Qmarkets
APRIL 17, 2025
Explore how innovation fuels business resilience during a recession. Learn why pausing innovation is a costly mistakeand how to unlock value, efficiency, and growth even in a downturn. In times of economic uncertainty, innovation budgets are often the first to get cut. But holding off on innovationespecially on tools like an innovation management platformis a costly strategic error.
Phil McKinney
APRIL 14, 2025
In the world of innovation, we celebrate moments of creative insight. The lightbulb moments. The ideas that seem to appear from nowhere. But after decades in the innovation trenches, I've learned a humbling truth: the unglamorous virtue of dependability has been the true differentiator in my career. Let me take you back to a pivotal moment that shaped my entire professional trajectory.
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Qmarkets
APRIL 16, 2025
Every successful product we take for granted today was once an untested idea. Some began as bold bets that redefined entire categories. Others were subtle adjustments that quietly captured market sharebut ultimately shifted the competitive playing field. Understanding what makes these products successful isnt just about inspirationits about strategy.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 12, 2025
Drum roll please At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?
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.
Planview
APRIL 14, 2025
I’m excited to launch Eye on Innovation, a brand-new series on the Planview Blog. With these reports, well connect you with what were doing at Planview and the market at large, echoing our conversations with highly effective teams and leaders at companies around the world. Beyond that, well review whats new and notable across Planviews solutions and how these capabilities enable you to reach your most critical objectives.
Digital Tonto
APRIL 13, 2025
The dumbest thing anybody ever said about change is that you want to start by creating a sense of urgency. If the change is truly urgent then everyone already know it. The reason why so many change leaders cling to this "burning platform" mentality is because it ennobles the change leader, not the change itself. Its been roughly 25 years since Clayton Christensen inaugurated the disruptive era and what he initially intended to describe as a special case has been implemented as if it were a gener
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Innovation Excellence
APRIL 17, 2025
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping customer service and customer experience faster than we could ever imagine. But some are getting it wrong. While everyones racing to implement AI, many are missing the most important part keeping the human element alive.
Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 17, 2025
Feeling trapped, break out of the box with Innovation Business Ecosystems I have been investing a growing amount of time in building my understanding of Business Ecosystems and from one of my AI chats I really do get some wonderful “nuggets” of thinking. It does continue to amaze me within a stream of exchanges or prompts how you are sparked into another strand of thinking that continues to build your understanding or simplify a part that can be complicated to explain.
Acuvate
APRIL 14, 2025
Held from March 31 to April 4 in Hannover, Germany, Hannover Messe 2025 once again solidified its position as the worlds foremost trade fair for industrial technology. With the theme Energizing a Sustainable Industry, this years event focused not only on showcasing cutting-edge advancements across the manufacturing value chain but also emphasized the pressing need for sustainability and resilience in the industrial landscape.
Leapfrogging
APRIL 17, 2025
What is Net Promoter Score? Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a widely used customer experience and loyalty metric that helps businesses assess how likely their customers are to recommend their product, service, or brand to others. Introduced by Fred Reichheld in 2003, NPS is based on a simple yet powerful premise: customers willingness to promote a brand is a key indicator of satisfaction, loyalty, and future growth.
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.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 15, 2025
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Its easy to get complacent about your strategy skills. After all, our yearly strategic planning processes result in quarterly strategic priorities that require daily strategic decisions. So, its reasonable to assume that we know what were doing when it comes to strategy development. Ill admit I did.
Planview
APRIL 17, 2025
At the inaugural Project to Product (P2P) Summit in 2024, Greschen Powell, a seasoned leader with over 26 years at FedEx, delivered an insightful presentation on how organizations can accelerate value delivery using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Value Stream Management (VSM). Powells talk provides a clear roadmap for boosting speed-to-market while staying aligned with strategic goals.
Ecosystems4Innovating
APRIL 15, 2025
The Connected Need for Business Ecosystems in Mid Sized Firms We are in times of (big) change in our businesses and their future approaches By embracing the call to “be bold enough to build differently,” mid-sized businesses can transform economic challenges into strategic opportunities through thoughtful ecosystem development. Mid-sized businesses face unprecedented challenges in today’s economic landscape.
Leapfrogging
APRIL 17, 2025
What is Pay-Per-Click Strategy? Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing is a digital advertising model where advertisers pay a fee each time their ad is clicked. Its a way of buying visits to your website rather than attempting to earn those visits organically. PPC is most commonly associated with search engines like Google Ads and Bing Ads , but it also includes social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram, as well as display networks and eCommerce platforms like Amazon.
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Tullio Siragusa
APRIL 14, 2025
Creating Joy, One Bird at a Time: Lessons in Leadership What does it take to build a business that brings people joynot just once, but over a lifetime? In this episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , we met Jim Carpenter, founder and CEO of Wild Birds Unlimited, the largest backyard bird feeding and nature specialty franchise in North America. With over 350 locations, Jim has done more than sell bird feedershes fostered a movement rooted in connection, joy, and nature.
Acuvate
APRIL 14, 2025
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly autonomous and embedded in decision-making, traditional governance models rooted in static rules and manual oversight are proving insufficient. Agentic AI governance emerges as a modern solutionone that enables AI systems to operate within predefined ethical, operational, and security parameters while autonomously self-regulating and escalating issues for human review when necessary.
eZassi
APRIL 14, 2025
Predicting Disaster: How AI Can Prevent Aviation Tragedies Before They Happen The aviation industry has recently faced a troubling surge in helicopter and airplane accidents, shaking confidence and reminding executives that even small oversights can lead to catastrophic outcomes. In aviation, safety isn’t merely a priority; it’s the very foundation upon which trust and reputations are built.
Leapfrogging
APRIL 15, 2025
What is the Critical Path Chart? A Critical Path Chart is a project management tool that outlines the sequence of crucial tasks that must be completed on time to ensure a project finishes by its deadline. It visually represents the longest stretch of dependent activities and calculates the minimum duration required to complete the project. By identifying tasks that have zero slackmeaning any delay would delay the entire projectit highlights where project managers need to focus their attention to
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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.
The Bliss Business Podcast
APRIL 16, 2025
In a noisy digital world, real connection is your biggest competitive advantage. In this weeks episode of the Scaling with Purpose Kit , we explore how mission-led brands build movementsnot just marketing. Its about more than product or performanceits about creating belonging. How to attract customers and partners who believe in your mission The power of transparency and shared experiences How REIs bold Opt Outside campaign became a purpose-driven movement Practical strategies for activating yo
Michael Roberto
APRIL 14, 2025
Source: Doyenhub Software Solution Most of the attention on AI these days seems to focus on how it can make us more productive, as well as how it may even displace some workers whose tasks can now be automated. However, a new study examines a slightly different question. It explores whether AI can change the nature of work. Might we engage in different activities as a result of the impact of AI, and might we even have more time to do what we truly love to do?
innosabi Innovation Insights
APRIL 17, 2025
What is considered an innovative company? When most people think of innovative companies, their minds jump to cutting-edge technologies and flashy product launches. But in 2025, true innovation goes far beyond R&D labs and software releases. It shows up in the way companies rethink processes, reshape organizational culture, and reimagine how they deliver […] Der Beitrag Inside the Minds (and Systems) of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies in 2025 erschien zuerst auf innosabi.
Leapfrogging
APRIL 15, 2025
What is the Plan of Record? A Plan of Record (PoR) is a formally approved strategic document that serves as the single source of truth for a companys planned initiatives, projects, and priorities over a specific time frame. It consolidates all agreed-upon projects that align with business objectives and budgeted resources, creating a reference point for tracking execution and managing change.
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
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 13, 2025
GUEST POST from David Burkus It may seem like leaders need to have all the answers. Presumably, they became leaders by being smart, hardworking individual contributors who had the answers most of the time. But while knowing what to do is important, great leaders believe that knowing what questions to ask is even more vital.
ITONICS
APRIL 15, 2025
Where would we all be without Facebooks Like button? Or the hashtag that originated on Twitter and is now driving content discovery and conversation on virtually every social media platform? Or Spotifys Discover Weekly playlist? Or how about the leading live streaming platform for gamers, Twitch? Well, we may collectively be spending less time online.
Qmarkets
APRIL 15, 2025
Many organizations begin their continuous improvement journey with enthusiasmpilot teams are energized, early wins are celebrated, and leadership gets on board. But too often, momentum fades. Improvements become sporadic, initiatives lose focus, and teams fall back into old routines. To avoid this cycle, businesses need more than good intentions. They need structure.
Leapfrogging
APRIL 15, 2025
What are Critical Success Factors? Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are the essential elements, activities, or conditions that must be executed effectively for a project or organization to achieve its mission and strategic goals. They serve as a blueprint that helps project teams and business leaders prioritize focus areas, allocate resources, and evaluate progress.
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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.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 14, 2025
GUEST POST from Greg Satell When I lived in Moscow, my gym was just a five-minute walk from my flat. So rather than use a locker, I would just run over in my shorts and a jacket no matter what the weather was. The locals thought I was crazy.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 18, 2025
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Qmarkets
APRIL 14, 2025
Some of the most effective ways to improve performance are already known by your employees lean continuous improvement helps bring those ideas to the surface and turn them into results. Its not about dramatic overhauls; its about continuous, strategic refinements that build lasting momentum. This approach empowers teams to identify inefficiencies, test solutions, and deliver results that scale.
Leapfrogging
APRIL 15, 2025
What is Stakeholder Analysis – Group Level? Stakeholder Analysis Group Level is a structured method used to identify, assess, and manage the different stakeholder groups that influence or are affected by a project. Rather than focusing on individuals, this template examines collective stakeholder categories such as departments, customer segments, suppliers, or regulatory bodies.
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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