Thu.Dec 19, 2024

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From Chaos to Clarity: The Power of Structured Idea Management

IdeaScale

Innovation is the lifeblood of any thriving organization. Yet, without structure, the process of capturing, evaluating, and implementing ideas can quickly descend into chaos. Disconnected brainstorming sessions, unorganized feedback, and overlooked contributions often lead to missed opportunities.

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We Are in an Employee Experience Recession

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken The title of this article is very similar to the title of the first chapter of John DiJulius and David Murrays latest book, The Employee Experience Revolution. As the world emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic, many employees realized what made them happyand unhappy.

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Customer-Driven Innovation vs. Internal NPD: The Framework to Balance

ITONICS

80% of innovations fail because they fail to align with customer needs or internal capabilities. Despite the billions invested in innovation each year, many companies struggle to balance listening to their customers and leveraging their internal expertise. On the one hand, customer-driven innovation focuses on developing innovative solutions based on customer requests, the pain points of end users, and insights from the customer journey.

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Digital Twins Aren’t Just for Big Businesses

Harvard Business Review

Digital twins enable businesses to repeatedly simulate and optimize complex multivariable problems, cutting the learning costs that come with experimenting in the physical world. Once the exclusive province of big business, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can now use AI to advanced digital twins that enable them to repeatedly simulate and optimize complex multivariable problems.

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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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Empathetic Marketing: Connecting with Customers Beyond the Sale

The Bliss Business Podcast

Empathetic Marketing: Connecting with Customers Beyond the Sale In a special broadcast brought to you by the creators of AI CMO by Zero Company, were diving into a concept thats transforming the way brands build relationships with their audiences: Empathetic Marketing. When marketing shifts from selling to truly understanding the human behind the consumer, it creates trust, loyalty, and authentic connections.

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Why Your Finance Team Should Help Make Big AI Decisions

Harvard Business Review

The companies that succeed with AI arent necessarily those with the most advanced models or the largest data sets theyre the ones that bring together diverse expertise to make the smartest decisions. Finance, with its ability to ascertain value, ensure accountability, and provide an objective perspective, plays an indispensable role in making AI investments truly pay off.

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HBR’s Most Popular Podcast Episodes of 2024

Harvard Business Review

AI skills, setting boundaries, capturing value, and more — these eight conversations resonated most with our listeners this year.