Tim Kastelle
DECEMBER 27, 2016
An innovation paradox Here’s a central problem with trying to get any new idea to spread – often, those that get it don’t need it, while those that need it don’t get it. It’s a paradox. This leads to problems for people that have new ideas. Problem 1a: you end up talking to the wrong people. It is easiest to talk to the people that get it – even though they don’t need your idea.
Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 28, 2016
For my final post of the year, I went back to some of my thinking through around the building blocks needed in the core competencies for innovation we need to have in place. For me, the bedrock of innovation is built upon competencies, capabilities, and capacities and all these involve people as well as technology. They go hand in hand in our connected world.
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IdeaScale
DECEMBER 6, 2016
When organizations talk about innovation, they are referring to generating bright ideas. They spend time thinking “out of the box” and hope to come up with a brilliant new idea. But innovation is not the Idea; it’s more than that. Innovation goes beyond bright ideas by combining processes with creative minds to breathe life into something that makes life easier, days brighter, and helps organizations get closer to their goals.
Destination Innovation
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Most innovation initiatives are planned and programmatic. We focus on a challenge, analyse the problem, brainstorm some great ideas and then put together teams to implement the best ones. For new products the projects might go through a stage-gate process where they have to clear certain hurdles in order to have extra resources released. There is a program and the projects adhere to it.
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.
Jeffrey Phillips
DECEMBER 16, 2016
At this point in business evolution, every CEO understands the need for more innovation. After a decade of reading about it, getting pounded over the head with the Jobs/Apple story and watching new innovations disrupt entire industries, businesses are starting to react. More and more of them are doing innovation, with drastically different outcomes.
Digital Tonto
DECEMBER 4, 2016
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Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 2, 2016
So if there was ever a time to clear the existing innovation agenda and rework the entire space for innovating, it is about to become the pressing reality as we enter into 2017. There are so many forces coming together that require this reworking. We are moving from diverging into one of converging, we are at a changeover point for innovation; let me explain each of the contributing factors but firstly, a brief overview.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 27, 2016
As the customer advocate, you work closely with employees to keep customers at the forefront of innovation. You want your employees to innovate with the customer in mind. Your team, unit, division, and even enterprise should know what is most important to your customers. They need to understand which problems, if solved, would have the greatest positive impact.
Idea to Value
DECEMBER 22, 2016
Uber, the ride-sharing app already making taxi-services obsolete, has just announced their latest feature, and in my view it is a perfect example of innovation. It allows you to ask a contact whether they will allow you to use their location as a destination for their Uber ride. Genius. Check out the video above to […]. Originally published at Uber’s latest innovation: using a friend’s location as a destination.
Exago
DECEMBER 14, 2016
By analysing 164 real innovation challenges, we’ve seen how people more easily relate to – and want to have a say in – questions that are closely tied to, and disrupt, daily work routines. These are, for instance, ‘How can. Read More. The post Which innovation challenges are more easily implemented? appeared first on www.exago.com.
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.
Digital Tonto
DECEMBER 11, 2016
Innovation can never be distilled down to a single event. We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that details matter. Related posts: Apple’s Innovation Problem. How Innovation Really Happens. An. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
HYPE Innovation
DECEMBER 21, 2016
As we start to close out our 2016 year, apart from the rush to finish certain tasks off, it is a time of reflection and some forward thinking to welcome in the New Year. From my standpoint I am simply amazed at how the world seems to be spinning faster and faster. I am convinced my working days are shorter or the clock is moving faster. I never seem to finish what I had intended to complete by the end of a day or week.
Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Often you hear the request made of “can you give us a best practice snapshot; we would like to get a sense of where we are”. Firstly please forget best practice, this is a mistake for you in a rapidly changing world. The trouble with best practice is you are looking at someone else’s practices and these are highly individual, made up of different groups of methodologies, processes, rules, theories, values and concepts.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Disruption is good for business. It’s global and can happen in any industry, at any time. “Disruption” is a popular buzzword, but if you stop and think about it, experiencing disruption is not something we, as people, enjoy. Disruption is massive, rapid, and most likely permanent change, and that can be difficult to go through. But disruptive innovation is important to stay vital, and any business needs to embrace innovation technology and the turbulence that goes with it.
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Idea to Value
DECEMBER 22, 2016
You may be asking yourself what comparing two shows about fast cars has to do with creativity. The answer is … quite a lot actually. Let me explain. It all comes down to a complicated juggling act which everyone and every company struggles with at one point or another: The legacy of previous ideas vs […]. Originally published at What Top Gear vs.
Braden Kelley
DECEMBER 1, 2016
There are many reasons the Change Planning Toolkit™ is worth far more than the small cost to acquire an individual education license for the toolkit to learn about the tools and how to use them.
Digital Tonto
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Great storytelling is infinitely more than simply producing content. It is, in fact, no less than helping customers connect with the soul of your enterprise. Related posts: 4 Things Brands Need To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
HYPE Innovation
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Are you exploring digital transformation? Even if you're not, your company certainly is. DT is going to hit us all, you can't bail out of this one. The only choice companies have is to either complain about the difficulties and challenges that this historic change will impose on them, or - to embrace the opportunitites! Whatever the decision looks like, innovation initiatives are fighting on the forefront of this transformation.
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Jeffrey Phillips
DECEMBER 6, 2016
I'm a big fan of Geoffrey Moore's work on Crossing the Chasm, which is the idea that every market can be divided into segments: very early technology adopters, the early majority, the late majority and laggards. It's clear from history that there are always people who will adopt a new idea or technology even while others think it is unfinished or even risky.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Are you a direction setter? As direction setters, leaders ensure their people have a clear direction that frames innovation priorities. They help ensure that it’s clear where fresh ideas and breakthrough projects are needed most. They work hard to create a compelling vision of the future. One that offers the organization’s most creative people a sandbox in which they can operate.
Idea to Value
DECEMBER 23, 2016
Our Christmas gift to you: Get 25% off your first month of Deep Creativity Training (now only $9) by using the coupon code “THANKSNICK” at checkout. Seasons Greetings from me and everyone else at Idea to Value. It’s been a fantastic first year for us, with so much to celebrate: Starting the website in March. Hosting interviews and Webinars with some of the world’s top experts in Creativity and Innovation.
Exago
DECEMBER 22, 2016
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Digital Tonto
DECEMBER 21, 2016
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Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 11, 2016
When Alfred Sloan conceived the modern corporation at General Motors, he based it on hierarchical military organizations. Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Authority flowed downwards and your rank determined your responsibility. Yet lately, those top-down structures are being called into question. Brian Robertson, whose new book Holacracy offers a well thought.
Daniel Burrus
DECEMBER 13, 2016
There has never been a shortage of trends, and it’s predictable that, as we near the end of every year, a new batch of trends will be published. The real problem for you is figuring out which ones will happen. I have been publishing a list of top trends since 1983, and if you have been a subscriber to my newsletter for decades, you know they have been highly accurate.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 5, 2016
These talks can inspire innovation. Open innovation can be a tricky business. Innovation can be elusive, and sometimes your team needs a push to get back in the zone. If that’s the case, sit down with these TED talks to get that spark back. Navi Radjou. [link]. “Necessity is the mother of invention” is a old adage about innovation, but it’s not one we often think about.
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.
Bill Fischer
DECEMBER 17, 2016
What could ever be dumb about the fast-arriving internet of things — that seemingly inevitable assemblage of ever more networked devices, products and everything in-between?
BrainZooming
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Are you in budget meetings right now, determining what funds you will have to implement next year’s strategic initiatives? Is your budget process running late? Are you still reviewing budgets for next year? If so, you have time to turn tedious budgeting exercises into productive strategic planning activities focused on business growth. Budgeting Can Be the Worst, but There Is Hope!
Boxes and Arrows
DECEMBER 20, 2016
Google unveiled progressive web apps around 12 months ago. We’ve now had the chance to look at some of the pioneers of the technology, see how they’ve managed to implement the concepts, and look at their results. As both a web and Android developer, I’ve been very interested in progressive web apps, not just from a professional point of view but also because this is a technology that I actually believe in.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 4, 2016
I once asked Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, what led him to start the company back in 1971. He explained that, at the time, he was running a company at the Little Rock, Arkansas, airport, refurbishing executive aircraft. It was there he began to notice that with increasing frequency, business people were showing up.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
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