small part in the fight against a pandemic
SafetyPort is a unique digital platform that we’ve been working on with LINET for three years now. And since January, this platform has also been helping to fight covid 19 in the US. The first of many planned SafetyPort systems was implemented...
Lean Canvas: From idea to successful business
Let’s find out how to use Lean Canvas and avoid losses in your pursuit of a prosperous business. Just take our course on educational platform...
Directly… tentokrát o podivném, ale skvělém roce 2020
Druhá koncentrovaná dávka novinek Direct People na jednom místě alias...
Circular Czechia take three! Download our new publication
Third year, third edition. That’s the fact and the reason is obvious. Circular economy is picking up speed every year. That’s why we, together with our partners from INCIEN, JIC, Impact Hub and Cyrkl, prepared the third testimony about circular...
As time went by with Direct People
#WeAre10. 10 years ago Michal Kalousek and Petr Šídlo decided to bring an entirely new type of business to the Czech Republic and founded the first innovation agency here. Since then Direct People has grown by two more partners – Ondřej...
Příprava na budoucnost, která nepřijde
Není otázkou jestli, ale kdy se stane událost se zásadním negativním dopadem na životy lidí. Jakmile přijde, objeví se hlasy, že se to mohlo předpokládat. V aktuální situaci s koronavirem takové hlasy měly pravdu. O tom, že svět...
Remote workshops in the hindsight or what comes in handy even now
Few weeks ago we wouldn’t even think about having to lead an entire HCD (Human-Centered Design) project in an online mode. Past the initial shock (ours and clients’) and much speculation on how to go about it, we jumped straight into online...
“I see great opportunities whose potential will touch the stars” or are at least worth exploring.
It’s still too early to assess the impact of COVID. However, for me personally it’s interesting to watch what’s happening on the market. Such an amount of business pivots (changes to business models) has never been experienced by any economy...
„Teď, teď tu byl…!“ Jára Cimrman přicházel s vynálezy vždy jako druhý. V designu produktů to však může být výhoda
O inovacích věděl svého času Jára Cimrman hodně v tom dobrém i zlém. Byl sopkou, která svou činností zasypávala sama sebe, pionýrem slepých uliček, a tím, kdo přicházel na patentový úřad vždy pozdě. Veličina času je u...
From zero to hero. Or digital customers.
8+2 UX tips from new corona times e-shops The current situation caught many off-line retailers off-guard. In reaction to the quarantine, more than 300 new e-shops are being launched every week with a single goal – to at least partially...
Unfair advantage in times of a pandemic? Speed of learning
“Speed of learning is the new unfair advantage.” In early March this quote opened our three-day training by Ash Maurya, the founder of Lean Stack, at our Direct People office. At the time it sounded like a good catchphrase. They often sound much...
When it’s over, companies working in services won’t be able to keep up. Unless they change.
We entered the age of postponing. Coronavirus pandemy restricted not only our social life but just life in general. We are forced to move many of our needs and hobbies indefinitely – be it a drink with friends or a bank appointment. But what...
Platforma Zdravotnictví (v) budoucnosti se posouvá od sdílení k projektům
Platformu Zdravotnictví (v) budoucnosti jsme založili na podzim 2019. Je to projekt s cílem hledat chytrá řešení a nové příležitosti a společně tak posouvat české zdravotnictví odspodu skrze byznys a inovace. V únoru se všech...
Inovační jednohubky #12 – Future of urban mobility
We started the new year with Inovační jednohubky (=Innovation canapés) number 12, aptly titled Future of urban mobility. It’s trends, sustainability, availability and effectiveness was discussed by Petr Tomčík, director of ROPID (Regional...
Platforma Zdravotnictví (v) budoucnosti
V září 2019 jsme spustili iniciativu s nemalým cílem – měnit a posouvat společně české zdravotnictví odspodu. Nečekat pouze na to, co udělá vláda nebo jak situaci ovlivní ti nejsilnější hráči, ale spojit síly a skrze...
Circular Czechia volume II. Download our new publication
And there it is – Circular Czechia 2! On Tuesday October 8 – as part of our conference Czech Republic as a circular hotspot at the International Engineering Fair – we have launched the second edition of our successful study...
What now or what awaits the Czech healthcare
Satisfied patient, happy doctor. What? This phrase sounds absurd to anyone who had recently anything to do with the Czech healthcare system. In fact it is all stress, no money and no hospitality. That is a more accurate description of reality, be it...
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