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An Innovation Manager’s Role as System Architect

HYPE Innovation

Building a repeatable, scalable innovation capability often involves turning to well-established frameworks or standardsyet a standard alone doesnt magically elevate performance. The real game-changer lies in how leaders shape, introduce, and sustain these systems.

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How to Make Your Team’s Work More Visible

Harvard Business Review

Showcasing their contributions is essential for their success — and yours.

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Is it Time to ReLearn to Work?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore In white-collar industries where remote work is not only viable but often highly productive, we are still struggling to find a post-pandemic formula for integrating office attendance into our weekly routine. Continuing to waffle, however, does no one any good, so we need to get on with things.

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9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2025 and Beyond

Harvard Business Review

Gartner research has identified three key challenges for company leaders in the coming year: 1) New demands for a future-ready workforce; 2) The evolving role of managers, and 3) Emerging talent risks for the organization. Within these challenges they offer nine predictions that address ongoing organizational concerns around technology, collaboration, employee retention, AI, knowledge management, and more.

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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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Innovating Is Not Only an Option; It Is a Responsibility

HYPE Innovation

I SO 56001, the certifiable standard for innovation management systems, has now been published. This milestone represents over 15 years of collaborative efforts in international standardization. I have been fortunate to be involved in this project from the very beginning.

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Process Improvement Examples: Actionable Ideas for Quality, Efficiency & More | KaiNexus

Kainexus

When leaders consider implementing a structured business process improvement methodology , one of the challenges they often face is explaining to employees what types of opportunities to consider. Usually, there are some apparent needs that people attack immediately. Still, once those are addressed, it can be challenging to recognize the flaws in processes, especially ones you operate every day.

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2025 Predictions for the Automotive Industry: A Software-Driven Future

Planview

The automotive industry is at a pivotal moment. As we enter 2025, automakers are navigating a rapidly shifting landscape shaped by technological innovation, electrification, and evolving consumer expectations. This year promises to bring transformative changes , driven by the software-defined vehicles (SDVs) challenge, the push to be profitable, and the convergence of automotive and technology ecosystems.

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A Systems Approach — Changing Our Innovation Game and Mindsets

HYPE Innovation

My innovation journey started decades ago. Two pivotal events influenced my view of the world and how important innovation could be for a better one: (1) a course on designing systemic change about the Why, the What and the How of making change happen, and (2) participating in a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)-led academic research project. Notably, this research started in 1995, spanned two decades and resulted in important findings about how to build a capability for adjacent and breakt

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Rethinking Leadership: The Transformative Power of Emotional Intelligence

Tullio Siragusa

Rethinking Leadership: The Transformative Power of Emotional Intelligence Its not every day you come across a conversation that makes you rethink how leadership and business intersect, but thats exactly what happened during an episode of The Bliss Business Podcast. We had the privilege of hosting Blair Carey, Managing Partner at Inside CRO, whose approach to emotional intelligence (EQ) offers a compelling roadmap for fostering trust, connection, and sustainable growth in the workplace.

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Innovation or Not – The VR Path to the Super Bowl

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia In the competitive arena of sports, athletes and coaches are perpetually seeking the next edge, the innovative stroke of genius that will propel them towards success. Enter Jayden Daniels, a pioneer quarterback who has embraced one of the most cutting-edge tools in sports performance enhancement: Virtual Reality (VR) training.

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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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From Insights to Impact: The Journey of an Idea in Innovation Management

IdeaScale

Every groundbreaking innovation starts with a single sparkan idea. But not every idea reaches its full potential. The difference between fleeting thoughts and transformative innovation lies in how those ideas are managed. Innovation management provides the framework to guide ideas from insights to impact, ensuring that great concepts dont get lost along the way.

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Restructuring Customer Success and Product Departments to Maximize Client Impact

Qmarkets

We are excited to share significant organizational changes designed to enhance both customer success and product strategy, positioning Qmarkets for continued innovation and excellence in 2025 and beyond. By splitting our customer success & product division into two distinct departments were sharpening our focus on delivering greater value to clients and elevating the cutting-edge solutions we provide.

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Mindfulness in the Workplace: A New Era of Leadership

Tullio Siragusa

Mindfulness in the Workplace: A New Era of Leadership When relentless innovation, rapid technological advances, and the constant pressure to meet KPIs, mindfulness may seem like a luxury. But as Ram Ganesan, co-founder of Kaboom AI, highlighted in a recent episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , it is exactly whats needed to foster sustainable success in todays high-pressure business environments.

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The Real Winners of Mega Events

Innovation Excellence

From the Super Bowl to Rock Concerts GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Fans who attend major sporting events and concerts may have memories to last a lifetime. The owners of the sports teams and producers of major music events may smile as they look at a sold-out crowd.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Sustainability Innovation in Agriculture

eZassi

A Path to Sustainable Growth: Conservation and Biodiversity in Corporate Food Production In a world increasingly aware of the environmental impact of human activity, the corporate food industry stands at a critical crossroads. Agriculture and food production are among the largest contributors to biodiversity loss, deforestation, and climate change. Yet, they also hold immense potential to drive meaningful innovative change by embracing conservation-focused practices and prioritizing biodiversity

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What is Radical Innovation? Examples, Stages, and Strategies for Success

Qmarkets

Radical innovation isnt just about thinking outside the boxits about creating an entirely new box. From the advent of the internet to the development of CRISPR gene-editing technology, this type of innovation has transformed industries and reshaped the way we live, work, and interact. As the acclaimed American management consultant Peter Drucker once said, If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.

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How to Communicate like a Leader Worth Following

Rmukesh Gupta

In this short video, I talk about how every piece of communication could be used to do one of three things: 1. Inform (share information or updates, etc) 2. Influence (Work towards changing the recipients thinking, beliefs or Behavior) 3. Inspire (Transfer of energy, enthusiasm or Hope). You would be better off, if you knew the purpose of each piece of your communication as the way you structure your speech / email / presentation would be very different if its purpose were to inform vs influence

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Is Your Problem Bigger Than Its Seems?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If words and actions are different, believe the actions. If the words change over time, dont put stock in the person delivering them. If a good friend doesnt trust someone, neither should you.

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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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The Role of Empathy in Leadership with Shane Evans

The Bliss Business Podcast

Join us live on The Bliss Business Podcast as we welcome Shane Evans , Co-Founder and CEO of Heights Wellness Retreat (formerly Massage Heights ), for an inspiring conversation about how empathy can transform leadership and drive meaningful impact. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 11:00 AM PST In this episode, Shane shares: + How empathy has shaped her personal leadership journey + Strategies for fostering trust and connection across teams and franchises + The role of purpose in rebranding and scalin

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TRANSCEND: Readers’ Favorite Review

Faisal Hoque

TRANSCEND presents an illuminating, practical perspective, equipping readers to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the AI era. Reviewed by Carol Thompson for Readers’ Favorite TRANSCEND: Unlocking Humanity in the Age of AI by Faisal Hoque is an exploration of the complex and evolving relationship between humans and artificial intelligence (AI).

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A fear of missing out will drive you towards Business Ecosystems models

Ecosystems4Innovating

The Yin and Yang of Business- opportunity and risk. Image Adobe Are we seeing increasing complexity within the business world? The search for growth is having real impact from changing political realities, regulatory and market conditions. We are in a fractured and polarized world at present and we all have to adapt and change how we go about our business.

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Beating the Bougainvillea Blues

Innovation Excellence

Why cutting back can sometimes be the best innovation option GUEST POST from John Bessant Every year about this time we move southwards. Like very late swallows. Desperately seeking some of the yellow stuff to help recharge our solar cells and thaw out frozen fingers.

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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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Learn the Idea to Implementation Process So that You Turn Thoughts into Reality

innosabi Innovation Insights

Every groundbreaking invention, every transformative project, every life-altering decision starts in the same place: an idea. It could hit you at the most unexpected momentmaybe while youre sipping your morning coffee or during a late-night conversation with a friend. Suddenly, your brain lights up, connecting dots you didnt even know existed. You feel a […] Der Beitrag Learn the Idea to Implementation Process So that You Turn Thoughts into Reality erschien zuerst auf innosabi.

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How to Build a Lasting Innovation Management System with ISO 56001

HYPE Innovation

I n a world where innovation has often been equated with bursts of creativity or risky leaps of faith, organizations are starting to rethink their approach. The question on the table isnt just how to innovate, but how to sustain ithow to make innovation as predictable and enduring as financial planning or supply chain management.

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Scaling With Purpose Kit: Purpose and Employee Engagement

The Bliss Business Podcast

Purpose at Work: Connecting Employees to a Greater Mission Join us for the latest episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , brought to you by aiCMO.io and Zero Company , as we explore Purpose and Employee Engagement how connecting employees to your organizations purpose can transform your business. In this episode of the Scaling with Purpose Kit series, hosts Stephen and Tullio discuss: Why purpose is the missing piece to driving engagement, satisfaction, and retention How to show employees the c

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The Breakthrough Lifecycle

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Many experts suspect that the COVID crisis is receding into the background. It is, of course, hard to know for sure. There will continue to be debate and we will still need to have some mitigating measures in place.

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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.

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13 Best Practices for Effective Project Portfolio Management in 2025

ITONICS

Imagine trying to conduct an orchestra without a score. Each musician might play beautifully, but without coordination, the result would be chaos. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) serves as the conductors baton, unifying diverse projects into a harmony that resonates. For project managers, project management brings clarityturning scattered tasks into a cohesive roadmap.

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Employees See Middle Managers as an Organization’s Moral Compass

Harvard Business Review

Asked for their examples of moral business leadership, as might be expected hundreds of MBA students described well-known CEOs, whose extraordinary actions we certainly can learn from (individuals such as Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia and Ratan Tata of the Tata Group). More frequently, however, respondents provided recollections about their own bosses (current and former) and the tangibility of how these middle managers made a meaningful difference in the lives of their teams and upheld the moral

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Pivotal Shifts: Innovating To Differentiate

Stephen Shapiro

I had the great pleasure of joining Tony Martignetti on “The Virtual Campfire” podcast. Here’s the description of our episode. Stephen Shapiro joins Tony Martignetti to share his incredible journey of overcoming adversity and the importance of pivotal shifts in finding deeper meaning in his life and work. From his early passion for music, his dream of becoming a game show host, to his pivotal realization that he wanted to guide companies towards growth, Stephen looks back on hi

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Innovative Ideas which were just Too Radical

Destination Innovation

Here are ten examples of innovative ideas that were initially rejected because they were considered outlandish or ridiculous but were later adopted. Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine (1837) : Babbage’s concept of a mechanical computer, the Analytical Engine, was ahead of its time and never completed due to lack of funding and technical challenges.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.