IdeaScale
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The 2018 Benchmarking Innovation Impact report gathered powerful perspectives regarding why new projects fail. The report surveyed 270 innovation, strategy, and R&D executives with the objective of identifying the top barriers to organizational innovation. The top 5 of these barriers are below. By understanding what they are you can take measures to safeguard against [.].
Planview
OCTOBER 6, 2022
PI Planning in Agile is often held quarterly, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to lay out the product delivery cadence. When scaling agility to your whole organization, it’s important to have an overarching cadence to keep teams in sync. In the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®), time is divided into Program Increments (PIs) to provide structure while maintaining agility.
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InnovationManagement
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Innovating doesn’t just happen when inspiration strikes. In order to ensure forward progress, a business has to create a structure that stimulates innovation regularly. This structure will determine the rate and efficacy of overall innovation and is commonly known as an innovation strategy. This article will define innovation strategy, discuss how to create one, [.].
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 4, 2022
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton “We need to be more innovative.” How many times have you said or heard that? It’s how most innovation efforts start. It’s a statement that reflects leaders’ genuine desire to return to the “good ol’ days” when the company routinely created and launched new products and enjoyed the publicity and […].
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.
Michael Roberto
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Source: CNBC Phil Wahba has written a detailed and highly informative account of the collapse of Bed Bath and Beyond for Fortune. He points out that the retailer will generate about half as much revenue this year as they did just four years ago. Tragically, CFO Gustavo Arnal took his own life earlier this month, in part due to the stress of the situation at the retailer.
Cascade Strategy
OCTOBER 4, 2022
During the growth stage or during significant organizational changes, an effective internal communication strategy can make or break a business transformation.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 5, 2022
GUEST POST from Teresa Spangler “I just love it when people say I can’t do it, there’s nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life, people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.” -Ted Turner Resilience is what allows us to scale new heights. It is the strength that comes from […].
Wellspring
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Every so often we ask our community to sound off on popular topics in innovation and share their best tips, tricks, and advice in hopes that their answers may inspire others in the field. We’ve gathered these insights by email, over phone calls, at events and roundtables, and catching up with clients and colleagues.
Idea to Value
OCTOBER 4, 2022
How would you feel if someone told you that you needed to sit silently in a chair and not use your phone for 30 minutes? To just sit there and “ think “? I expect that like many people, you would probably think that you would be bored out of your mind. Being bored has numerous benefits. It can give you time to allow your mind to wander, and make you more creative.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 5, 2022
I’ve caught up on some essential reading this weekend to be able to offer you a selection of the most inspiring thought pieces and research by world-renowned scholar and management thinker, Professor Henry Chesbrough.
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.
Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 4, 2022
On September 26, the inaugural cohort of the Investing in Innovation (i3) program was announced (I serve on the steering committee). This group of 30 healthcare innovators –and others like them–gives Africa the best and, possibly, only chance to improve its healthcare infrastructure. If the i3 program, and others like it, succeed, African healthcare will improve.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 3, 2022
GUEST POST from Greg Satell Humans tend to think in a linear fashion. If something is growing, we expect it to keep growing. If it is decreasing, we expect it to continue to decrease. We are natural trend watchers and instinctively look for patterns. Yet it is often the discontinuities, rather than the continuities, that […].
Idea to Value
OCTOBER 6, 2022
If you want something done, give it to a busy person. I remember this quote from my childhood, and it is meant to show that people who work the hardest are likely to be the ones who are best able to complete additional hard tasks. Since then, there has been an explosion of the productivity culture , where people often work incredibly long hours to show how busy they are and to achieve as much as possible.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Before assessing the three key models of open innovation, let’s take a step back and look at what open innovation means.
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.
Qmarkets
OCTOBER 5, 2022
A new partnership between Amsterdam-based growth specialists RevelX and Qmarkets will drive strategic innovation and growth for their joint clients. This partnership will combine the extensive functionality of the Qmarkets platform with the expertise and services of RevelX’s team of growth entrepreneurs, to power the innovation efforts and strategies of companies around the world.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 1, 2022
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Praise happens when you tell someone they did something wonderful. Praise is virtually free and almost the most powerful force in the universe. When you tell someone what they did was amazing, they stand three inches taller. Right in front of you, they get taller. They grow. They expand. Don’t […].
Entrepreneur - Innovation
OCTOBER 4, 2022
As well as providing customers with an immersive experience, businesses can use the metaverse to take them on a truly personal journey.
Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Key points. Disruptive innovations need three enablers: a technology, an organizational model, and a value network. In K–12 education, it’s hard to find value networks that can support new organizational models. When Disrupting Class was published in 2008, it predicted that by the fall of 2019, 50% of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion.
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.
Cascade Strategy
OCTOBER 5, 2022
How do you set up and track good OKRs to hit your goals faster? This can be an overwhelming task without the right tools.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 6, 2022
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken NICE isn’t just the right way to treat people. It’s the name of a software company that specializes in helping businesses improve their customer and agent experience. NICE has analyzed billions of customer interactions to better understand customer behavior. They know what customers like and dislike. They know what frustrates […].
Entrepreneur - Innovation
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Follow your users' interests. They'll show you the next big thing.
Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 6, 2022
When was the last time you were satisfied with your health care? For the majority of Americans, it seems to have been a while. A recent Associated Press survey found that most Americans think that health care in this country is handled poorly. Only 12% of respondents are extremely happy with the state of US health care. This is relatively unsurprising; between rising health care costs and comparatively poor health outcomes , it’s easy to understand people’s dissatisfaction. .
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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.
Cascade Strategy
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Smartsheet is a reliable tool for project management and task tracking. But some teams outgrow it. They need a tool that goes beyond spreadsheets and traditional project & task management.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 7, 2022
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Our behavior is a result of causes and conditions. One thing paves the way for the next. Elements of the first thing create a preferential path for the next thing. If someone gets praised for doing A, more people will do A, even when A is the wrong behavior. If […].
Planview
OCTOBER 4, 2022
For more than a decade now, The Planview Vision Awards strives to recognize a handful of forward-looking organizations that have excelled at achieving their strategic goals by leveraging Planview solutions. This year, we were thrilled to honor a few select customers during the 26 th Annual Planview Accelerate Customer Conference on September 13 th – 14 th.
Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Summer internships are a proven gateway to jobs. But that gateway is not equally open to students from different backgrounds. Low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students’ internship participation rates lag behind those of their wealthier, white peers. Moreover, access to paid internships, which are associated with long-term wage premiums, remains uneven along lines of race and class.
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
Cascade Strategy
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Companies around the globe are investing billions of dollars in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs to maximize their ROI.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 2, 2022
GUEST POST from John Bessant Have you ever felt the urge to kick the photocopier? Or worse? That time when you desperately needed to make sixty copies of a workshop handout five minutes before your session begins. Or when you needed a single copy of your passport or driving license, it’s the only way you […].
Innov8rs
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Innov8rs |. If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? You won't get results from your innovation programs, processes and projects if the fundamentals are lacking. It may sound obvious, but in most if not all organizations there's still quite big gap between aspirations and actuals. From setting a proper strategy and structuring and organization the function, to having clarity about who makes what type of decisions when, to understanding how to align with and inv
Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews
OCTOBER 2, 2022
At a Glance Julie Hodges, Professor of Organisational Change, Consulting Advisor, and Author, Durham University Business School Focus Areas: Change Management, Leadership, HR, Management Thinkers360 In-Depth Profile & Portfolio: Julie Hodges Social Media: LinkedIn | Twitter Latest book: Reshaping the HR: the role of HR in organizational change (2020) Latest Content : Supporting people through dynamic and complex organisational changes, How to change elements of a culture , Changing elements
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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.
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