Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Robotics is a field of study I find fascinating, because not only can you see gradual improvements in design brought on by better technology each year (a perfect example of incremental innovation), but every now and again you see something that makes you realise there has been a big leap forward. A few years ago, it was the video which showed Honda’s Asimo being able to walk up and down stairs , which was all the more impressive considering how many times it had failed in previous demonstr

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

When Nancy and I arrived in New Zealand for our honeymoon, we had just started birding. We got to Christchurch and talked to a woman in the Department of Conservation, who helped us plan out a two week trip around the South Island that would help us see kiwis, penguins, kea and all kinds of other great birds. At the end of the trip, we had seen 99 species of birds, and Nancy made me promise that we’d come back.

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

We all know that innovation management is hard work. Yet somehow, for some innovation professionals the challenge is harder than for others. Innovation managers are often the “lone wolf” in their company, especially when they are just getting started. Whether systematic online innovation management didn’t happen at all before or whether the last program just failed, it can be a serious challenge to convince management and fellow employees that there is actually business value in what you do.

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Exago

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The Brazilian company Fleury – a leading provider of clinical analyses in Latin America – has currently more than 10,000 employees. All can participate in Fleury’s innovation efforts. In 2007, the company initiated a programme to encourage suggestions for how. Read More. The post The idea management challenge. How do they do it? appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering

The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to keyless entry, in-room entertainment, and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that

Innovation

Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The pace of change is accelerating. Much has changed since we all started to dial in with our modems and connect to online services like America Online or Compuserve and eventually directly onto the Internet and the World Wide Web.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I've had a really good laugh lately at the people running around tripping robots. I wonder if that's an actual job description (Robot Tripper) or if Google and others simply look for volunteers who are willing to trip the robots. Aren't the people doing this afraid that one day the robots will seek revenge? But here's where innovation turns down a potentially blind alley.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Tom Peters has released a massive, 14-section slide deck that summarises both the evolution and current state of his thinking on management. When I was a manager, Peter’s work always resonated very strongly with me. Now that I’m an academic, it’s clear that there is a sound research base supporting most of his key arguments as well.

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Consider for a moment the following three statements: Innovation results from lucky accidents; The more open the innovation process, the less disciplined; Innovation can’t be measured. What do they have in common? If you’re inclined to say: “They’re all truisms!” (= Truths too obvious to mention) I’d pat you on the back and kindly invite you to join us at the next HYPE Innovation Managers Forum in Bonn for two days of enlightening conversations about innovation practice.

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Exago

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A little over a year after implementing a new innovation management solution, participation at Fleury was nearly five times higher. This real company has generated real value through innovation. What can you learn from their experience? No single secret software. Read More. The post Can you master the 3 key success factors of innovation management? appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Companies seeking to cope with the pace of accelerating change are looking for ways to go faster, and managers in non-technical disciplines have become increasingly infatuated with the Agile Software Development methodology and many are finding ways to adapt parts … Continue reading →

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Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

So many companies make so many claims about innovation, and yet so few are really, deeply engaged in innovation. In the next decade we'll say goodbye to some of the firms who are talking about innovation but aren't exercising the muscles. Disruption and market transformation will occur (will? is occuring) at a far faster clip than before, and as Warren Buffet likes to say, when the tide goes out we'll know who was swimming in the buff.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

As we think through innovation, do we every consider the broader global effects and what is helping us to accelerate or seemingly holding us back in our innovating impact? For policy makers around the global all working to design the most optimum innovation conditions they might not be considering enough the true effects their individual policy decision means, it might actually be undermining the very thing they are attempting to achieve.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We’ve got a problem with our accelerators. Too often, we’re trying to accelerate ideas that aren’t ready for it, and the outcome is lower impact that than we hoped for. A couple of years ago, The Startup Genome Project released their first report on the factors that lead to success and failure. The leading cause of startup failure was premature scaling, defined as: …spending money beyond the essentials on growing the business (e.g., hiring sales personnel, expensive marketing, perfecting the pro

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

How do your company’s employees react when asked to participate in enterprise collaborative innovation? Do employees cheer enthusiastically, as they are finally able to get involved? Perhaps there’s a degree of cynicism having seen corporate initiatives fail in the past? Do employees understand what you’re trying to do? It can be hard to understand whether you have an ‘innovation culture’ and to what extent that’s propagated the organization, however, running idea campaigns helps to develop a cl

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Exago

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

More than 88% of respondents indicate that innovation is a major element of their product development initiatives, according to ‘The 2015 Global Innovation Economy Survey’. However, less than 25% set innovation performance metrics, other studies found. How can we explain. Read More. The post If no magic formula exists for innovation, how could one exist for measuring it?

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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

To supporters of my first book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire and my latest book Charting Change, I am sad to say that the launch date for my new book, designed to make change less overwhelming and more human, has moved … Continue reading →

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Destination Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad was born in 1926 on a small farm in the Swedish province of Småland. He had an austere upbringing and the lessons he learnt in thrift stayed with him throughout his life. At the age of six the boy started a business selling matches to neighbours. He bought the matches in bulk and sold them in small inexpensive packs. He went on to sell seeds, pens, pencils and even fish in this way.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

I recently sat down with Dr Simone Ritter to discuss recent research into how creativity happens in the brain, and whether it is possible to improve it. Dr Ritter is an Assistant Professor at Department of Social and Cultural Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen in Holland, and is leading a team looking into how people generate and select ideas.

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Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

Generative AI

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

I came across the recent launch of Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Exchange today, it left me puzzled. Firstly the latest part of their hub network opened up in San Fransisco in mid January, yet I’m wondering why this is the first time I have come across it. Putting that aside the website, the current point of reference, leaves me puzzled, a little unclear on its ‘compelling’ proposition.

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Nowadays, the Internet is littered (in a good way!) with applications designed to help you brush up on your know-how. Whichbook , for example, uses scales – i.e., “Larger than life - Down to earth”, “Optimistic - Bleak”, to generate your next inspiring Sunday read. Want to get better at producing music or just in need of some Monday Productivity Pointers ?

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Exago

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

You may easily find yourself overwhelmed. But, you cannot get mired in endless reports, comparative numbers and hundreds of percentages that may have nothing relevant to show you. The post How to avoid the innovation management analysis-paralysis appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

In The Five Keys to Successful Change I highlight five key areas for organizations to focus on if they are serious about building a strong, sustainable capability in organizational change, including: Change Planning Change Leadership Change Management Change Maintenance Change … Continue reading →

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Innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

There's a real sense that we in the corporate world are standing on the brink of an amazing transition, moving from relatively older, static models of competition based on corporate size and mass, to new competitive realities dictated by speed, agility and innovation. For at least a couple of centuries, as we look back over the dominant corporations of the past, we can see that size and scale were the predominant factors.

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Matthew May

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Over at LinkedIn and Medium, I’ve posted my chat with Michael Bungay Stanier, author of the new book, The Coaching Habit. Take a look! Click here for the Medium version. Click here for the LinkedIn version.

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Digital Tonto

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Our failure to adapt to the future is less likely to be due to a lack of intelligence than a lack of imagination. Related posts: 5 Trends That Will Drive The Future of Technology. How Google’s. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It's difficult to measure with any real precision how much the Internet has changed the way we do business and live life. One such way is the concept of 'crowdsourcing.' In an era when garnering the assistance of venture capitalists is increasingly difficult, due to tremendous competition, crowdsourcing can often be used to get a company or idea off the ground without that elusive help.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

What does it take to encourage creativity and innovation across an entire region? I sat down with Pascal Cools, from the Flanders District of Creativity, which the Belgian government set up to promote innovation and creativity within businesses of the region. Essentially, it was designed to help companies think of innovation in a different way. You could say it was to help them “innovate their innovation” Their philosophy is that innovation should be a combination of insights coming

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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

In my last article, Time for Digital Transformation is Now, we looked at the accelerating pace of change, the case for digital transformation, and our evolving interactions with technology.

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Imaginatik

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Many corporate innovation efforts suffer from a subtle defect: two competing innovation agendas that fight for control. In most cases, the problem is never detected, and no one is to blame. Yet a two-track innovation agenda is among the most reliable killers of well-intentioned innovation programs. Two real-world cases are instructive: An international food-service company created a VP Global Innovation position to refresh their food products, packaging, and market approach.

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Destination Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Leading B2C (Business to Consumer) companies have invested in Listening Centres where they monitor real-time conversations and web analytics in order to gain immediate insights, start dialogues, diffuse critical issues and observe competitors. They use sophisticated dashboards of real-time information on keyword tracking and competitor share of voice.

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