Sat.Mar 01, 2025 - Fri.Mar 07, 2025

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The Hidden Dangers of AI Tool Adoption: A Program Manager’s Guide

Idea to Value

I keep telling clients: just because a new AI tool is exciting, DO NOT GIVE IT ACCESS TO YOUR COMPANY DATA without proper due diligence. In the fast-paced world of business technology, AI tools promise efficiency and innovation. However, as a program management and AI specialist, I’ve witnessed a concerning trend: organizations hastily implementing AI solutions without proper security vetting.

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Humanising agility to innovate

IdeaScale

Like many others, I invested time in isolation during the pandemic to engage in various online learning programs. As a highly credentialed coach who coaches many global Agile and SCRUM leaders in major international and local organisations, I enrolled in an Agile Coach Certification Program and enthusiastically attended all daily sessions.

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Turning Bold Ideas into Tangible Results

Innovation Excellence

Exclusive Interview with Robyn Bolton Innovation doesn’t happen without the right kind of leadership, it’s not all about the lightbulb moment or the idea that results.

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Go-to-Market Strategy Template for Business

Leapfrogging

What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Go-to-Market Strategy: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects A Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy is a structured plan that defines how a company will introduce a product or service to the market, attract customers, and achieve a competitive advantage. It outlines the target audience, value proposition, sales channels, marketing strategy, and pricing model to ensure a successful market entry.

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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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How to Build Your Own AI Assistant

Harvard Business Review

If you can describe a project in plain language, you have what it takes to customize a valuable AI assistant.

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Ambidextrous leadership: how to build future-proof business growth

IdeaScale

Greta Faccio1, Valentina Lorenzon21 Scientific consultant for innovation, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Turn Data into Meaningful Client Solutions with AI

Leapfrogging

Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands as a game-changer in the realm of business consulting. By incorporating AI into your practices, you can revolutionize the way you approach client solutions, making your services more effective and insightful. Embracing AI to Transform Client Solutions Introducing AI into your consulting practice can elevate the quality of your client engagements.

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FORO: The Fear of Reaching Out

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Weve all experienced long hold times, repeating our story because we get transferred from one customer service rep to another, etc. Its an ugly customer service experience that gives many customers FORO, or the Fear of Reaching Out.

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FORCE FIELDS AND INNOVATION

IdeaScale

Introduction This paper relates selected multidirectional patterns of changeforce fieldsin the business environment to innovation strategy within the context of Zen philosophical principles. Three force fields are selected for brief evaluation: 1) domestic vs. global markets, 2) economic growth vs. environmental quality, and 3) entrepreneurs vs. customer base.

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Beyond the Bottom Line: Why Businesses Must Balance Profit with Social Responsibility

Tullio Siragusa

Beyond the Bottom Line: Why Businesses Must Balance Profit with Social Responsibility Success in business is often measured by revenue, market share, and quarterly growth. But what if the true measure of a companys impact goes beyond financial gains? What if businesses, at their best, are also forces for gooddriving social change, fostering human connection, and making the world better?

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

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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Position Your Consulting Practice as a Leader in AI-Driven Business Innovation

Leapfrogging

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the landscape of business consulting. By leveraging AI, you can fundamentally transform your consulting practice and gain a competitive edge in the market. Transforming Your Consulting Practice with AI Integrating AI into your consultancy can take your services to unprecedented levels by enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and predictive capabilities.

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12 Innovation Quotes and their Key Lessons for Business Success

Qmarkets

Genius is often sparked by a single ideabut turning that idea into real innovation takes insight, action, and the right mindset. Some of the most influential business leaders, analysts, economists, scientists and thinkers have shared powerful lessons on what it takes to drive meaningful change. Their words offer timeless wisdom on creativity, problem-solving, and the strategies behind business success.

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The Core Distinctiveness Of Business Ecosystems

Ecosystems4Innovating

The Core Distinctiveness of Business Ecosystems The need is to recognize that Business Ecosystems do need to be distinctive to succeed. They are complex and challenge much of what and how we undergo Business today. Business Ecosystems do matter. Briefly they can transform the linear value chains we have in place today and make them more dynamic value networks.

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Balancing Profit and Social Responsibility with Bea Boccalandro

The Bliss Business Podcast

Can businesses truly balance financial success with social impact, or does doing good mean sacrificing growth? The future of business belongs to companies that integrate purpose into their strategy not as a side initiative, but as a key driver of success. Join us LIVE on The Bliss Business Podcast as we welcome Bea Boccalandro , purpose-driven business expert, author of Do Good at Work , and advisor to Fortune 500 companies on making social responsibility a natural part of business operations.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

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.

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How Consultants Can Use AI to Drive Organizational Change

Leapfrogging

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the field of business consulting. By integrating AI into your practice, you can drive organizational change and unlock a myriad of benefits for your clients. Leveraging AI for Organizational Change AI can serve as a powerful catalyst for organizational change. The technology enables you to analyze vast amounts of data, uncovering insights that traditional methods might miss.

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How Continuous Improvement Powers Operational Excellence in Healthcare

Kainexus

Healthcare leaders are increasingly striving to embed the principles of operational excellence and continuous improvement in their organizations. While these concepts are closely related, it's crucial to understand that continuous improvement is a key pillar of a broader operational excellence strategy. Together, they empower clinical and operational staff to deliver safe, high-quality, reliable care and drive sustainable success.

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Unlocking the Potential of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Acuvate

In the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) stands out as a transformative approach. By merging external knowledge with Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG overcomes the limitations of static training datasets, resulting in more dynamic, accurate, and context-aware outputs. Why RAG Matters Traditional LLMs are constrained by the data available at their training time, leading to challenges in addressing recent developments or rapidly changing topi

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TRANSCEND: Book Nerdection Review

Faisal Hoque

This is not just a book for people in business or finance; its a book for everyone. Reviewed by Georgia Colgrave Nerdection Rating: Nerdection Must Read Reading this book is like opening a can of worms. I read the book, found myself intrigued, and made my merry way onto the internet to perform further research, only to find myself manifestly down the rabbit hole.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How Consultants Can Use AI to Identify and Mitigate Risks

Leapfrogging

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the consulting industry in remarkable ways, offering new methods to enhance your practices, methodologies, and client engagements. The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Consulting Artificial Intelligence is no longer a concept of the future; it’s a dynamic tool that is transforming the business consulting landscape.

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IA Chapter Chair Series – Meet Natalyia Becker

Innovators Alliance

Nataliya Becker brings a unique blend of executive coaching expertise and deep insights into group dynamics to her role as a Chapter Chair at Innovators Alliance. As the founder of her own boutique firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership development, and team facilitation, Nataliya has guided leaders and teams across industries, helping them achieve transformative growth and sustainable performance.

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Best Practices for Technology Discovery

eZassi

Technology discovery and scouting are essential activities for enterprise innovation programs and R&D departments to identify emerging technologies, startups, and market trends that can drive competitive advantage. Ezassi, a leader in open innovation management services, offers robust solutions for technology discovery and tech scouting reports, leveraging AI-powered tools and expert-driven processes to deliver actionable insights.

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Building Community and Connection in Business with Richie Huffman

The Bliss Business Podcast

Community is more than a buzzwordits the foundation of a thriving business. But how do you scale a brand while keeping human connection at the core? Join us LIVE on The Bliss Business Podcast as we welcome Richie Huffman, Founder & CEO of Celebree School , a leader in early childhood education who has built a thriving franchise by prioritizing relationships, trust, and meaningful engagement.

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The Benefits of Innovation in Times of Crisis

Innovation is key to overcoming crises. This guide outlines how businesses can navigate uncertainty by adapting strategies, embracing open innovation, and strengthening resilience. Learn how to reassess business models, engage external expertise, and build a robust innovation ecosystem. Explore the three phases of crisis response—from immediate adaptation to long-term transformation—and discover how collaboration accelerates progress while reducing costs.

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AI-Enhanced Organizational Change Strategies

Leapfrogging

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the field of change management, opening up new possibilities for business consultants. By integrating AI, you can streamline processes, gain deeper insights, and drive more effective organizational change. AI can analyze vast amounts of data quickly and accurately, providing valuable insights that would be impossible to achieve manually.

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IA Chapter Chair Series – Meet Nataliya Becker

Innovators Alliance

Nataliya Becker brings a unique blend of executive coaching expertise and deep insights into group dynamics to her role as a Chapter Chair at Innovators Alliance. As the founder of her own boutique firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership development, and team facilitation, Nataliya has guided leaders and teams across industries, helping them achieve transformative growth and sustainable performance.

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Innov8rs and Amadeus co-host leading event on Innovation in Travel on 5-6 June 2025

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Whilte travelling today is more affordable, accessible and convenient than ever before, the travel industry embraces disruptive technological advancements to meet the growing demand for a better, smoother and personalized travel experience. Travel is and always will be about connections: connecting people to places, cultures, friends, family, business opportunities, and so on.

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How to Master Innovation Frameworks So That You Drive Ideas for Business Growth

innosabi Innovation Insights

If youre reading this article, this is your sign to stop dreaming of innovation and start doing it. You’ve got the spark, but do you have the system? Because let’s be honest, a great idea without a great system is just wishful thinking. The difference between a fleeting thought and a market-disrupting innovation? A […] Der Beitrag How to Master Innovation Frameworks So That You Drive Ideas for Business Growth erschien zuerst auf innosabi.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Help Clients Achieve Operational Efficiency with AI

Leapfrogging

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way businesses operate, and as a business consultant, you stand to gain significantly by integrating AI into your practice. AI encompasses a wide range of technologies, from machine learning and natural language processing to data analytics and automation. By implementing AI, you can help your clients achieve operational efficiency, streamline processes, and make data-driven decisions.

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Scaling with Purpose Kit: Purpose as the Core of Business Operations

The Bliss Business Podcast

Purpose isnt just a guiding principleits a daily practice that transforms how businesses operate, how teams engage, and how customers connect. In this episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , we explore how embedding purpose into operations can streamline decision-making, enhance employee engagement, and create a ripple effect of impact. How aligning processes with purpose improves efficiency and trust The role of purpose-driven metrics in shaping long-term success Why empowering employees to

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Leaders Worth Following Know How to Design our Behaviors

Rmukesh Gupta

I read this post titled “The Door is Not the Problem” on GapingVoid blog and was reminded of a couple of things that are important to remember if we want to be a leader worth following. Firstly, we need to realize that our behavior is much more impacted by our environment than we think. Every element of design of a product or service or the way we design our environment (intentional or unintentional) – it has elements of affordances and signifiers (Affordances are what the desi

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FOCUS YOUR EMOTIONAL ENERGY

ImagineNation

When I exited my corporate career more than thirty-five years ago, I was privileged to be regarded and respected as the Fashion Direction Manager for the Grace Bros Department Store group, one of Australia’s most senior women in retail management. This launched my global reputation as a fashion and lifestyle marketing innovator. In this exciting role, I was responsible for designing and implementing a company-wide fashion information system for apparel, accessories, homeware, merchandising

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.