Entrepreneur - Innovation

AUGUST 7, 2023

Innovation can be subtle but significant, and here are three ways to achieve just that.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2023

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 1900, most people lived much like their ancestors had for millennia. They lived and worked on farms, using animal power and hand tools to augment their own abilities. They inhabited small communities and rarely, if ever, traveled far from home.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2023

Andrew Liveris likes to defy expectations. Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. In that job, which he held for 14 years, he won widespread credit for pushing an ambitious sustainability agenda, no easy task at one of the world’s biggest chemical producers.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 7, 2023

Innovation is about breaking the norm, pushing the limits, and challenging the status quo. It requires a mindset that is not easily swayed by the force of convention but instead focuses on the possibilities that lie beyond them. This is where the unreasonable come in. As Bernard Shaw once said, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 8, 2023

Within the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework lies the core, the different innovation stacks, and the learning components. Here, I want to briefly talk about the importance of the learning components that support the innovation design and especially the different innovation stacks. The elements of the innovation stack are designed to support innovation’s core tasks, including learning, absorbing, assessing knowledge management, creativity, design, experimentation, and testing.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 9, 2023

How often are you blamed for things which are not your fault? Or get credit for the good things which only happened thanks to you? While in some cases people may really get negative feedback which was completely not their fault, often there is more nuance involved, where the person may not accept their responsibility. Conversely, often people will take credit for good things happening to them, when in reality it had very little to do with their actions.

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HYPE Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2023

In the ever-evolving business landscape, a new wave of startups is promising to make its mark in 2024. These early-stage businesses are driven by visionary leaders, disruptive technologies , and an eagerness to solve real-world challenges.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 7, 2023

Creating Urgency: A Key to Success in Sales Urgency is more than just a buzzword in the world of sales. It’s an essential mindset that can drive teams to close deals more effectively, acting as a decisive driver rather than a hesitant tire-kicker. But how can leaders instill this sense of urgency within their teams, and why does it matter? Let’s dive into the answers with some concrete examples and strategies.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 10, 2023

I recently developed a new perspective on the difference between incremental and transformational innovation, and it has reshaped the way I think about growth and progress in business. When you are working on incremental innovation, the focus is on improving something your company already makes. This is typically a product or service that has an established presence in the market and is likely to have competitors offering similar solutions.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 10, 2023

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Last month I was in Las Vegas for a major convention. I stayed at a very nice hotel, and each night I tried to fall and stay asleep.

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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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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 8, 2023

We all want an easy life. We want to coast by without obstacles, challenges, or pain. However, the truth is that easy does not equal happiness or success. It is not natural to avoid the hard. Whether it is a tough workout, a daunting work project, or facing personal demons, hard brings opportunities to grow and learn. It promises to prepare us for the future that we want and to allow us to reach our potential.

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Flying Fish Lab

AUGUST 10, 2023

Let’s walk down memory lane: The music industry faced significant disruption with the emergence of Napster, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application enabling illegal downloads, causing a decline in CD sales. Napster eventually shut down in the early 2000s because they did break the rules through copyright infringement. Fast forward to today and we are enjoying the services of the likes of iTunes and Spotify who transformed the music landscape, revolutionized music consumption, and generated new r

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Kainexus

AUGUST 11, 2023

In a recent episode of The Lean Effect Podcast , Mark De Jong sat down with our very own Matt Banna, Enterprise Account Executive at KaiNexus, to delve into the world of employee engagement, executive buy-in, and process improvement.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 9, 2023

How understanding the players in your game can help you scale successfully GUEST POST from John Bessant There comes a time in innovation when you realize you might have taken on something a bit too big.

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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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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 10, 2023

I've recently received calls and emails from several C-level executives and innovation/R&D leaders asking for the same advice. The problem? They fear their departments—and even the larger organization — are falling prey to groupthink. Groupthink is defined as “the practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.

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Entrepreneur - Innovation

AUGUST 11, 2023

I run one of the world's largest language service provider companies. Fifteen years ago, I made the decision to completely change the DNA of my company to embrace automation and artificial intelligence. Here's what I've learned about adopting AI into your company.

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Kainexus

AUGUST 11, 2023

We, at KaiNexus, are fortunate to have the opportunity to chat with business leaders across the spectrum about the challenges and opportunities they face. Most conversations involve employee engagement, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. Continuous improvement is the relentless pursuit of incremental betterment through iterative refinements and innovative adaptations.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 9, 2023

As many of you know, this Human-Centered Change & Innovation community is a labor of love to make innovation, transformation and experience insights accessible for the greater good. Consistent with this mission, recently I have been making a lot of contributions to LinkedIn’s new collaborative article feature, focusing on the Customer Experience topic area.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 6, 2023

"The Practice: Shipping Creative Work" by Seth Godin is a manifesto for every creative soul seeking to make their mark in the world. It's not just about ideas but about making ideas happen. This book takes you on a journey, challenging the reader to rethink their approach to creativity and innovation. Godin's prose is lucid and accessible, making his insights resonate with a broad audience.

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Entrepreneur - Innovation

AUGUST 10, 2023

Embracing AI is no longer an option but a necessity for companies looking to succeed in the digital age. Here's why.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 11, 2023

Generating new ideas and fostering innovation are essential for business growth, market success, and societal progress. However, coming up with innovative ideas can be challenging at times. That's where ideation techniques come into play. Ideation techniques are structured approaches that help stimulate creativity and generate a wide range of ideas.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 6, 2023

One Zone at a Time GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore My most recent book, Zone to Win, lays out a game plan for digital transformation based on organizing your enterprise around four zones. They are the: Performance Zone, where you make, sell, and deliver the products and services that constitute your core business.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 10, 2023

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Entrepreneur - Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2023

In order to connect and leave an impression on consumers, leaders must prioritize social entrepreneurship in addition to profits. Here's how.

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Christensen Institute

AUGUST 10, 2023

A business model describes how an organization runs its operations. That seems simple enough, but when it comes to innovative business models there are many other questions that arise. What makes up a business model? What type of business model do I have? What do business models have to do with disruption? Do I need a new business model? This week’s Thursday Theory Tips blog will answer all of these questions so that you can determine if your business model is working for you.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 11, 2023

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski When you are asked a question and you don’t know the answer, what do you say? What does that say about you? What happens to people in your organization who say “I don’t know.”? Are they lauded or laughed at? Are they promoted, overlooked, or demoted?

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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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Qmarkets

AUGUST 10, 2023

By using principles of innovation portfolio management, organizations can structure and optimize their portfolios better over time. The three horizons model is one of the key models to provide this structure. It also helps to ensure that organisations apply an innovation process that is tailored to your unique goals.

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IM Insights

AUGUST 8, 2023

About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Susie Braam and Ed Essey , two seasoned innovators. The episode takes you on a corporate innovation journey, covering how to define innovation and tips and tricks on how to measure it. The discussion sheds light on both innovation blockers and enablers, exploring concepts like psychological safety, cognitive diversity, trust, and fear.

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Christensen Institute

AUGUST 8, 2023

Have you ever helped introduce a groundbreaking educational idea, only to see it fizzle out or get watered down? You’re not alone. Ideas like competency-based education, project-based learning, experiential learning, self-directed learning, and flexible blended learning all hold promise for improving student’s outcomes and experiences. Yet time and again, their actual implementation proves tricky in most settings.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 8, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

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