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9 Agile Transformation Metrics for Executives to Watch

Planview

How do you know whether your Agile transformation is on the right track, or heading in the right direction? Understanding Agile transformation metrics for executives is key to proving the ROI of your Agile transformation. Making the switch from measuring outputs to measuring outcomes can make it difficult to know exactly what you should be measuring… and what it all means.

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What is ‘True Creativity’? (part 3 of 5)

Idea to Value

So for the past two weeks I have been telling you about my big upcoming plans. And that you could get a sneak preview of what was coming up by registering here for free. Today I want to begin telling you about ‘ True Creativity ‘ As I mentioned last week, I have made it my mission to help a billion people transform their ideas into reality.

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Where do Innovative Ideas Come From?

Destination Innovation

Cities around the world suffer from a common problem – a shortage of affordable, decent quality housing. Cutworks Studio, a design company based in Paris and Amsterdam has developed an approach called PolyBlocs – modularly constructed residential sites consisting of individual block rooms which can be stacked in different ways to create an array of sizes and shapes.

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Don’t Confuse A Moment With A Movement

Digital Tonto

It’s easy to confuse a moment with a movement. A movement involves linking together small, but often disparate groups in the context of shared purpose and shared values. A moment occurs when an event. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Society 2045’s Outlook for Purposeful Relationships at Work

Tullio Siragusa

Society 2045’s Outlook for Purposeful Relationships at Work. In the corporate world, diminishing the barriers of bureaucratic hierarchy is essential to create a more intimate work environment centered on collaboration and engagement. . “Collapsing rules that restrict people is the key to changing the outlook on relationships in the workplace.”. Changing the dynamics of relationships at the workplace from bosses and subordinates to equally valuable peers and diminishing the power rules will signi

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Podcast S6E150: Alex Pang – The Benefits of a 4 Day workweek

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Alex Pang, founder of Strategy and Rest, a consultancy devoted to helping companies and individuals harness the power of rest to shorten our workdays, while staying focused and productive. Alex is also the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less and his new book SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER, AND LESS– HERE’S HOW.

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Not Invented Here

Innovation Excellence

Sometimes Letting Go is the Hardest Part of Innovation GUEST POST from John Bessant (You can find a podcast version of this story here) The Welsh valleys are amongst the most beautiful in the world.

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Innovation Management Systems Reduce Turnover Challenges

Sopheon

As people seek new jobs at record levels, companies rely on innovation management systems to keep new product development moving forward. The post Innovation Management Systems Reduce Turnover Challenges appeared first on Sopheon.

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Status Quo bias: Why people are resistant to change

Idea to Value

In innovation projects, we often hear about companies resisting a change to the status quo. In this case, the status quo being how things are currently done. As a result, many innovation projects fail at the final hurdle, when they are asked to actually implement the change they were designed for. But is this preference for the status quo real? Yes it is.

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Episode 078: Getting Corks Out of Wine Bottles Leads to Creative Breakthrough

Innovation in Practice

Ever removed a cork from a wine bottle? If so, you also know how to remove a baby from its mother’s birth canal! Just kidding. That is certainly not true. What is true, however, is that a very important medical device has been invented because one man learned how to remove the wine cork that was stuck in his wine bottle. He did so by using something called analog transfer. .

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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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Finding the Right Physician Advisor for a Healthcare Startup

Innovation Excellence

It has never been easier to create a sickcare startup, particularly in digital health. Part of that process requires that founders find the right players to be on the team. In many instances, that will involve finding physician advisors or consultants.

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Brunner Honored for Integrated Marketing, PR Campaigns at PRSA Renaissance Awards

Brunner

Agency takes home four awards for three clients in the home category. On Jan. 27, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Pittsburgh chapter hosted its annual Renaissance Awards , held at the Carnegie Science Center. The event honors local organizations, agencies and businesses as well as communicators for their innovative work across all aspects of public relations and marketing communications.

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Fear of the unknown: The one true fear?

Idea to Value

Why are people so hesitant to support new ideas? As we have seen in the past few weeks, people have a natural tendency to prefer things stay the way they are , as well as feeling negative experiences more strongly than positive experiences. But is there something even stronger at play here? Is there something about new ideas which scares people? Some scientists believe the answer is yes, and it is all related to our fear of the unknown.

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Top Qualities of a Good Team Leader (And How to Develop Them)

CMOE

No one is born a great leader. Like any hard or soft skill, leadership qualities are developed through conscious, consistent learning and training. Top-notch leadership is comprised of many qualities, some more important than others. The skills you need will depend on your role and industry, but for this article, CMOE is taking a holistic approach and highlighting the top seven qualities of a good team leader.

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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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5 Digital Transformation Use Cases in the Automotive Industry

Acuvate

The automotive industry is on the brink of significant technological disruption. Underpinning Industry 4.0 and the next-gen of mobility is the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence, intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and Big Data – delivering real-time insights to enable powerful innovation and transform the way automotive companies operate.

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“Lift” by Faisal Hoque Is A Must-Read. — Readers’ Favorite

Faisal Hoque

If you want to be this kind of new leader, or if the idea excites you for the great changes it could bring, “ Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change” by Faisal Hoque is a must-read. BOOK REVIEW. Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles for Readers’ Favorite. Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change (English and Spanish Edition), by Faisal Hoque, Jeff Wuorio, and Shelley Moench-Kelly, is a compelling, powerful guide to transforming leadersh

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Understanding the ISO Standard for Innovation Management – Concepts & Benefits

IM Insights

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars , the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. Having participated in the ISO creation process, Andy Cars will discuss the concepts around ISO standards and how organisations can benefit from them. The aim is to create a long-term innovation strategy and transform an organisation’s culture into a value creation mindset.

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Cognyte Selects Qmarkets to Support Market-Leading Security Analytics Software

Qmarkets

Cognyte, the global leading security analytics software provider, has launched an innovation management program with the Qmarkets Q-ideate tool. This initiative will see 1,500 employees invited to share their ideas and proposals to further improve and develop the solutions offered by Cognyte. Recently recognised as a ‘Leader’ in the 2021 Frost & Sullivan Digital Intelligence Solutions report , Cognyte supplies its software to over 1,000 government and enterprise companies in over 100 countri

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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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Paying It Forward With Random Acts of Kindness

Phil McKinney

I began my tech career in a factory in Evansville, IN as the sole “geek” living in a condemned (yes—condemned) apartment building for $50.00 a month with my wife, who was finishing her nursing degree. How things have changed from that humble beginning. When I look back on my career and where it has brought […].

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“Lift” Looks For Contemporary Opportunities to Make a Difference. — Foreword Clarion

Faisal Hoque

“The book’s reliance on real-world examples vivifies its ideals about transformational leadership, which involves making meaning for the people whom one serves.” Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change. Faisal Hoque. Fast Company Press. ( 264pp ). 978-1-63908-012-0. Clarion Rating: 4 out of 5. Faisal Hoque’s encouraging leadership book Lift looks for contemporary opportunities to make a difference through one’s personal and professional choices.

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Strategy Map: How to create one and why

Cascade Strategy

Do you know where your business is going? More importantly, do your employees understand precisely how to get there?

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Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste

helloFUTURE

Everyone fears change. Humans would rather suffer under terrible conditions than step into the unknown. This is one of the reasons that it is so challenging to bring innovation to life in organizations. Organizations are made of people – and people primarily fear change. If your leaders fear change, you might want to look for… The post Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste appeared first on IDEATE + EXECUTE.

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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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The Fall of Peloton

Michael Roberto

Source: NPR The Wall Street Journal reports today that Peloton CEO and co-founder John Foley is stepping down from the company. The firm also announced 2,800 layoffs. The newspaper reports on the precipitous decline in the company's fortunes over the past few months: For a while Peloton enjoyed high times as a pandemic darling , with homebound customers ordering its exercise equipment and streaming its virtual classes.

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“Lift” Urges Forward-Thinking Innovation. — Booklife by Publishers Weekly

Faisal Hoque

“An inviting, in-depth guide to transformational leadership in a world of continual change.” Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change. Faisal Hoque , author. Reviews. This motivational guide urges readers to anticipate the relentless pace of change at the dawn of what Hoque and c-authors Jeff Wuorio and Shelley Moench-Kelly call the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an era of new technology, an ongoing pandemic, and climate disruption.

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Strategy vs Execution: How to break out of the strategy planning trap

Cascade Strategy

Strategy without action is pointless.

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Research: How Do Warehouse Workers Feel About Automation?

Harvard Business Review

Interviews with workers from around the world shed light on their hopes and concerns.

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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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Top 12 Best Creativity Podcasts

Idea to Value

If you are anything like me, you will have discovered how convenient and informative podcasts can be. Unlike a lot of other information on the internet, podcasts can be a great source of information direct from the mouth of an expert. Even better, because podcasts are audio, you can listen to them in the background while doing something else, like commuting, doing housework or just walking.

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You Do Not See Things As They Are; You See Them As You Are

Michael Michalko

Some scientists visited a New Guinea tribe that believed their world ended at the nearby river. After several months one of the scientists had to cross the river to leave. When the scientist was safely across he waved, but the tribesmen did not respond. They said they didn’t see him as nothing existed beyond the end of the world. Their entrenched patterns of belief about where the world ended distorted their perception of reality.

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Understanding the ISO Standard for Innovation Management – Concepts & Benefits – Podcast Transcript

IM Insights

Main Episode Page. Podcast & Show Notes. Episode Transcript. Teaser. How do we have a positive impact on the world that we live in? And how can we maximise value creation and wellbeing, right? And that goes into very much the idea of long-term innovation. So, it’s about value creation, the definition of innovation, how do we create value right?

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5 Ways to Restore Depleted Health Care Workers

Harvard Business Review

Proven strategies that health systems are using to combat employees’ physical and emotional exhaustion.

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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.