Idea to Value

AUGUST 6, 2024

How you prioritise your work is one of the major ways you determine what you get done. Different people require different times and schedules to do their best work. According to influential tech founder and investor Paul Graham in his 2009 essay, there are two major types of schedules that different people require to work effectively: Makers: Makers are the people who are creating new things (whether it is a design, code, innovative solution concept, scientific formula or piece of art) and solvi

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 6, 2024

Embracing Innovation Ecosystems for Evolution and Revolution My definition of innovation ecosystems is that they, “innovation ecosystems are dynamic, interconnected networks of diverse actors and resources that come together to collaborate to drive innovation opportunity and create a more compelling value.” They are progressively replacing “just” innovation as this tends to be housed in one organization, to be developed and delivered on the resources and insights they hav

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Destination Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2024

In his stimulating and provocative book, Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman gives this advice – originality lies on the far side of unoriginality. The principle is that if you want to be innovative and unconventional it is probably better to serve your time learning a conventional skill before branching out on your own creative route. Pablo Picasso started with traditional academic art training, but later co-founded the Cubism movement, revolutionizing the way we perceive and represent reali

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 6, 2024

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton As a leader in your organization, you’re under tremendous stress. Not only do you need to deliver against a “growth strategy” that demands constant increases in revenue and profit, but you also need to cut costs and support employees who are more disengaged and burned out than ever before.

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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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ImagineNation

AUGUST 6, 2024

The impact of disruption, hyperconnectivity, and uncertainty, coupled with the pace of change, causes many people to feel fearful and anxious. Causing them to become defensive and reactive and ‘go under’ emotionally and ‘go inwards’ cognitively, often by ruminating about their past and what bad things may happen in the future. Dwelling on past mistakes, failures, and poor performance also causes them to disengage emotionally, take flight and move away, avoid taking action, fight, or freeze and

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Ecosystems4Innovating

AUGUST 6, 2024

The need to elevate Business Partner Ecosystems In today’s complex business landscape, leveraging partner ecosystems offers a competitive edge. Building an effective partner ecosystem in systematic stages in thinking and design becomes increasingly critical, to build the mindset, skills and understanding of what this means in undertaking to yield the level of return in different routes to growth and value.

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Focused Momentum

AUGUST 6, 2024

Data is front and center in today's management team meetings. This is not new. We fell in love with dashboards years ago. What is surprising is that its growth is continuing. The global data analytics market is projected to reach $234 billion by 2028, a 13.6% Compounded Annual Growth Rate.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2024

Stablecoins — cryptocurrencies pegged to an external currency — have the potential to rewire the global financial system, and expose banking and finance to new digital competition. Now, there is intensifying competition among stablecoin issuers, prominent digital wallet providers, and traditional banks, each racing to establish their platform as the dominant one.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Society for Human Resource Management’s decision to remove “equity” from its DEI framework sets a dangerous precedent that flies in the face of decades of research.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2024

How can Coursera continuously improve its GenAI-enabled offerings to stay competitive as the technology evolves?

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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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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2024

A conversation with Michigan Ross’s Lindy Greer and Christina Bradley on handling uncomfortable situations.

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