Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 16, 2024

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Whatever your initiative, start with customer value. Whatever your project, base it on customer value. And whatever your new technology, you guessed it, customer value should be front and center. Whenever the discussion turns to customer value, expect confusion, disagreement, and, likely, anger.

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Planview

AUGUST 16, 2024

As organizations expand, administrative overhead can become a burden. Workers often struggle with manual tasks, and project managers struggle with incomplete data. Recognizing the uniqueness of each organization, especially their needs and unique challenges, a flexible PSA solution that integrates with existing business applications can streamline delivery.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

AUGUST 16, 2024

Integrated Frameworks of Innovation and Ecosystem Design and Thinking To reflect this need for today’s complex business dynamics, I have been revising and updating my integrated approaches to ecosystems through the updated positioning of the Composable Innovation Framework and then here in the Interconnected Business Ecosystem Framework. The emphasis on interconnected combines deeper integrated thinking.

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Michael Roberto

AUGUST 16, 2024

Source: Superbeings Effective leaders do not just articulate their goals clearly and concisely; they test for alignment repeatedly. Did their message get through clearly to those several levels below them in the organizational hierarchy? Do middle managers and front-line employees understand the priorities, and do they know what is expected of them?

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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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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2024

The discipline of archery, with training that emphasizes purposeful practice, mindful focus, mental toughness, and adaptability, offers useful lessons for business leaders. Just as archers break the skill of using a bow and arrow to hit a target from distance into component parts, such as stance or aim, executives can break the task of “becoming a better leader” into specific, actionable, and manageable steps.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2024

Not everyone can be the first choice for a job. But recent research has found that when a new employee finds out or perceives they were not the top pick, it can have cascading negative impacts on their feelings of acceptance and belonging, as well as their willingness to seek important feedback from their team. In this article, the researchers share their findings and offer tips for managers and leaders looking to support alternate choice hires and help them to thrive.

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