Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

No one knows exactly what the future of work will look like, but many people have opinions. Research involving Belgian newspaper articles and experts shows that public commentators on the topic tend to fall into three buckets: optimists (largely tech entrepreneurs), skeptics (largely economists) , and pessimists (authors and journalists). So, who’s right — should the future involve accelerated progress, degrowth, or something in between?

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Cris Beswick

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Innovation is not just a buzzword, it’s a necessity for organisational success in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. However, accurately assessing and improving innovation capabilities is a challenge faced by many companies worldwide. This global need led to the development of the Assessment for Innovation Maturity (AIM), a powerful tool designed to measure and enhance corporate innovation performance on a global scale.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Founders of successful start-ups often face a critical juncture where they must decide whether to hand over responsibilities to professional managers. They will get advice from many quarters telling them that this transition is pivotal for scaling the company beyond its initial success. Founders typically possess visionary zeal and hands-on expertise in all operational areas, but as the business grows, their intense activities might become a bottleneck as nearly all major decisions come to their

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In today's fast-paced innovation landscape, finding new ideas and creating engaging campaigns are vital for organizations aiming to stay ahead. However, these tasks often come with their challenges. That's why Ideascale is revolutionizing the way you submit ideas and create campaigns with our AI-empowered features.

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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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Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Back in the Gilded Age of the 19th century, it was taken for granted that industrialists were all powerful. Men met in smoke-filled back rooms, traded information and, much like Adam Smith described, conspired against the public to raise prices and increase profits. Eventually, the public could bear no more, political pressure built, and legislation was passed to prevent collusive and predatory behavior.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The Dynamic Ecosystem lies at the Core The Concept for a Dynamic Ecosystem as the Core to the Interconnected Business Ecosystem framework has been a slower realization than I had initially recognized. In some ways this is the most important post, to date , on the extending out of the Interconnected Business Ecosystem framework. I wrote a post explaining out the shifts that have been taking place in this evolutionary process but I feel into the trap of keeping this as a linear sequence process an

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Collaboration and innovation are more critical than ever. As schools and universities strive to meet the evolving needs of students, they must find ways to harness the collective creativity of their communities. This is where innovation management software plays a pivotal role, enabling institutions to foster collaboration and drive meaningful change.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Delivering Real Value the Key GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Whenever I get the chance to interview the CEO of a major CX company, I jump at the chance. I recently conducted a second interview with Alan Masarek, the CEO of Avaya, a company focused on creating customer experience solutions for large enterprises.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Shaping Innovation through Entrepreneurial and Start-up Ecosystems By including Start-up and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems into the Interconnected Business Framework, it becomes more comprehensive and reflective of the full spectrum of business activities. It can enable how ideas flow from innovation through entrepreneurship and into established business practices, and how larger businesses can engage with and benefit from entrepreneurial energy.

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Bill Fischer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Organizational transformation is the new innovation frontier.

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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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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Table of Contents What is Creative Thinking in the Workplace? Creative thinking in the workplace refers to the ability to generate novel and valuable ideas that can drive innovation, solve problems, and enhance overall performance.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford The Insight: Viewing failure not as a setback but as a vital part of the learning process is a transformative approach for any leader.

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Tullio Siragusa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Intention is the New Empathy: The Next Evolution of DesignThinking After more than four years evangelizing Design Thinkingand serving as an advisor to the University of Californias Design Thinking ProgramIve seen firsthand how transformative this framework can be. At its core, Design Thinking taught us to empathize deeply, to define real human problems, to ideate with curiosity, prototype boldly, and test with humility.

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Yet2

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Words by Carlos Pichardo Imagine walking into your local pharmacy with a nasty cold. As you browse the shelves for something to defeat the evil germs inside you, you notice a sleek, new device that looks right out of Men In Black. The device promises to give a diagnosis based on analyzing your symptoms, recommend the best over-the-counter (OTC) treatment, and even track your recovery—all from a device that fits in the palm of your hand.

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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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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Innovation is the lifeblood of any successful company. But in today's fast-paced business environment, it can be tough to consistently generate fresh ideas. Many companies struggle to capture the collective brilliance of their workforce. That's where idea management software like IdeaScale comes in.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 1993, when asked about his vision for the failing company he was chosen to lead, Lou Gerstner famously said, “The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.

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Sopheon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Ideas can’t execute themselves. Instead, organizations create and maintain processes for capturing, validating, developing, and executing new ideas. The discipline of overseeing these processes is known as innovation management.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The ability to capture and harness innovative ideas is more crucial than ever. Every organization has untapped potential within its workforce, but without the right tools, those valuable ideas often remain hidden or overlooked. The process of gathering, organizing, and implementing ideas can be the difference between staying ahead of the curve and falling behind.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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Wellspring

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Ideas cant execute themselves. Instead, organizations create and maintain processes for capturing, validating, developing, and executing new ideas. The discipline of overseeing these processes is known as innovation management.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you want to do a task, but you don’t have what you need, that’s waiting for a support resource. If you need a tool, but you don’t have it, you wait for a tool.

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Sopheon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Ideas can’t execute themselves. Instead, organizations create and maintain processes for capturing, validating, developing, and executing new ideas. The discipline of overseeing these processes is known as innovation management.

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Daniel Burrus

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

I have said it before your employees are your most powerful competitive advantage. I am talking about more than just their skills and expertise, though those are obviously highly advantageous as well. It is their ability to think outside of the box and bring fresh ideas to the table that fuels innovation. In todays fast-paced marketplace, standing still is not an option.

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Acuvate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Introduction: In May 2023, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Fabric, the next generation analytics service intended to broaden the Azure Synapse Analytics role beyond data management to all forms of analytics for data engineering teams, business analytics professionals, and business decision makers. Microsoft Fabric helps to unleash data by consolidating reporting, analytics, data science, and data engineering on a modern lake house architecture.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

GUEST POST from David Burkus Margaret Thatcher once famously quipped that “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” As a leader, the same could be said about respect. If you wonder if you’re team respects you, they probably don’t.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

What if a simple shift in your business model could lead to a higher return for shareholders and a boost in operating margins? There are significant benefits to shifting from traditional project-based approaches to a product-centric operating model. By adopting a product operating model , it can enhance profitability and efficiency for your organization.

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innosabi Innovation Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Ever feel like your workplace could use a jolt of creativity? We’ve all been there. But what if there were simple, actionable ways to spark innovation? Well, get ready to be inspired! We’re diving deep into 17 real-world innovation examples in the workplace that can transform your company culture and drive serious growth. […] Der Beitrag Innovation Examples in the Workplace: 17 Strategies to Spark Creativity and Growth erschien zuerst auf innosabi.

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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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Acuvate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Introduction: In May 2023, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Fabric, the next generation analytics service intended to broaden the Azure Synapse Analytics role beyond data management to all forms of analytics for data engineering teams, business analytics professionals, and business decision makers. Microsoft Fabric helps to unleash data by consolidating reporting, analytics, data science, and data engineering on a modern lake house architecture.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Good, the Bad, and the Missing GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In 2020, the International Standards Organization, most famous for its Quality Management Systems standard, published ISO 56000, Innovation Management—Fundamentals and Vocabulary. Since then, ISO has released eight additional innovation standards. But is it possible to create international standards for innovation, or are we killing creativity?

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Sopheon

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Innovation is the lifeblood of an organization—but it requires a great deal of time, resources, and talent, and it can be difficult to track. Enterprise R&D organizations and disruptive startups alike often run into issues when deciding how to measure innovation, especially when it comes to choosing which metrics to monitor. These organizations often have no fixed framework for innovation management to guide their efforts and decision making, and they tend to rely on a grab bag of metrics bo

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Toxic Competition in the Workplace: Recognition, Prevention, and Fostering Healthier Outlooks Competition is often a helpful catalyst for innovation and productivity in the business world. However, when competition crosses the line from healthy motivation to toxic action, it can harm workplace culture and team well-being. Recognizing the difference between healthy and toxic competition in the workplace is vital to maintaining a positive environment where everyone can thrive in their roles.

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