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Transforming Leadership to Reshape the Future of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Exclusive Interview with Brian Solis Effective leadership serves as the crucial catalyst for both successful innovation and the profound transformation of any collective entity, be it an organization, a team, or even a country.

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What Is An Innovation Management System? (And Why It’s Essential for Scaling Your Business)

innosabi Innovation Insights

Heres a hard truth: Without structure, your innovation efforts will fail. Innovation sounds excitinguntil youre drowning in ideas with no clear way to prioritize or execute them. Despite its importance, many innovation initiatives fail, often due to a lack of structure and strategy. The challenge? Ideas are everywhere, but without a system, they […] Der Beitrag What Is An Innovation Management System?

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Trend Map Strategic Framework Marketing Template

Leapfrogging

What is a Trend Map? A Trend Map is a strategic visual framework that helps marketers identify, organize, and evaluate emerging trends that may impact their industry, customers, or brand. It serves as a tool to track evolving market dynamics , consumer behaviors, technological innovations, and cultural shiftsallowing marketing teams to anticipate change, rather than react to it.

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Chicken or the Egg? The Dynamic Interplay of Technology and Business Ecosystems

Paul Hobcraft

The interplay between technology and business ecosystems Are we seeing a growing influence of how different technologies are forming and shaping Business Ecosystems? The influence of AI and Machine Learning,Blockchain and Decentralized Technologies, Digital Twins and Simulations, Edge Computing and IoT, Platform technology and use of API’s in Marketplaces all shape our growing needs.

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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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Culture Is How An Enterprise Honors It Mission

Digital Tonto

In his book, "Who Says Elephants Cant Dance," Lou Gerstner wrote, Culture isnt just one aspect of the game, it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value What does the culture reward and punish individual achievement or team play, risk taking or consensus building? Every organization, whether consciously or not, develops norms and rituals that shape behaviors.

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An Organizational, Leadership and Team Dynamics Perspective on Innovation Trends

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard I recently worked with a European client to map their innovation challenges and opportunities, particularly focusing on how they align with global trends in leadership and team dynamics.

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Finding Focus in a Noisy World: How Mindfulness Can Elevate Leadership and Innovation

Tullio Siragusa

Finding Focus in a Noisy World: How Mindfulness Can Elevate Leadership and Innovation The business world filled with noise, pressure, and distraction, and sometimes the most powerful thing a leader can do may seem counterintuitive: pause. In this deeply resonant episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, entrepreneur, author, and global thought leader Faisal Hoque joined hosts Stephen Sakach, Mike Liwski, and Tullio Siragusa for a conversation that reframed mindfulnessnot as a wellness trend, but as

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The Innovation Crisis: How We're Stifling Our Children's Creative Potential—And How to Set It Free

Phil McKinney

Last night, my twelve-year-old grandson asked to borrow my  Killer Questions card deck —a set of question prompts designed to spark critical thinking and creative problem-solving. As we sat at dinner, he thoughtfully worked through the questions, applying them to his budding online business selling laser-cut creations he designs and produces himself on his Glowforge Pro.

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Loyalty Programs Are More Than Just Repeat Business

Innovation Excellence

The Hidden Revenue Engine GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Loyalty programs have evolved far beyond their humble beginnings as simple earn and burn points systems. While many still view them primarily as marketing tools to drive repeat business, todays loyalty programs have become sophisticated revenue engines that can significantly impact a companys bottom line.

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How We Use IdeaScale to Build a Better IdeaScale

IdeaScale

At IdeaScale, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere and that belief doesn't just shape the product we build. It shapes how we build it. That's why our product roadmap ideation and selection process is public - at ideas.ideascale.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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The Economic Case for Saving Human Jobs

Faisal Hoque

As AI expands, businesses face a critical choice about the future of workand society. Few periods in modern history have been as unsettled and uncertain as the one that we are living through now. The established geopolitical order is facing its greatest challenges in decades, with a land war in Europe entering its third year and shifting power dynamics upending what were once settled relationships across the globe.

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Food Innovation Unwrapped: Trends Reshaping the Industry

Qmarkets

The global food industry is facing a moment of reckoning. Extreme weather, fragile supply chains, rising costs, and shifting consumer demands are converging to create urgent, system-wide pressure. In this environment, innovation is no longer a differentiatorits a necessity for survival and relevance. But food innovation isnt easy. The sector is burdened by complex regulations, legacy infrastructure, and often limited appetite for risk.

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How Emerging Technologies are Reshaping Business Ecosystems

Ecosystems4Innovating

Emerging Technologies are Reshaping Business Ecosystems I posted on my other site ( paul4innovating.com ) the growing influence of how different technologies are forming and shaping Business Ecosystems? The article outlines the dynamic interplay “ Chicken or the Egg? The Dynamic Interplay of Technology and Business Ecosystems “ The relationship between emerging technologies and business ecosystems is not a simple one-way street.

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Augmented vs Artificial Intelligence

eZassi

What is Augmented Intelligence (AI)? Augmented Intelligence (AI) is a conceptualization that focuses on AI's assistive role, emphasizing that AI should augment human decision-making and capabilities rather than replace them. It's also known as intelligence amplification (IA) or cognitive augmentation. Human-AI Partnership: Augmented intelligence is about creating a partnership between humans and AI to enhance cognitive performance, learning, and decision-making.

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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

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Navigating Radical Change

Faisal Hoque

How to survive and thrive in a world where nothing feels certain. In an era shaped by AI, economic instability, and geopolitical shifts, resilience has become essential. Discover the crucial foundations for turning uncertainty into opportunity. KEY POINTS Resilience is essential in an age of economic instability, AI, and global uncertainty. Success requires adaptability, strong networks, and emotional strength.

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What Is R&D Innovation? A Complete Guide

Qmarkets

Most companies treat innovation and R&D as separate efforts. One team focuses on long-term technical development, the other on short-term creative problem-solving or market disruption. This disconnect slows down progress, limits strategic impact, and leaves too much value on the table. Without alignment, great ideas rarely become viable productsand promising technologies often fail to solve the right problems.

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Conscious Capitalism: Business Beyond Profit with John Hewitt

The Bliss Business Podcast

What happens when a company stops chasing only profit and starts building with purpose? Join us on The Bliss Business Podcast for a powerful conversation with John Hewitt , legendary entrepreneur, founder of Jackson Hewitt , Liberty Tax , and now Loyalty Brands a franchise network built on trust, service, and mission-driven growth. Hosted by Stephen Sakach & Mike Liwski In this episode, well explore: How John has scaled multiple companies by leading with heart Why loyalty and community ar

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Seeing Things as They Cannot Be

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski When theres a big problem, the first step is to define whats causing it. To do that, based on an understanding of the physics, a sequence of events is proposed and then tested to see if it replicates the problem.

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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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How to Develop New Product Ideas: 8 Proven Strategies

ITONICS

Coming up with great product ideas is harder than it sounds. The market is crowded. Customers have high expectations. And competition moves fast. But the right strategies make idea generation easier. You dont need to guess what your target audience wants. You can create better product ideas with the right tools, feedback, and structure. This article covers eight proven strategies.

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Enterprise Architecture: A Framework for the Future

Qmarkets

Some companies generate strong ideas , hire exceptional talent, and execute effectivelyyet still struggle to scale. The issue often isnt a lack of vision or leadership. Its an enterprise architecture that hasnt evolved alongside the business. Without a flexible, well-structured architecture in place, even the most promising initiatives can stall. In this article, well explore how modern enterprise architecture serves as a strategic foundation for innovation and digital transformation and why upd

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Marketing With Purpose Kit: The Paradigm Shift—Marketing with Purpose

The Bliss Business Podcast

Marketing isnt just about being seenits about being felt. In Episode 2 of our Purpose-Driven Marketing series, we explore a powerful truth: People arent just looking for products. Theyre looking for meaning. And the brands that win? They dont just sellthey stand for something. 73% of consumers say theyre willing to pay more for products that align with purpose and sustainability.

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How to Leverage Haters to Your Advantage

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell What can be hardest about change, especially when we feel passionately about it, is that at some point, we need to accept that others will not embrace it. Not every change is for everybody.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Indecisive? Do You Know The Right Thing to Do, Yet Still Hesitate?

Michael Roberto

Source: Michigan Daily Have you ever found yourself "doom scrolling" on Netflix while your friend or spouse implores you to simply, "Pick something already!" Many of us have experienced this type of indecision. We are overwhelmed by choice in those cases. In other situations, we encounter equally good, or equally poor, courses of action, and we can't decide amongst these roughly comparable options.

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Cutting-EDGE Innovation at Forvis Mazars: Success Story Webinar

Qmarkets

Discover how Forvis Mazars integrates innovation into its corporate fabric, driving growth and resilience while managing the complexities of an international merger. Hear directly from the EDGE team about how they generated an incredible 58% engagement rate from an audience of over 7000 employees as part of a long term strategic innovation program.

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The Raccoon at the Picnic: Why Creativity Deserves a Seat at the Table

Carla Johnson

Today is World Creativity and Innovation Day, a time to celebrate that magical, messy, slightly chaotic force that turns “what ifs” into breakthroughs. And yes, its a real day. No, theres no cake (unless you make one shaped like a lightbulb, which I fully support).

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Teach AI to Work Like a Member of Your Team

Harvard Business Review

By reverse engineering your team’s workflow, you can customize generic AI tools to fit your processes.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Navigate Success: Key Strategic Planning Project Tools

Leapfrogging

Strategic planning projects are essential for any organization that aims to navigate towards success by setting long-term goals and objectives. These projects can help you ensure that your business remains focused and adaptable in a constantly changing environment. Defining Strategic Planning and Its Benefits Strategic planning is the process of defining your organization’s direction and making decisions on allocating resources to pursue this direction.

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From Dinosaur to Disruptor in Three Quotes

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton If youre leading a legacy business through uncertainty, pay attention. When The Cut asked, Can Simon & Schuster Become the A24 of Books? I expected puff-piece PR. What I read was a quiet masterclass in business transformationdelivered in three deceptively casual quotes from Sean Manning, Simon & Schusters new CEO.

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Love in the Workplace: What’s Consciousness Got to Do With It?

Tullio Siragusa

Love in the Workplace: Whats Consciousness Got to Do WithIt? In the business world, love might seem like an out-of-place wordtoo soft, too emotional, too personal. But what if we told you that love, in its truest and most conscious form, could be the single most powerful driver of organizational health, innovation, and long-term success? In a recent episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , we sat down with biologist and thought leader David Sloan Wilson to explore the intersection of consciousnes

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Research: When Leaders Express Positivity Early On, Employees Perform Better

Harvard Business Review

A study found that the timing and emotional tenor of a leader’s communication can significantly affect their team members’ performance.

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Unlock R&D Excellence: AI-Elevated Processes and Innovation Intelligence

R&D teams need smart processes and cutting-edge tools to stay ahead. Questel empowers R&D leaders with advanced solutions that accelerate workflows, improve decision-making, and deliver impactful results. Our AI-powered platform, Qthena, revolutionizes how you interact with scientific documents and patent literature. Analyze drawings, tables, and graphs instantly while generating strong invention disclosures in seconds—not hours.