July, 2016

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Stars, likes, investments – pick what suits you best

Exago

From likes to star ratings and market investments – or all of them working together – the Idea Market 3.5 release integrates multiple evaluation methods to choose from while setting up each challenge. A powerful differentiator, our solution is designed. Read More. The post Stars, likes, investments – pick what suits you best appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Why Risk Innovation?

Imaginatik

Have you ever heard of Google Video, Google Lively, Google Notebook, Google Answers or Google Wave? Do you use Google+? One of the axioms spoken time and time again by leaders in Silicon Valley is that failure is a good thing. In fact, Silicon Valley leaders will tell you that failure is not just unavoidable, but integral to achieving new heights. Google has been a standard bearer for innovation since its founding in 1998 to bring the world Google Maps, Google Books, Gmail, amongst many other pr

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Summer Reading List: 17 Great Books Every Innovator Should Read

Digital Tonto

The absolutely essential books for anyone who wants to change the world. Related posts: Summer Reading List: The Books Behind the Buzz. Summer Reading List: Books That Make You Think. Summer. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Are you having fun riding the innovation waves?

Paul Hobcraft

[link] – riding-the-wave. Three years back I took a view on what to focus upon in my innovation activities to meet client needs, they did seem to make sense at the time. In many ways, I was fairly happy with the outcome, as many of the places I would put my required but limited resources behind, in providing a depth of understanding, were highly relevant, topical and needed, so were good spaces to offer my thinking, advice and solutions into.

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Going Beyond Chatbots: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems, & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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Bridging different worlds – the power of recombinant innovation

HYPE Innovation

Wandering round Chicago in 1912 William Klann was a man on a mission. He was part of a team set up to explore ways in which they could reduce the costs of manufacturing a car to fulfil Henry Ford’s vision of ‘a motor car for the great multitude’. They had already developed many of the ideas behind mass production – standardised and interchangeable parts, short task cycle work, specialist machinery – but what Klann saw while walking past the Swift Meat Packing Company’s factory gave him an insigh

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White noise vs. Pink noise: Which sounds helps you concentrate, and which makes you more creative?

Idea to Value

Have you ever wondered why you find the sound of raindrops relaxing, or why some background sounds can help you concentrate? It’s all about how your brain gets distracted, and how certain sounds can prevent this. You might well have heard of white noise before. It sounds a bit like static you used to get […]. Originally published at White noise vs.

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Crowdsourcing Innovation Valuation: an off-label use of innovation management technologies

Imaginatik

Many people will read this title and immediately ask, how can you come up with a viable valuation from a bunch of people sticking their fingers in the air ? Well, in terms of innovation valuation, you can and you should. Increasingly we find that companies want to go beyond idea collection to rigorously vet these ideas against barriers to implementation, in order to develop the most robust ideas quickly.

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Who is your Corporate Innovation Role Model?

Destination Innovation

Organic foods at the Hospital. Can you innovate and improve business performance by copying another company from an entirely different industry? This is what the Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in Michigan did when it wanted to transform its customer service and operational efficiency. The hospital borrowed some of the practices of a five star hotel and even hired a new CEO who had previously worked for Ritz Carlton.

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Are you having fun riding the innovation waves?

Paul Hobcraft

[link] – riding-the-wave. Three years back I took a view on what to focus upon in my innovation activities to meet client needs, they did seem to make sense at the time. In many ways, I was fairly happy with the outcome, as many of the places I would put my required but limited resources behind, in providing a depth of understanding were highly relevant, topical and needed, so were good spaces to offer my thinking, advice and solutions into.

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Absorptive Capabilities for innovation: What Really Matters

HYPE Innovation

ca·pa·bil·i·ty ˌkā-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē - the quality or state of being capable (an ability); a feature or faculty capable of development (a potential); or the facility for an indicated use. Capability to outsmart (or outspend) the competition ; capability to put the Business Model Canvas to some good use; capability for new product or service development – like making a Ghostbot , a bot that “uses artificial intelligence to help daters gracefully exit undesirable situations, without having to deal with

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

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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Inside the mind of a creative genius: Werner Herzog

Idea to Value

Werner Herzog is regarded as one of our greatest living film directors, and recently gave an intimate insight into his thought processes when creating some of his masterpieces. Although many people will know only his distinctive German accent from his many narration sequences, he is widely recognised as a visionary filmmaker, writer, author and actor, having created such masterpieces as Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, Little Dieter Needs to Fly and the upcoming Queen of the Desert.

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Time to celebrate innovation achievements at Enel

Exago

With the first round of its new innovation initiative closed, Enel has recognised 10 employees for their top contributions to the business challenges launched, in a ceremony held in Rome. The multinational power company adopted Exago’s Idea Market in 2014, Read More. The post Time to celebrate innovation achievements at Enel appeared first on www.exago.com.

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5 Ways to Fail at Innovation

Imaginatik

Most innovators are optimists. There’s no such thing as a bad idea – only an unfinished one. Every setback is an opportunity in disguise. Even failure itself has become a virtue. Yet, within corporations, innovation programs are fragile things. Large portions of the organization view the innovation team as a foreign entity. Innovation programs thrive on processes and metrics that don’t mesh easily with the core.

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America’s Distinctive Brand Of Change

Digital Tonto

Throughout our history, it has been our openness that has made us a beacon to both new people and new ideas. That, in turn, has given us the ability to transcend our challenges and forever begin. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Digital transformation – the need to transform our innovation approaches

Paul Hobcraft

Business digital transformation, it can certainly get your pulse racing as you start looking for the nearest exit. Digital transformation is being asked of everybody to get involved in but do we have a sufficient understanding of it? Add in the magic ‘need’ so innovation can benefit from this business digital transformation and we begin to shift around in our chairs even more.

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Ideas to Impact: New Online Innovation Short Course

Tim Kastelle

We just released a short course that I made for students at The University of Queensland. It’s called Ideas to Impact – and you can check it out here. The goal is to encourage students to think more entrepreneurially. As part of it, I got to interview a lot of my favourite people at UQ, and for me, their stories are the highlights of the course.

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5 Essential Considerations to Be Ready for the IOT

HYPE Innovation

You have sensors on your 'things', and have connected them…now what? Now we wait for the business to transform in front of our eyes as this is what ‘they’ say will happen with the Internet of Things right? Not quite!

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Take a look…at the new look

Exago

Idea Market 3.5 release comes with a fresh face, new dashboard layout look and extended capabilities. It’s easier to catch up with platform activity and check details on display. Building on clients’ suggestion, we’ve created a more pleasant and intuitive. Read More. The post Take a look…at the new look appeared first on www.exago.com.

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The Benefits of Innovation in Times of Crisis

Innovation is key to overcoming crises. This guide outlines how businesses can navigate uncertainty by adapting strategies, embracing open innovation, and strengthening resilience. Learn how to reassess business models, engage external expertise, and build a robust innovation ecosystem. Explore the three phases of crisis response—from immediate adaptation to long-term transformation—and discover how collaboration accelerates progress while reducing costs.

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All Ideas Are Equal… huh?

Imaginatik

It doesn't matter how many ideas you have: all ideas have the same likely value. Sounds counter-intuitive… but take a look at the above graph. Rob Spencer, the data scientist at Imaginatik, distilled the chart above from a specific innovation challenge that he was helping a Fortune 50 client with. The data is drawn from a large dataset, with the most prolific author contributing 360 ideas.

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The Very Strange—And Fascinating— Ideas Behind Quantum Computing

Digital Tonto

IBM has been working on a new quantum computer that can dominate the industry for decades to come. If that sounds incredible, wait till you hear the ideas behind it. Related posts: Cloud Computing. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Digital transformation – the need to transform our innovation approaches

Paul Hobcraft

Business digital transformation, it can certainly get your pulse racing as you start looking for the nearest exit. Digital transformation is being asked of everybody to get involved in but do we have a sufficient understanding of it? Add in the magic ‘need’ so innovation can benefit from this business digital transformation and we begin to shift around in our chairs even more.

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Eleven Ways to use Crowdsourcing

Destination Innovation

How are firms using crowdsourcing? Its adoption has been widespread and companies are finding many new uses for the technique. Ideascale have published a white paper on crowdsourcing which you can download. Here are the ways that are identified in the paper which also contains many examples and links: 1. Solution Finding. This is when you use crowdsourcing to find the solution to a difficult or complex problem. 2.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Watch Steamboat Willie for free: The original Disney Mickey Mouse cartoon

Idea to Value

One of the most important videos in the history of cinema, Walt Disney has just made their original hit Steamboat Willie available for free. Check it out in the video above. The cartoon was released in November 1928, and was the first appearance by Mickey Mouse. What makes this such a seminal and important moment in cinema is that this was the first cartoon with synchronised sound.

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What Kipling has to say about innovation culture

Jeffrey Phillips

There's a poem I love, that we post-modern types aren't supposed to love, because it was written by a colonialist Victorian, which by itself is almost enough to discredit any literature. I'm talking today about the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling. If is a poem about keeping your wits about you when others are losing theirs, and keeping your course and beliefs when others doubt you.

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On the Path to Innovation Maturity

Imaginatik

We believe innovation is a journey of learning over time. As organizations learn and grow, they naturally mature in their understanding and execution of innovation. A great place to begin is by thinking about the connection between innovation and strategy. Ask yourself these questions: Why are we engaging in innovation? What business objectives are we servicing through innovation?

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Sometimes Even A Breakthrough Discovery Is Not Enough, You Have To Have The Strength To See It Through

Digital Tonto

The amazing story of James Allison and his decades long struggle to bring a revolutionary new cure for cancer to market. Related posts: Here’s How We Can Win The Race To Cure Cancer. 3 Big Things To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

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.

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Dealing with the innovation legacy lying within your business.

Paul Hobcraft

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should! Often this reluctance to dispose of these old systems, processes and inadequate frameworks is holding innovation back.

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Charting Change – Kindle Price Reduction

Braden Kelley

I’m super excited how well my new book Charting Change is doing on various Amazon sites around the world (USA, UK, CA, AU, DE, FR, JP)!

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Too lazy to do the gardening? This free robot does it for you

Idea to Value

This open-source robotic innovation aims to make everyone a backyard farmer, letting you grow a variety of vegetables without ever having to look after them. If you think that sounds too good to be true, you’re probably not alone. Check out the video above to see how it works. But a young startup community called […]. Originally published at Too lazy to do the gardening?

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What Dollar Shave Club's success says about innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

I read today a rather rambling and confusing piece in the New York Times about Dollar Shave Club. The article, entitled $1 Billion for Dollar Shave Club: Why every company should worry , can't seem to hit its stride or find a point it wants to make. At first I thought the piece was going to congratulate a disrupter, Dollar Shave Club, who, despite the odds, grew a startup business to the point where Unilever acquired it for $1 billion dollars.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m