Innovation Excellence
JUNE 17, 2024
GUEST POST from Greg Satell In the recession that followed the dotcom crash in 2000, the United States lost five million manufacturing jobs and, while there has been an uptick in recent years, all indications are that they may never be coming back.
Planview
JUNE 17, 2024
Choosing the best strategic portfolio management (SPM) solution for your enterprise can be tough, but it’s a topic at the forefront of many business leaders’ minds. In research conducted by Economist Impact, commissioned by Planview , 86% of executives believe their organization needs to improve accountability in strategy implementation. However, according to Gartner, “only 13% of organizations have done the work to gain high effectiveness with the three attributes of strategic portfolio managem
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Tullio Siragusa
JUNE 17, 2024
Why Self-Management Begins with Purpose and Values Self-managed organizations are increasingly heralded as the future of work, promising greater innovation, flexibility, and employee engagement. But before a company can successfully transition to self-management, it must first establish a clear sense of purpose and a set of shared values. Without these foundational elements, self-management initiatives are likely to flounder.
Stephen Shapiro
JUNE 17, 2024
After two and a half years in the making, PIVOTAL: Creating Stability in an Uncertain World launches today! If you want to learn more about the content of the book’s content, go here. I started writing the book in October 2021, and it took me nearly a year and a half to complete the first draft. The first round of beta readers (about a dozen innovation experts) reviewed the initial version in February 2023.
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.
Brunner
JUNE 17, 2024
B2B marketing leaders from all types of industries shared insights, examples, and light-bulb moments about the latest in B2B thinking at this year’s ANA Masters of B2B Marketing Conference last week in Naples, Fla. Here are some key takeaways on hot topics, including C-suite alignment, brand-to-demand, AI tools, and the growing importance of Latino audiences.
Michael Roberto
JUNE 17, 2024
Forrester Research recently released its annual Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) rankings. The results are dismal. The chart below shows that the index has reached a new low. The scores probably do not surprise shoppers who have had some poor experiences lately. On the other hand, you might be puzzled a bit given that many company leaders talk obsessively about customer obsession.
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Christensen Institute
JUNE 17, 2024
The current health care ecosystem incentivizes provider organizations to perform services that treat illness instead of those that keep people healthy. Many people think of health in terms of medical care and physical health, or simply, the absence of sickness, but that isn’t a complete perspective. The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 17, 2024
More than four years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, what do we know about how meetings have (or haven’t) gotten back to “normal,” particularly amid calls back to the office? An analysis of 40 million virtual meetings from 11 organizations suggests that some habits, like using virtual meeting options even when in the office, are sticking. Further, data shows that meeting participation and camera usage correlates with retention.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 17, 2024
Major retailers are today, most notably Amazon, are creating and operating their own advertising platforms — and they’re making millions doing it. McKinsey estimates that by 2026, retail media will add $1.3 trillion to enterprise values in the U.S. alone, with profit margins between 50% and 70%. In this article, the authors introduce readers to the main kinds of retail media, discuss three strategic challenges that they present, and provide guidance for effectively managing those challenges.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 17, 2024
Don’t let the opportunity you’ve identified come to nothing.
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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