Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 3, 2024
(According to Seth Godin) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton It’s that time of year again – the annual ritual of strategic planning. But as Seth Godin points out in “How to Avoid Strategy Myopia,” we often mistake annual budgets and operational efficiency plans for true strategy.
eZassi
DECEMBER 3, 2024
The Transformative Impact of Robotics on Industry Automation- Revolutionizing Efficiency, Precision, and Innovation Across Sectors Robotics and industrial automation are at the heart of Industry 4.0, revolutionizing manufacturing in recent years. These technologies dramatically enhance versatility and reliability, allowing businesses to adapt quickly to changing demands while maintaining utmost precision and efficiency to streamline operations, reduce downtimes, and optimize resource usage.
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Qmarkets
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Did you know inefficient business processes cost companies up to 30% of their revenue? (source: Forbes ) This staggering figure highlights how small inefficiencies can ripple through an organization, creating significant financial losses and operational setbacks. Enter Lean Six Sigma Management (LSSM), a proven methodology that combines the best of two worlds: Lean’s focus on reducing waste and Six Sigma’s emphasis on quality and consistency.
Wellspring
DECEMBER 3, 2024
In an ideal world, we could push a button to get excellent ideas any time we need them, and then implement them with confidence. Unfortunately, innovative ideas dont tend to behave like that. They have a reputation for being elusive, more like events that happen to us, rather than thoughts we formulate.
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.
The Bliss Business Podcast
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Building on our recent exploration of Radical Candor, this week on The Bliss Business Podcast, were taking communication to the next level with a focus on Feedforwarda transformative approach that shifts conversations from past mistakes to future possibilities. What Youll Learn: + How to replace criticism with actionable, forward-looking suggestions + Why "feedforward" fosters collaboration, trust, and accountability + Practical strategies to incorporate this technique into leadership and team
ITONICS
DECEMBER 3, 2024
With all the innovation methods available today, it can be challenging for business leaders to tell the difference between what is overhyped and what will actually benefit their company. Luckily, the Gartner Hype Cycle for Innovation Practices provides an extensive assessment of 35 innovation practices.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 3, 2024
by Braden Kelley and Art Inteligencia In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are recognizing the importance of not just their customers’ experience, but also their employees’ The concept of employee experience encompasses every touchpoint a worker encounters from recruitment to retirement.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 3, 2024
A conversation with marketing experts Kathryn Jacob and Sue Unerman on thinking outside the box every day.
Kainexus
DECEMBER 3, 2024
When people think of structured continuous improvement methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma , they usually associate them with manufacturing. However, these days, financial services firms, under immense pressure to reduce operational costs and improve efficiencies and effectiveness, are embracing formal continuous improvement programs. Many of the most popular methodologies can easily be tailored to the needs of financial services firms.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Sponsor content from Schneider Electric.
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
Innovating4Energy
DECEMBER 3, 2024
This has been a hard year for me in my Energy engagements. What really triggered me to go even deeper into my energy shell was this year was the outcomes of the CoP28 followed by CoP29. I wrote a piece “ dealing with the raw emotions of the CoP28 event “- it really did “push my buttons”. So much advice and pursuit of making the Energy transition changes seem to be tackled (and defended) from such narrow country or specific energy perspectives you can be in real danger of losing your engagement.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 3, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s recently announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by business leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, is creating ripples in Washington. While the idea that the sprawling federal government bureaucracy is in need of a shake-up may be appealing to many Americans, efficiency — the essence of capitalism — might not be the right approach for the public sector.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 3, 2024
If you’ve never interviewed someone before and are now tasked with doing so, don’t worry. Like any other skill, you can master “job interviewing” with practice. Here’s some advice that can fast-track your learning: (1) Prior to conducting the interview, identify what skills the candidate must have versus what skills can be taught on the job; (2) Make sure your questions prompt candidates to share specific examples; (3) Practice with a peer beforehand, and ask them to give you difficult answers s
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