Innovation Excellence
MARCH 19, 2023
GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore I recently read an article in ZDnet by Sherin Shibu discussing disruptive innovation, primarily through the lens of Clay Christensen’s work at the Harvard Business School. The article itself is very sound, and yet I found myself disagreeing with it on a number of points.
BrainZooming
MARCH 20, 2023
What’s one big red flag indicating that a cross-functional strategy will struggle? When the organization delays choosing a leader for the cross-functional team to oversee the initiative’s development and implementation.
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Sopheon
MARCH 22, 2023
We’ve talked recently about InnovationOp s in this space: a flexible yet structured approach to innovation that guides an organization through its unique innovation journey. InnovationOps brings together the people and processes related to discovery, product management, project management and portfolio management, governance and strategy execution, treating each as unified parts of a broader innovation picture.
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 21, 2023
Completing transitions through innovation, ecosystems and sustainability thinking Today, our innovation activity needs to transition through collaborating and co-creating, applying ecosystem thinking and platform designs for business. We increasingly recognize the future value and impact for businesses to grow, is through combining innovation, and external collaborations and ensuring solutions are more sustainable.
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.
Daniel Burrus
MARCH 22, 2023
Business is uncertain, as the future is an uncertain place to be in no matter what industry your business or organization is part of. Because uncertain times are a commonality, how do small to medium-sized businesses or startup companies find their way through the many uncertain times we all face? Through many of my writings, I explore my Hard Trend Methodology where a business leader or organization as a whole realigns their focus on Hard Trend future certainties to determine what they know is
Wazoku
MARCH 22, 2023
The strengths of the innovations you develop largely depend on the quality of the questions you ask. Considering that 85% of organizations confess to being bad at problem diagnosis , there’s a lot riding on getting your Challenge design ‘just right’. In this blog, we’ll share some key tips on three elements of Challenge design, and how to ensure you find the sweet spot for each.
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ITONICS
MARCH 21, 2023
In this article, we look at the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools and unpack the five capabilities we recommend you look for when choosing an innovation management software as well as the driving forces influencing the adoption of innovation tools in global organizations.
BrainZooming
MARCH 18, 2023
I use techniques to manage group density and dynamics during Brainzooming collaborations that remain unnamed. Then, out of the blue one day, I happen to call them something. Once named, they turn into analogies. That leads to imagining new ways to employ them since applying analogies always takes me to new ideas.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
MARCH 20, 2023
Let's take a high-level overview of how generative AI might transform your fledgling business. The benefits of this technology innovation remain crucial for any entrepreneur to grasp.
Business and Tech
MARCH 21, 2023
Dr. Kall Loper is vice president of Digital Forensics & Incident Response at Cyderes. He has been a partner-level practice lead at a global consulting firm, the U.S. Department of Justice, and has founded a forensics firm. He has also served as chair of an academic department and has been a professor for over twenty years. Dr. Kall Loper Vice President of Digital Forensics & Incident Response, Cyderes What are IT students being taught that they were not 10 years ago?
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
MARCH 22, 2023
Introduction to our SECRET project - native chatGPT Integration for Ideation We at IdeaScale are thrilled to announce the launch of our latest innovation – the integration of ChatGPT into our ideation software. This has been a TOP SECRET project that a small team of our best innovators came up with, refined, iterated perfected [.
HYPE Innovation
MARCH 22, 2023
Becoming a great director of strategic partnerships is no easy feat. Becoming a director of any kind is a challenge in itself but directing strategic partnerships is a unique role that requires a particular combination of skills, experience, and personality traits that set you apart from the rest. However, with the right mindset and dedication, anyone can achieve greatness in this field.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 24, 2023
by Braden Kelley What Customer Experience Really Is Customer experience (CX) is an essential part of any organization’s success. CX is much more than the level of customer service a company provides. CX is the totality of a customer’s interactions with an organization over the course of their shared relationship.
Business and Tech
MARCH 22, 2023
In business for more than a century, Paper Mart has become an industry leader in sustainable paper products. Allison McGuire Vice President of Marketing, Paper Mart Running a small business requires hard work and vision. Increasingly, that vision includes issues of sustainability: 95% of small business owners believe sustainability is crucial , according to a survey by QuickBooks, and most already have plans in place to reduce their environmental impact.
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IdeaScale
MARCH 22, 2023
Introduction to our SECRET project - native chatGPT Integration for Ideation As the CEO of IdeaScale, I am thrilled to announce the launch of our latest innovation – the integration of ChatGPT into our ideation software. This has been a SECRET project that I personally led, with a small team of handpicked engineers and designers. [.
Kainexus
MARCH 21, 2023
Here at KaiNexus, we get the opportunity to chat with organizations across all industries and write about many different continuous improvement tools and techniques they use. Lately, I’ve been thinking about two things that most have in common. First, the tools they use are generally simple but not easy. And second, the key to success lies in the planning phase.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 23, 2023
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken No matter what business we’re in, our storefront better be located at the intersection of Extraordinary Drive and Innovation Way. Of course, I am speaking figuratively. But, I’ve literally taken a photo at this real intersection that exists in the middle of High Point University.
Business and Tech
MARCH 21, 2023
Salary transparency isn’t a given. In recent years, though, that information is becoming easier to access, thanks in large part to TikTok. On this social media app, where an estimated 1 billion videos are watched each day , person-on-the-street videos with hosts querying passersby about what they earn have become a dime a dozen. One influencer, Hannah Williams, has garnered a following of 1.2 million on TikTok by doing just that.
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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.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
MARCH 21, 2023
Shopify's new capabilities mean the landscape of retail is set to change — and other businesses could learn a few things from the company.
Christensen Institute
MARCH 23, 2023
This is an interesting time to be involved in K–12 education. It’s a challenging time, for sure, given the learning loss, mental health crisis, and educator burnout that have come in the aftermath of COVID-19. But this is also a time full of new possibilities. The expansion of micro-schools, community schools, hybrid homeschooling, learning ecosystems, and tutoring models—all of which gained unexpected momentum through the pandemic—point to striking new possibilities for the future of education.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 21, 2023
GUEST POST from Janet Sernack In our recent blog, we explored how our focus and attention have been stolen, and how our ability to pay attention is collapsing and described why we need to be intentional in reclaiming it.
Business and Tech
MARCH 21, 2023
About 20 years ago, three market forces converged that radically changed information technology forever. Dr. Frank Granito Chief Scientist and Lead Fellow, Institute for Digital Transformation IT went from being a back-office function that supported the business to being an integral part of every business function. One of my partners talked about having a stack of forms for people to use when the system went down.
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
InnovationTraining.org
MARCH 23, 2023
Here is a simple assessment you can take to assess for a culture of innovation in your organization or group. We used AI to help us generate and also categorize the questions across four important categories: Mindset, Leadership, Process, and Culture. For each of these questions, participants can rate themselves on a scale of 1-5 (1 being strongly disagree and 5 being strongly agree) to assess their mindset and behaviors or practices that contribute to a culture of innovation in their organizati
Christensen Institute
MARCH 23, 2023
This piece is by Esther Clark, author and outstanding contributor to Forbes, the Global Peter Drucker Forum, and the World Economic Forum. She is the Executive Director of Marketing at Inspired Education and writes about innovation, strategy, and international education. Follow @ClarkEsther. Growing up on sailboats and off the grid, I learned that doing things differently leads to some of life’s most valuable experiences.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 20, 2023
GUEST POST from Greg Satell “Revolution” is a term that gets thrown around a lot. There was an Industrial Revolution powered by steam and then another one powered by oil and electricity. The Green Revolution transformed the way we fed ourselves.
Business and Tech
MARCH 21, 2023
The gender gap in tech is persistent, but it can be addressed by offering resources, fostering inclusive workplaces, and implementing policies that promote equity. The gender gap in tech remains due to a number of factors including lack of job security, gender bias, and work-life balance issues. However, there are potential solutions that can be put into place to increase access and opportunities for women in tech.
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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.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
MARCH 23, 2023
This article compares entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship and highlights pros/cons and success stories.
Tullio Siragusa
MARCH 20, 2023
From India to Vietnam: The Changing Landscape of Offshore Software Development Outsourcing software development services to offshore vendors has become an increasingly popular way for businesses to reduce costs and improve efficiency. However, as the demand for these services continues to rise, so does the number of discount service vendors looking to offer their services at the lowest possible rates.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 22, 2023
A CEO Checklist GUEST POST from Teresa Spangler “Trends are only useful when we look at them through multiple lenses as we gaze across all six time zones.
Business and Tech
MARCH 21, 2023
Award-winning cyber and non-profit executive Mari Galloway shared her thoughts on the current state of the tech industry, the pros and cons of government and private sector jobs, and what aspiring tech professionals need to know. What made you want to pursue a career in technology? I actually wanted to be an architect growing up. Building cities and structures was always something I enjoyed and during my learning; we used technology to render drawings and things like that.
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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