Innov8rs
MAY 19, 2024
Innov8rs | With the right people, process, structure and mindset - innovation teams flourish. Teamwork makes the dream work. Together Everyone Achieves More. If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself… As clichéd as these kinds of quotes may be, they all point to an undeniable truth: working together helps us achieve more.
IdeaScale
MAY 20, 2024
Introduction: What is innovation? Solving problems? Creating solutions? Sometimes there is no problem. Innovation is everything all around us. It is existentialism. This is why I say that innovation is nothing more than the laws of nature.
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 22, 2024
Leadership coach and author Melanie Parish takes questions from listeners who are struggling to manage tough teams and offers advice on how to mitigate common tensions.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 19, 2024
Dynamics and Knowledge are essential to your future Dynamism and knowledge insights are crucial to unlock success in proactive ways. It is all about actively shaping it, to navigate the changing terrain. We do need to actively navigate the rapidly changing business landscape in multiple ways it is not just about reacting to external forces. It’s about proactively shaping the direction and actively participating in the evolution of your industry, your positioning and your own insights.
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.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 20, 2024
GUEST POST from Greg Satell While history tends to single out individuals, the truth is that when you look behind the story of any heroic leader, what you find is a network of loyal supporters, active collaborators and outside facilitators that are behind any great achievement. Nobody accomplishes anything significant alone.
Digital Tonto
MAY 19, 2024
Genuine transformation is notoriously difficult, but transformation theater is relatively easy. There’s never any shortage of corporate hucksters, gurus and other con artists looking to sell us the change gospel, weaving visions of “burning platforms,” in a VUCA world. Many build impressive careers, moving from failed initiative to failed initiative, without ever actually accomplishing anything.
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Sopheon
MAY 21, 2024
Pursuing product portfolio management excellence empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their offerings. This comprehensive guide unveils 10 essential keys that serve as the building blocks for success.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 22, 2024
Braden Kelley is a popular innovation keynote speaker creating workshops, masterclasses, webinars, tools, and training for organizations on innovation, design thinking and change management.
Christensen Institute
MAY 21, 2024
Compounding Africa’s struggles with an inadequate healthcare system, the continent is dealing with a scientific brain drain problem that demands attention. In January, Tulio de Oliveira and Cheryl Baxter published an article in Science magazine titled “Investing in Africa’s scientific future.” In it the authors described the fact that Africa currently bears a disproportionate burden of infectious diseases, such as malaria, tuberculosis, and cholera, and 25% of the global disease burden, yet “Afr
Ecosystems4Innovating
MAY 23, 2024
The Dynamic Ecosystem within the Interconnected Business Ecosystems Business Ecosystems are the growing force to galvanize change and build a more collaborative culture, where the partners’ diversity enables solutions to be solving more complex and challenging problems we seem to be facing today. When thinking about and designing business ecosystems, you must recognize that different ecosystems contribute, evolve, and determine their part in a “bigger” scheme of things.
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.
Tullio Siragusa
MAY 20, 2024
Genius vs. Empathy: Who Shapes the Future? Leadership styles shape not only the trajectory of businesses but also the lives of the people within them. In Silicon Valley, the “genius” archetype reignsa leader celebrated for intellectual brilliance and the ability to revolutionize industries through sheer brainpower. In contrast, a new kind of leader is gaining prominence: the empathetic leader.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 23, 2024
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken What is a loyalty program? It’s a program designed to get customers to come back. That’s different than true customer loyalty, but it’s a pretty darn good start.
Planview
MAY 22, 2024
We’re excited to announce four Vision Award winners at this year’s Planview Accelerate conference – a recognition given to just a handful of organizations each year. This post highlights their stories and how you can use their insights at your own organization. Planview’s Vision Awards, now in its 13th consecutive year, recognizes forward-looking organizations that have excelled at achieving their strategic goals by leveraging Planview solutions.
Ecosystems4Innovating
MAY 22, 2024
Interdependence and Feedback Loops are pivotal to Interconnected Business Ecosystems In any interconnected business ecosystem design, two pivotal components work in tandem to ensure the system’s overall health, adaptability, and success. The interdependence and feedback loops are intrinsically linked and mutually reinforcing. This recognition and emphasis on their importance are critical to building a robust business ecosystem.
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Stephen Shapiro
MAY 23, 2024
We are less than four weeks away from the formal launch of PIVOTAL. Here’s the last paragraph from the book’s introduction: “You are pivotal. Your business is pivotal. And for you to remain pivotal, you need to know where you are now, where to dig deep, when to stay the course, and where to focus your energies to create the greatest value for others and yourself.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 21, 2024
And How Moneyball Fits In GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Last week, pitchers and catchers reported to MLB Spring Training facilities in Florida and Arizona.
Michael Roberto
MAY 22, 2024
Source: www.makemebetter.net In far too many university settings, being on time has become undervalued. Professors don't establish strong norms for arriving to class on time. They don't establish and enforce clear guidelines for attendance. They don't enforce deadlines for key assignments. In a recent Wall Street Journal article , we read about a school district's policy that limits teachers' ability to penalize late work (not an isolated incident. now common in many districts).
Ecosystems4Innovating
MAY 19, 2024
Applying Super Governance to Interconnected Business Ecosystems I have been working on further developing and creating a comprehensive framework for the Interconnected Business Ecosystem that addresses various aspects of ecosystem design, management, and governance. I debated if I needed to add a super governance layer that ensures alignment, stability, and ethical practices across the entire ecosystem.
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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.
Innovators Alliance
MAY 24, 2024
Research has shown that an organization’s culture is linked to its performance. James Heskett and John Kotter, in their book, Corporate Culture and Performance, make a compelling case. They demonstrate that organizational cultures that facilitate adaptation to a changing, disruptive world are associated with stronger financial performance than those that don’t.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 24, 2024
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski You can look at people’s salaries as a cost that must be reduced. Or, you can look at their salaries as a way for them to provide for their families. With one, you cut, cut, cut.
innosabi Innovation Insights
MAY 23, 2024
Innovation and invention are both vital for success, acting as twin pillars of corporate vitality, each contributing uniquely to a company’s growth and competitive edge. Despite their frequent interchangeability, it’s essential for businesses to grasp the nuanced disparities between these concepts to effectively leverage their potential.
Ecosystems4Innovating
MAY 24, 2024
Building Effective Business Governance has multiple challenges. We must emphasise the importance of ecosystem governance, providing a comprehensive structure for designing a practical framework. The robustness and depth of Governance understanding make or break Business Ecosystems. Building a robust governance framework clarifies that managing business ecosystems is not for the faint-hearted or light-of-pocket in all the aspects that need to be considered.
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
Christensen Institute
MAY 23, 2024
In a striking piece in Education Next , Laurence Holt dives into a series of research studies that show strong results for edtech math products Khan Academy, DreamBox Learning, i-Ready, and IXL— when the programs are used as recommended. The results across the studies are great—0.26 standard deviations (equivalent to several months of additional learning), 0.20 SD, 0.22 SD, and 0.14 SD, respectively.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 20, 2024
GUEST POST from David Burkus A sense of belonging on a team is crucial for its success and productivity. Belonging is that sense of acceptance and inclusion when people feel they can bring their authentic self to work.
Innovators Alliance
MAY 22, 2024
Jeremy Robinson, Professional Implementer with EOS Worldwide , the pioneering organization dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and leadership teams with simple, practical tools, is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Innovators Alliance , a community fostering innovation and growth among business leaders. EOS Worldwide, renowned for its Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®), provides a comprehensive set of tools and processes designed to align leadership teams, crystallize vis
Innov8rs
MAY 20, 2024
Innov8rs | RTI International, a not-for-profit dedicated to addressing the world’s most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future, has joined Innov8rs CoLab to augment its efforts. Mike Kaelin, CFO, Strategy, and Transformation Officer of RTI, Inc. states, “As a leading global research institute, innovation has always been a critical component of our success.
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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.
Acuvate
MAY 19, 2024
The need for sustainability in the energy sector is more important than ever in a time when climate change is no longer a distant threat but a pressing reality. As per the WEF, Greenhouse gas emissions need to peak by 2025 and then drop by 43% by 2030. The transition to a low-carbon society will take significant work on the part of organizations, businesses, and individuals.
Michael Roberto
MAY 24, 2024
Michalis Mamakos and Galen Bodenhausen have published an interesting new paper in the journal Cognition titled “Motivational Drivers of Costly Information Search.” These two scholars examined whether our search for additional information may hinge on how we frame a problem. They hypothesize that our tendency to gather more data and conduct additional analysis may depend on whether we frame the issue in terms of gains vs. losses.
ITONICS
MAY 22, 2024
In the mid-2010s, Microsoft found itself at a crossroads. While large and stable enough to continue coasting as a fast follower, the company instead chose a path of aggressive, startup-like offense. Under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft underwent a dramatic transformation. This shift involved shedding traditional cash cows, such as the Windows operating system, and redirecting efforts towards new projects and Horizon 3 innovations.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 24, 2024
For all the communication around strategy, we know that leaders at many companies don’t provide the necessary context for employees to understand what the words and sentences in a strategy statement actually mean. What can leaders do to help employees understand enough context to understand a strategy? In this article, the authors offer three recommendations: 1) Present the alternatives considered and explain why they were not adopted. 2) Explain how each choice is linked to the organization’s p
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.
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