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Where will Innovation Management Software go?

Paul Hobcraft

Where will Innovation Management Software go? This morning I decided to have a chat on ChatGPT on the future of Innovation Management Software, I asked a number of questions in a short series and can well-relate to the answers provided incredibly quickly. What do you think? Do they make sense and are the suggestions a competitive threat or a trend towards a future that needs fully embracing before others do?

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4 Signs Your Industry Might Be Disrupted

Digital Tonto

In the 1920s the Teapot Dome scandal rocked Washington. The Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall, was found to have corruptly leased Navy petroleum reserves to private companies. In response, Congress was given the right to subpoena any US citizen’s tax records as well as increased regulation of campaign finance. In the century since, we have had continuous cycles of largesse and reform.

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A.I. can now use text prompts to design new proteins which don’t exist in nature

Idea to Value

There is so much hype around Artificial Intelligence tools and what they are able to create in the fields of creativity. One of the most recent examples which is taking the world by storm is by using text prompts, either to create new text or even to create new images. But I just came across a new research study just published at the end of Jan 2023 which may have a bigger impact than any on the future of the planet.

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Smart Office Tools and Technology to Drive Innovation in 2023

IdeaScale

With each new year comes exciting new office tools and technology. Implementing new technology is essential for remaining competitive in the ever-evolving landscape of the modern workplace. This goes beyond remaining competitive in your industry to streamlining operations and ensuring a desirable culture for your team. Your team wants cutting-edge technology and relies on you [.

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Going Beyond Chatbots: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems, & Data

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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Implement Anticipatory Solutions Instead of Reactive Responses

Daniel Burrus

In years past, many businesses have succeeded with an agile, reactive approach to business where they respond to climate, competition, and social circumstances in an “after the fact” way. This focus was predominantly on responding to disruptions as they came in, putting out fires to solve issues. As many businesses have perfected this approach, a new leadership model is now needed to stay ahead of the competition.

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The Law of the Loaf

Rmukesh Gupta

One of the responsibilities of leaders is to organise our people and create contexts within which they operate. This context has a significant impact on the results that the teams can achieve. One way we put in place these contexts is through the culture we operate under (intentionally or unintentionally). And this decides how we interact with each other – as one entity moving toward the goal or as individuals working on each our own goals.

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We are possibly at a series of inflexion points. Here’s one

Paul Hobcraft

A shift in managing differently , a possible inflexion point We are possibly at a series of inflexion points in our current business environment. Here’s one you will be required to address. What seems to be occurring increasingly in many different market spaces is defining an opportunity that directly impacts the current status quo and then seeking to make some radical moves to achieve that differentiation.

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Leveraging Hindsight and Foresight for Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia Innovation is essential for businesses to stay competitive in today’s ever-changing economy. To stay ahead of the competition, businesses need to be able to anticipate the future and plan accordingly. To do this, they must leverage both hindsight and foresight in their innovation processes.

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The 10 Benefits of Business Transformation

Kainexus

"Business transformation" is a phrase used to describe what happens when an organization fundamentally changes its operations. The goal of business transformation is to enhance operational and financial performance. Business transformation may occur at the organizational level or within a department or product group.

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Magnetize Your Team: How CEOs Can Attract the Right Leadership by Being the Right Leader

Tullio Siragusa

Magnetize Your Team: How CEOs Can Attract the Right Leadership by Being the Right Leader It’s been often said that a CEO’s success depends on hiring the right team, but this blog isn’t about that. It’s about how the CEO must first be the right leader, the kind of leader that will attract a team of people that want to see the CEO win because they earned it.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

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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Fears of those unknowns

Paul Hobcraft

The fear of the unknowns explodes upon those not ready When the established order begins to creak and dismantle, seemingly in front of our eyes, those fears of the unknown can kick in, especially if you have been used to managing in an established (slowly) evolving way for most, if not all, of your business life. We seem confronted with rapid change, and it is primarily within the business world related to technology and market uncertainty that is driving this.

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Find inspiration behind these 3 surprising market creation stories

Christensen Institute

When you think about smartphones, do you think of Simon? When I say fork, how many of you fearfully associate the utensil with the devil’s pitchfork? Better yet, when you think about vaccines do you assume you’re receiving that vaccine directly from someone else’s body? My guess is that most of you answered “No” for the above three questions, but when looking at the history of these three innovations –the smartphone, the fork, and the vaccine – all of these facts are very relevant to their diffu

Marketing 101
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Four Ways Governments Can Accelerate the Digital Transformation of Their Economies

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia In today’s digital world, governments have a critical role to play in accelerating digital transformation. As technology continues to evolve, governments must find ways to embrace and apply new technologies, while also ensuring that their citizens have access to the most advanced digital services.

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How to Overcome a Possible Economic Recession with Continuous Improvement

Kainexus

At the outset of 2023, concerns about economic conditions and a possible worsening recession are top of mind for most business leaders. Interest rate increases, GDP shrinking, and rising inflation alongside low unemployment rates have left many uncertain about how to manage resources, retain talent, and find a way to grow during the next year.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

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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Innovation Vehicles: The New Innovation Concept That Shouldn't Be New At All (And That Might Just Save Your Innovation Agenda From Failure)

Entrepreneur - Innovation

As long as innovation leaders continue to underutilize the power of innovation vehicles, corporate innovation will continue to waste resources.

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Is venture capital bad for health care?

Christensen Institute

As the influx of venture capital (VC) dollars flowed—and have since slowed—into digital health startups, we’ve seen many companies soar to great heights , only to meet their demise months later. The question at hand is why does this happen? Was it due to bad leadership? Was it bad luck? Who, or what is to blame for these negative business outcomes, and more importantly, for the lost lives and negative health impact?

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Frontier Airlines Ends Human-to-Human Customer Service

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken In a bold move to cut costs, Frontier Airlines announced that it would no longer offer human-to-human customer support. As a customer service expert, I was surprised at this move. I have waited to see the fallout, if any, and thought the company might backpedal and reinstate traditional phone support.

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Techniques for Combatting Each of the 7 Wastes of Lean

Kainexus

One of the core goals of the Lean improvement methodology is the reduction of any material, effort, or expense that does not ultimately add value to the customer. Practitioners have identified seven distinct types of waste and developed specific techniques to combat them. Whether your organization practices the Lean methodology or not, knowing where to look for waste and what to do when you find it is important.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

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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ChatGPT on Business Innovation Ecosystems

Ecosystems4Innovating

Discussing with ChatGPT about Business Innovation Ecosystems, their value and progress

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Will these 5 teaching, classroom, and administration trends continue in 2023?

Christensen Institute

In April of 2022, the Christensen Institute and Bay View Analytics conducted a final series of surveys on the state of teaching and learning in K-12 schools across the country in the wake of the pandemic. After tracking pandemic-related education trends starting in 2020, these final surveys not only collected responses from teachers and administrators, but compared these responses to those from previous years in order to reveal the trends and patterns continuing as schools reopened, as well as t

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Cultivating Prescience to Increase Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia Prescience is the ability to foresee or predict the future with accuracy. Although it may be perceived as a supernatural power, prescience is actually a skill that can be cultivated through practice and dedication. Here are some tips for developing prescience and leveraging these skills in your innovation efforts: 1.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Work: Key Drivers & Best Practices

ITONICS

The ‘Future of Work’ is a much-talked-about topic evoking a sense of uncertainty in an increasingly uncertain world characterized by accelerating technological advances and shifting cultural imperatives. The ‘Future of Work’ is one of the megatrends identified by ITONICS as pervasive and impactful for businesses globally. This article explores key factors driving the future of work and draws from the experiences of some of our clients.

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The Benefits of Innovation in Times of Crisis

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.

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Ricky Ray Butler, CEO Of California-Based BENLabs, Will Explain How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Unlock Creativity At LEAP 2023's DeepFest

Entrepreneur - Innovation

With over 18 years of experience in digital entertainment, Butler is known to have pioneered the use of AI technology within the entertainment and media landscape.

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Is the innovation (really) disruptive? These 6 questions can reveal the answer.

Christensen Institute

Open the business section of a major newspaper or watch “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and you’re likely to find something, someone, or some new tech being called disruptive. The term Disruptive Innovation has become virtually ubiquitous from Wall Street to Silicon Valley…and even Hollywood. Consequently, it’s also one of the most misunderstood and misapplied terms in the business lexicon.

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Kickstarting Change and Innovation in Uncertain Times

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack In our last article, we described why innovation is transformational, and why, at this moment in time, it is more important than ever to innovate.

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Making Real-Time Product Portfolio Data Analysis a Priority

Planview

As market turbulence accelerates, businesses across the globe are being forced to respond with speed and agility — or risk being left behind. But you don’t need to be making split-second shots in the dark. Gathering as much information as possible about your products, as well as vital intel on market demand and consumer behavior, and being able to analyze and report it quickly empowers you to make data-driven decisions without wasting valuable time.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

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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Expo Live's Latest Cohort Opens Applications For Climate-Related Solutions Ahead Of The UAE's COP28 Hosting Duties

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Applications for the program began on February 1, 2023, and will remain open until March 1, 2023.

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Leveraging the core of what we already have

Ecosystems4Innovating

The need to leverage our existing core first in any change Embracing our core and leveraging these to the best of our abilities is a great place to start undertaking and preparing organizations for necessary change. This begins a journey so it is not simply efficiency we are looking for but achieving a much higher level of effectiveness to be ready to make changes ahead less disruptive.

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The Five Gifts of Uncertainty

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton “How are you doing? How are you handling all this?” It seems like 90% of conversations these days start with those two sentences. We ask out of genuine concern and also out of a need to commiserate, to share our experiences, and to find someone that understands.

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Can Audi avoid its Kodak moment?

Cris Beswick

Recently Hildegard Wortmann, Audi AGs member of the board of management responsible for Sales & Marketing, said that there is only a 50% chance that Audi will still exist in 10 years. As alarming as this might sound, her perspective is probably rooted in acknowledging that the company cannot adapt quickly to changing customer preferences. In other words, the speed of change in the market is higher than the speed at which the company can meet those changes, making it challenging to remain rel

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

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.