IdeaScale
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic has squeezed supply chains around the globe. Companies involved in the supply chain have needed to develop new methods up and down the supply chain, from AI managing the entire system to new vehicles for delivery and pickup. What Happened To The Supply Chain? One innovation revolutionized how we buy things in the 1990s – “just-in-time” management.
Destination Innovation
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Advertising is creativity in action. How can you make beer or ketchup or vaccination topical, relevant and fascinating? The clever people at advertising agencies do some lateral thinking and keep coming up with creative ideas. Here are my top six favourites from 2021 on Youtube. 6. BLK – Vax That Thang Up – How do you encourage young black people to get vaccinated?
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Business and Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Face-to-face events are essential for so many organizations globally, from meeting planners organizing events, to services providers and the entire hospitality industry. With the pandemic literally putting a stop to in-person gatherings, everyone needed to rethink what the future of events will look like. . Senthil Gopinath CEO, International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA).
Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The Tower Of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563). Central to any organizational innovation building, the enormous value of having a consistent common language is paramount; it is essential to gain identification and understanding that all can relate to; it provides the backbone to a clear, united “sense of purpose” Building upon this common language gives a greater chance of effective communication to place the innovation activities into their appropriate context.
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.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
DECEMBER 25, 2021
Nowadays, companies cannot be too passive with innovation.
Jeffrey Phillips
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Over the last few weeks, Paul Hobcraft and I have developed a series of short videos. The purpose of these videos is to explore a tool that Paul and I created, which we call the Executive Innovation Workmat. The Workmat is meant to help executives understand their role in innovation activities, and to identify the key attributes of a business that must be aligned and in synch for innovation to flourish.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 27, 2021
The climate crisis is escalating faster than most people imagined, and we must act now to change critical dimensions of the tasks, structures and day-to-day practices of our companies. Just as human civilization moved from the Agricultural Era to the Industrial Era, and from the Industrial Era into the Digital Era, we are now simultaneously moving into two eras at once: while every day we are getting deeper into the Digital Era, we are also taking first steps into the emerging Regenerative Era.
Leapfrogging
DECEMBER 27, 2021
The OGSM model (Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures) can help teams get on the same page and moving in the right direction. For the past 25 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of groups across dozens of big companies and startups. One thing’s consistent: everyone works in teams, and the ultimate success of any organization relies on the overall effectiveness of the teams within it.
Innovators Alliance
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Natural Resources Canada has released a new climate change report for Canada. Called Canada in a Changing Climate: National Issues Report , the in-depth document explores how climate change is impacting the Canadian environment, economy and many aspects of citizens’ lives. It delves deeply into local climate change impacts and provides examples of adaptation efforts underway to address them.
Business and Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Corbin Ball is an event technology speaker, consultant, and writerhelping event and exhibitionhosts worldwide to effectively use technology to increase efficiency and improve the attendee experience. Corbin Ball Event Technology Speaker, Consultant, and Writer. Why are trade shows important? For more than a century, trade shows have brought buyers and sellers together in a concentrated, face-to-face (F2F) manner that educates, strengthens human interaction and generates significant business acti
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.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Innovation and commercial real estate (CRE) go hand-in-hand.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 28, 2021
GUEST POST from Janet Sernack In our last blog, we proposed, rather than living in a world where everyone hates to fail, why not adopt a rethink, respond, regroup, thrive pattern, and experience failure as an opportunity for change, unlearning, and … Continue reading →
Kainexus
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Policy deployment, known in Lean circles as Hoshin Kanri or Strategy Deployment, is a technique for ensuring that an organization's strategic goals and objectives drive activities at every level. The goal is to provide consistent direction and clear communications so that every employee pulls in the same direction (toward "True North") simultaneously.
Business and Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
The buzz around the cybersecurity world has reached a fever pitch this year, with news of high-profile breaches making headlines on a seemingly daily basis. Yet, despite this ongoing cybersecurity-centric newscycle, many individuals are uncertain about the best ways to protect themselves or are simply too skeptical of the security methods that exist to make themselves more secure.
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.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
DECEMBER 31, 2021
Thanks to technology, we came up with a way to help our clients keep their businesses open and operating safely.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Here’s What Makes the Difference GUEST POST from Greg Satell The conservative columnist John Podhoretz recently took to the New York Post to denounce the plotline of Disney’s new miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Kainexus
DECEMBER 27, 2021
John Shook, president of the Lean Enterprise Institute , is among those who describe Lean or the Toyota Production System as being neither top-down management nor bottom-up management. It's not about the boss telling people what to do, and it's not a system where employees are empowered to do whatever they want. Instead, an effective culture and management system has top-down AND bottom-up communication, decisions, and improvement elements.
Business and Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
While the FBI is reportedly tracking as many as 100 variants of ransomware, most ransomware vectors follow a common thread. Steve Durbin CEO, Information Security Forum (ISF). Ransomware needs no introduction and is perhaps the most damaging and widespread form of cybercrime in years. Several high-profile businesses fell hostage to ransomware in the first half of 2021, with U.S. agencies now prioritizing ransomware incidents as serious acts of terrorism. .
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
DECEMBER 31, 2021
There are no harmless decisions.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 26, 2021
GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers One way to put a toe in the water of physician entrepreneurship is to become an advisor to a startup founder or client or simply someone who wants your opinion.
helloFUTURE
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Not all human cultures are literate, but every culture tells stories. Whether in caves or cities, storytelling remains the most natural and essential form of communication. We often forget that stories can be a powerful means of establishing context or connecting people to values ??or beliefs. Whether at home listening to your child tell you… The post why storytelling is important appeared first on IDEATE + EXECUTE.
Business and Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Hybrid events have grown up quickly. Corporations, trade associations and nonprofits in various industries have noticed. Mark Miller President, Rental & Staging Network and President, Markey’s Indianapolis. Presenting an event with a live and a remote audience creates new opportunities that were unimaginable two years ago. Hybrid events can position any brand for dramatically more reach, more revenue and more market share.
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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.
Bill Fischer
DECEMBER 30, 2021
If anyone working today would have been a welcome addition to the original "West Side Story" team, it would have been Steven Spielberg. We speculate that it was the creative magic that made this team great that drew Spielberg in, not to renovate, but, instead to add his expertise to the original.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 25, 2021
For more than a decade I’ve devoted myself to making innovation insights accessible for the greater good, because I truly believe that the better our organizations get at delivering value to their stakeholders the less waste of natural resources and … Continue reading →
Rmukesh Gupta
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Yesterday, I watched the movie – Encanto streaming on Disney+ and really loved the movie and the underlying concept that it is based on. This song encapsulates the feeling that the movie handles. I would recommend you watch this 3 min song (and the entire movie if you have the time). I think as leaders, it is our responsibility to learn the way we and the people we lead feel under the surface (in addition to knowing how we feel under the surface ourselves).
Business and Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
The past 20 months have proven that cybersecurity professionals don’t need to be in a physical office environment to protect and defend their organizations. Clar Rosso CEO, (ISC) 2. COVID-19 forced a lot of change in the ways we operate businesses, including where we perform our jobs. Remote work has never been so widely mandated or accepted. Fewer professionals have long, overcrowded commutes to work, finding themselves equally — if not more — productive at home while enjoying more time with fa
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
Mike Shipulski
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Next year will be different, but we don’t know how it will be different. All we know is that it will be different. Some things will be the same and some will be different. The trouble is that we won’t know which is which until we do. We can speculate on how it will be different, but the Universe doesn’t care about our speculation. Sure, it can be helpful to think about how things may go, but as long as we hold on to the may -ness of our speculations.
Phil McKinney
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Ideas inspire people to change how we do the things we do. But ideas by themselves are just an inkling of what could be. Ideas that remain ideas forever eventually become ideas of the past, things we once thought could change the world. But never did. No one ever changed the world by just thinking […].
Acuvate
DECEMBER 29, 2021
How To Get Started With Azure Cloud Adoption Framework. Businesses are racing to adopt cloud as a critical element of their digital transformation journey. Cloud technology has become an essential part that defines a modern day business as it provides a competitive advantage, higher scalability, seamless collaboration efficiency, and flexibility. The added uncertainty caused by the pandemic has only accelerated cloud adoption led by the shift to the remote and virtual.
Business and Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Our panel discusses the biggest trends in cybersecurity, and what organizations and individuals can do to protect their data. . Dave Estlick Chief Information Security Officer, Chipotle. What is the biggest challenge facing cybersecurity today and what advice would you provide to businesses struggling with it now? The biggest challenge is the lack of available talent in the workforce.
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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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