Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

There's an old joke about perspective and laziness I love and have used before on this blog, because it illustrates many of the challenges (and opportunities) of corporate innovation. The joke goes that a young man steps out of a bar, and spies another person, obviously drunk, peering intently at the sidewalk under a street lamp. Curious, the guy just leaving the bar goes over to the drunk and asks "what are you doing?

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Matthew May

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It came together fast. Perhaps too fast. The proposal and contract for a new book, that is. It took all of a couple weeks to go from a 1-page concept to signed contract. Most authors would rejoice at that kind of speed, and indeed I did. The problem was that under ordinary circumstances, the publisher would take a year to get the book out. Crazy, right?

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, or an act of malice, we are called upon to remain strong. We take it upon ourselves to stand together and to remember what gives us strength and unity. This is what the people of Paris, the people of France and all of us citizens of the world are doing now-remembering what gives us fortitude. On Friday night when the horrific news broke, the first thing I did was reach out to family in France and friends in Paris to be sure that they were safe.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I have been really struggling in the past few weeks. Partly a niggling health issue finally got resolved with a ‘delightful’ week in hospital, a couple of operations later, with a reasonably speedy recovery now thankfully under way. The plan of course was for me to really use this confinement period as one of those opportunities to catch up on an awful lot of reading around innovation, planning out some areas to focus upon in the coming months and year ahead.

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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

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Exago

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Liberty Seguros Portugal, awarded several times for being ‘a great place to work’ and promoting ‘excellence at work’, wants to take its employees’ creativity and engagement to a new level. The insurance company has set in motion the ‘People@Liberty’ programme, Read More. The post The challenge is on: ‘People@Liberty’ launched on Innovation Open Day appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Braden Kelley

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In my last article and the first free download from the Change Planning Toolkit™ on The Five Keys to Successful Change™ we looked at the five different disciplines that must come together to make any organizational change effort (or even … Continue reading →

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Digital Tonto

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

We never call anything that’s good “content.” Nobody walks out of a movie they loved and says, “Wow! What great content!” Related posts: How To Stop Failing At Content Marketing. Why Some Content. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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HYPE Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Previously, we looked at how to get the most from academic research on innovation. Now that you know a great deal about how all this works, let me walk you through an example. Let’s imagine you are as diligent a company as GfK and are running a permanent idea campaign on leveraging new idea sources using the HYPE Enterprise software. Your employees spot a number of gaps in your current knowledge landscape and agree that the best way to close those gaps is by bringing in scholarly know-how.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Do we know what are the dependencies and commentaries are for building and sustaining innovation success? How do you sustain innovation, is it more through the structuring of everyday work, by creating a particular set of social rules and resources that foster specific routines? We work really hard at maintaining these but often we end up with simply incremental innovation that might just ‘nudge’ the growth needle but does little more than sustain us in the present.

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Exago

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We just cannot understand the evolution of idea management metrics without understanding first the evolution of innovation in the corporate world. What was considered an 'innovation' in the 50s, in the 70s? And how did we gauge its results? The post How innovation has become everyone’s job appeared first on www.exago.com.

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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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Destination Innovation

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Phil Libin. I heard Phil Libin speak at the FT Innovate conference in London. He was a founder of Evernote and now works as a partner at General Catalyst who manage venture capital funds. He explained that when we compare different opportunities there is a natural inclination to select the least bad. This is because the primeval part of the brain is programmed to assess risk and to value the reduction of threat above opportunity.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

For years people have debated the reasons why some companies innovate and others don't. To some extent, the business models and corporate strategies dictate where and how much innovation is done. For example, when I worked at Texas Instruments, the strategy was to drive costs out of products that other firms created. No one knew better how to drive the costs out of the manufacturing process for DRAM than TI.

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Matthew May

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

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Digital Tonto

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

In a disruptive age, the ability to adapt is the ability to compete and everyone needs to learn how to hack. Related posts: How IBM Learned To Love Open Technology. How Wells Fargo Learned To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

From my perspective I’ve been looking at a real challenge today, that many consultants offering innovation services are not providing real sustaining consulting value to clients, only ad-hoc services. Unless this changes it will continue to erode the clients’ confidence in these service providers and they will be seeking increasing internal solutions to tackle their problems.

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Exago

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

‘If you want to improve a process, enhance customer experience or create and perfect a product or service, the solution likely lies within your organisation.’ So, ‘Instead of using substitute brains, why not harness this collective intelligence to solve business. Read More. The post Sitting on untapped potential – Exago’s director in ‘Switched on Leadership’ appeared first on www.exago.com.

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HYPE Innovation

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Talk and action often exist in different universes. That's one reason why disruptive innovation sometimes appears to arrive out of nowhere. Plenty of organizations talk a good game about innovation, and meanwhile those who actually are innovative are busy changing the world.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Lately I've worked with or encountered a number of corporate clients who are trying desperately to innovate. Their executives and management teams recognize the importance of innovation, and even include innovation as top three priorities or as a component of the annual strategy. What's worse, unlike in the past, executives are starting to demand action on innovation, rather than simply use it as a speaking point or throw-away line.

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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.

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Braden Kelley

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Consulting firms sell expertise, and their currency is trust. Large consultancies like Boston Consulting Group, Bain, McKinsey, Deloitte, Accenture and others make their money from being a trusted advisor to companies around the world. Why do companies trust them?

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Digital Tonto

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Nobody seeks out a crisis. Yet that should not blind us to the fact that a crisis, effectively managed, can positively impact performance for years to come. Related posts: 4 Management Lessons From. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

Innovation needs to create value, both short-term and progressively over time. It fuels the growth and fires the imagination. Yet our innovation activities are constantly coming up short for the leaders within our organizations, who continue to remain disappointed in its final outcome to stimulate and drive the growth they want to see. It is actually the classic “chicken and egg”.

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Exago

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

As part of our eight-year anniversary celebrations, we’ve decided to give an amazing gift: one free idea management programme (software and services) for a whole year, starting January 2016. Could it be you? The winner will be able to: Use. Read More. The post It’s our anniversary, but you’re the one getting the gift! appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Innovation

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, or an act of malice, we are called upon to remain strong. We take it upon ourselves to stand together and to remember what gives us strength and unity. This is what the people of Paris, the people of France and all of us citizens of the world are doing now-remembering what gives us fortitude. On Friday night when the horrific news broke, the first thing I did was reach out to family in France and friends in Paris to be sure that they were safe.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Over the last few weeks I've been working with a client that is struggling to fully implement a new strategy that introduces innovation as an important component of day to day operations. The company has a strong executional culture and has been successful in the past, but recognizes the need to do more innovation and more consistently. As you might think, I've been working with them on their rewards, motivations, language, communication and other factors that build or sustain culture, trying to

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Braden Kelley

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

When I first wrote about Building a Global Sensing Network I wrote in the specific context of the war for innovation and the need to make sure you’re fighting it outside your organization — not inside.

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Digital Tonto

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Virtually every technological wonder and miracle cure that we enjoy today has its roots in some government program Related posts: We Need To Innovate The Science Business Model. 4 Government. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Gijs van Wulfen shares his insights from the McKinsey report on a new approach to business-model innovation.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

From start-ups to banks, design has never been more central to business. Yet at conference after conference, I meet designers at firms talking about their struggle for influence. Why is that fabled “seat at the table” so hard to find, and how can designers get a chair? Designers yearn for a world where companies depend on their ideas but usually work in a world where design is just one voice.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I initially saw something about last Friday’s events via a TV turned to ESPN way across a restaurant. After making it back to a computer and starting to learn more about what happened, I followed our own advice and pulled our social sharing on Twitter and Facebook for the weekend. Other than some private messages, silence seemed the appropriate response personally.

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Innovation in Practice

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

By John Sweeney & Elena Imaretska. . One of the most common excuses we hear from folks who are reluctant to embrace innovative thinking is that they "are not creative" or not "right-brain thinkers." We like to gently remind them that the ability to think innovatively is in fact a learned skill, and can be improved with rigorous practice. In fact the old myth of right-brain versus left-brain predominance is incorrect.

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