Faisal Hoque
JANUARY 6, 2025
As we step into 2025, creativity and innovation are no longer optionalthey are essential for navigating an increasingly complex and interconnected world. In Everything Connects, I explore how the greatest breakthroughs come from seeing relationships between people, ideas, and systems. Creativity is the spark that transforms uncertainty into opportunity.
Destination Innovation
JANUARY 9, 2025
Retail is a highly competitive sector of the economy. It has been characterised by major innovations and continuous evolution, driven by technological advancements and changing consumer preferences. Innovations from Years Gone By: Self-Service Stores (Early 20th Century) : Innovation : The concept of self-service stores, where customers could pick their own items rather than having a store clerk retrieve them, revolutionized retail.
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eZassi
JANUARY 8, 2025
A Guide to Business Model Innovation Business model innovation is a competitive strategy offering organizations a way to redefine their value proposition, operational structure, and revenue streams. In this guide, well explore what business model innovation entails, why its critical for success, and how innovation management leaders can leverage software tools and strategic services to guide transformational growth.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 8, 2025
Some traditional retailers including Walmart, Target, and Best Buy are adopting third-party marketplaces, which connect customers with external sellers and thereby offer customers a much broader selection. Many other traditional retailers are considering whether to follow suit. Making the choice isnt clear-cut. It involves weighing a host of benefits and challenges.
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.
Leapfrogging
JANUARY 7, 2025
Setting up a leadership team get-together can spark new ideas and get everyone on the same page with the big goals. Let’s dig into why these escapes are a big deal and break down how to pull them off in style. Why Leadership Team Offsites Rock Taking the crew on an offsite adventure does wonders. Here’s why you don’t want to skip out on these gatherings: Think Big Time : Being away from the everyday grind gives you space to think big and map out future plans.
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 9, 2025
Empathy Meets Technology GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Because of AI, so much has changed in the way companies do business. The technology hit a tipping point when ChatGPT and other generative AI solutions moved from behind the scenes to public awareness in November 2022.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Planview
JANUARY 9, 2025
When Dr. Mik Kersten published Project to Product a groundbreaking book that introduced the Flow Framework just over six years ago the term product operating model was relatively new. At the time, many leading software companies already knew how to organize people through a product-oriented mindset. Among other practices, they supported persistently funded, cross-functional teams led by product managers to iteratively deliver value.
Leapfrogging
JANUARY 7, 2025
When you’re gearing up for a leadership retreat, it’s like setting the stage for a big showget it right, and you open the curtain on some serious innovation and strategy makeovers. Here’s how to roll out the red carpet for your A-team. Setting the Objectives Before you jump into the deep end, figure out what you want from this shindig.
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 7, 2025
A Corporate Carol About Why Youre Not Getting Results GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Last week, InnoLead published a collection of eleven articles describing the root causes and remedies for killers of innovation in large organizations. Every single article is worth a read as theyre all written by experts and practitioners whose work I admire.
Faisal Hoque
JANUARY 7, 2025
Success lies in understanding both the real potential and limitations of Al. AI in 2025 offers transformative opportunities in healthcare, business efficiency, and government services, but expectations must be managed. While AI won’t fully replace human functions or achieve perfect automation, it will significantly augment capabilities. Success requires balanced implementation using structured frameworks (such as OPEN and CARE) and maintaining human oversight of critical processes.
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.
IdeaScale
JANUARY 9, 2025
Innovation drives progress, but disruption rewrites the rules of the game. Companies like Netflix, Tesla, and Airbnb didnt just improve existing modelsthey shattered industry norms. At the heart of such game-changing success lies a disciplined approach to idea management.
Leapfrogging
JANUARY 7, 2025
Strategic offsite meetings are a secret weapon for bigwigs and top management folks looking to shake up their game plan and spark fresh ideas. These gatherings whisk everyone away from the daily chaos, giving leaders a bright, shiny place to dive into high-level strategy stuff. Once you’re out of that usual office bubble, your crew can get those creative juices flowing, team up like never before, and really think strategically, cooking up brilliant solutions and fueling business success.
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 10, 2025
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you think you understand what your customers want, you dont. If youre developing a new product for new customers, you know less. If youre developing a new technology for a new product for new customers, you know even less.
Stephen Shapiro
JANUARY 10, 2025
Soundview Executive Book Summaries has condensed my over 200-page book into six power-packed pages. And I would like to give you this summary. Here’s the first page… We all long for stability. This is so when change arises, we know how to react and know we have what is needed to make the best choice. This doesnt just apply to our personal lives but also to our work lives.
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.
Faisal Hoque
JANUARY 6, 2025
As we prepare for 2025, leaders must embrace adaptability, purpose, and innovation to navigate rapid change. Heres how 4 Is of transformational leadershipIdealized Influence, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation, and Individualized Considerationcan guide impactful leadership practices for the new year. Why This Matters: The future demands leaders who are mindful, inclusive, and adaptable.
The Bliss Business Podcast
JANUARY 8, 2025
Letting Purpose Drive Self-Management In this episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , brought to you by the creators of aiCMO, Zero Company , we continue our Scaling With Purpose series with an inspiring discussion on how purpose empowers self-management. In this episode, well explore: Why self-management doesnt mean chaosit means clarity, trust, and accountability anchored in purpose How organizations can reduce the need for top-down control by making their purpose the "real boss" Real-world
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 6, 2025
GUEST POST from Greg Satell When I lived and worked in Ukraine, it was commonplace to see men in camouflage fatigues and Uzis in the waiting rooms of offices around town. They werent there as security, or to rob the place, but to help transfer money between businesses.
ITONICS
JANUARY 9, 2025
As the pace of change accelerates and competition grows fiercer, companies are finding it more challenging to rely solely on top-down innovation models. In this new landscape, intrapreneurshipempowering employees to act like entrepreneurs within an organizationis proving to be a game-changer. Companies that foster an intrapreneurial culture don't just survive; they thrive by staying agile and innovative, keeping pace with change, and actively shaping the future.
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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.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 9, 2025
In 2021, researchers at MIT and McKinsey teamed up to ask more than 100 companies how they were using AI in their operations and to learn what separated the highest-performing companies from the rest. They conducted a similar survey in 2023 to see what had changed. They found that the gap between leading companies and the rest had widened; that the payback-period for AI investments was much shorter; and that leading companies were better at identifying and implementing use cases that delivered p
innosabi Innovation Insights
JANUARY 10, 2025
The main problem for a company, no matter the market, is to be more competitive. ROI can be related to efficiency and new product innovation. In the end, the more competitive a company can be, the better, and innovation is used for that purpose. But innovation isn’t black and white; when making innovation, you’re […] Der Beitrag What is innovation in business and why is it so important in 2025!
The Bliss Business Podcast
JANUARY 8, 2025
Building Purposeful Leadership Teams Leadership isnt just about managing tasks or climbing hierarchiesits about collaboration, connection, and driving meaningful change. In this weeks episode of The Bliss Business Podcastpart of our Scaling with Purpose Kit serieswe dive into: Structuring leadership teams around a shared purpose and vision Fostering collaboration over hierarchy to empower teams Embedding accountability and purpose-aligned goals into leadership Airs Wednesday at 8:00 AM PST Dis
Focused Momentum
JANUARY 6, 2025
There is no nice way to say this: Strategic plans often fail because senior management neglects to ensure new strategic thinking is adopted and supported throughout their organization.
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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.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 6, 2025
AI is merely one facet of a sweeping technological change underway, and companies that fail to recognize the importance of other converging technologies risk being left behind. Two other technologies advanced sensors and biotechnology are less visible, though no less important, and have been quietly advancing. Soon, the convergence of these three technologies is going to underpin a new reality that will shape the future decisions of every leader across industries.
Acuvate
JANUARY 7, 2025
As we are on the cusp to 2025, the oil and gas industry stands at a pivotal crossroads. The interplay between global energy demands, climate change imperatives, and rapid technological innovation is reshaping the sector like never before. This is not just evolutionit’s a revolution in how energy powers the world, presenting both challenges and unprecedented opportunities.
ITONICS
JANUARY 10, 2025
Imagine a ship setting sail without a clear destinationits crew would waste time, fuel, and effort drifting aimlessly. Thats what poor project prioritization feels like for many teams.
Qmarkets
JANUARY 9, 2025
Improving the way a business operates is not just about working harderits about working smarter. According to an article from McKinsey & Company , implementing process optimization can lead to a 25% increase in output within a year, without additional capital investment. Business Process Improvement (BPI) plays a crucial role in eliminating inefficiencies, enhancing workflows, and achieving measurable results.
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
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 10, 2025
Technology, geopolitics, and consumer habits are driving an unprecedented rate of change at a time when the organizations are already in flux with the rise of generative AI, remote work, and an aging workforce. Against this backdrop, employee learning and development is more critical than ever yet a recent report from LinkedIn and a series of interviews with 25 CLOs suggest that learning professionals dont always feel aligned with their organizations strategic priorities.
Acuvate
JANUARY 7, 2025
As we are on the cusp to 2025, the oil and gas industry stands at a pivotal crossroads. The interplay between global energy demands, climate change imperatives, and rapid technological innovation is reshaping the sector like never before. This is not just evolutionit’s a revolution in how energy powers the world, presenting both challenges and unprecedented opportunities.
ITONICS
JANUARY 7, 2025
Innovation fuels progress, but managing the complexities of ideation, development, and implementation can be daunting without the right tools. Monitoring emerging technologies is crucial in the innovation process, as it helps businesses stay ahead of trends and make informed decisions.
Idea to Value
JANUARY 9, 2025
Every now and again, I come across a book which fundamentally changes the way I look at management. And when I started to understand noise , it has been nothing short of revolutionary, because it flips a common management “principle” on its head: Your teams, including management, are constantly making ineffective judgement decisions due to arbitrary factors, and many decisions would be more effective if people did not make them at all A bold claim, I know, but one which the evidence
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