Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D., is the director of the Center for Workplace Mental Health, a program of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation that develops resources, tools, and trainings to help address the mental health and well-being of those in the workforce and their families. She recently explained how employers can improve their practices and policies for addressing workplace wellness and mental health as employees return to the office.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Overview: The suggestion box is a classic tool for collecting feedback. Modern boxes should be online, privacy-friendly, simple, collect useful data, and offer useful incentives. Put It Online. One of the obvious issues with the old-school suggestion box is that it’s hard to put a slip of paper in a slot when you’re out in the field, on the floor, or just keeping up with your other work.

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Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The hardest thing about change is that, typically, most people don’t want it. If they did, it have already been accepted as the normal state of affairs. That can make transformation a lonely. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

We tend to think that it is difficult to predict the future because it is. Who forecast 9/11 or Covid? Where are the flying cars, paperless offices and 2 day working weeks that we were promised? However, in the light of failed predictions and non-predictions it is easy to overlook the fact that many people did accurately forecast developments in science, technology and society.

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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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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Mental health challenges don’t discriminate based on seniority level, and there certainly has been no shortage of stressors lately. Kelly Greenwood Founder and CEO, Mind Share Partners. I’d be hard-pressed to find someone who could honestly say that their mental health hasn’t been negatively affected over the last 18 months. The lines between the personal and professional continue to blur, making it impossible to compartmentalize.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with David Schonthal, a Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He teaches courses in new venture creation, design thinking, business acquisition, healthcare entrepreneurship, corporate innovation and creativity. He is also the author of the new book The Human Element: Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas with his co-author Loran Nordgren.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Arunachalam Muruganantham was born in 1961 in Coimbatore, India. His parents were poor hand-loom weavers. The family was pushed into penury when his father was killed in a road accident. At 14, Muruga (as he is known), dropped out of school. To support the family, he took various jobs including working as a farm labourer and a welder. In 1998, he married Shanthi.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Alexa Built-in Devices are helping families get the most out of the time they spend together, and stay connected when they have to be apart. Our lives are busier and more hectic than ever, and while people are at home more often, it seems like families are spending less quality time together. That means it’s critical to make the most out of the time you get to spend with your loved ones.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Let me tell you a story. On my recent trip to Greece, I had a discussion with my taxi driver which put into perspective how different people consider different things as valuable. He was telling us how he works hard for 8 months a year, but from November through February, the entire island shuts to tourists and he goes to his land in the village to harvest his olives, grapes and tend to his livestock.

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Strategyzer Innovation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It’s not enough to say: “innovation lives everywhere across our organization” or “it’s everybody’s job to innovate around here”.

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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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Rmukesh Gupta

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is on top of every organisation – social or entrepreneurial and every leader worth their salt is thinking about how to make their culture more inclusive and equitable for all members of the tribe. . In this blog I want to warn leaders about the risk of ignoring one or more of the trinity of values (Diversity, Inclusion & Equity) in favor of the others.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Actress and real estate agent Chrishell Stause gives her advice on creating a smart home that is personalized and budget-friendly. Given how many homes you have toured in your career, what are the best smart devices that you have seen? I have been in some of the “smartest” homes, but I have yet to come across a flawless audio-visual system. My favorite thing I have seen are lamps that have wireless charging capabilities embedded into them that could charge devices automatically through infrared

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

A few years ago, I help what was at the time the biggest ever online summit for Innovation and Creativity. In it, more than 50 experts from the fields of creativity and innovation came together to share their thoughts, research, experience and insights with me about how to become more creative and actually have those ideas deliver value. Thousands of people attended, and continue to pay for access to the interviews years later.

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Kainexus

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about structures and methods for improving business processes , setting operational goals, and deploying the organization's strategy. Today, we want to turn to a more personal subject and discuss professional areas of improvement in any work environment. It may be helpful to think about which of these areas are your strengths and weaknesses.

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Tullio Siragusa

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Why Executives Need Coaches. Executives are like athletes. They are under constant pressure to perform daily. Like with athletes, coaching is the most effective approach to ensure that leaders perform at their best. Workplace coaching is a rising field with a growing corpus of research to back it up. . What is workplace coaching? . How does it work?

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Making your home more water efficient is an impactful way to live more sustainably without even thinking about it. As the Earth’s temperature becomes warmer with climate change, the greater the need for freshwater. Because heat causes water to evaporate more quickly, a hotter planet means more rain droplets evaporate in the atmosphere before they become rainfall, leading to drought.

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Entrepreneur - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As the world continues to grapple with a pandemic, innovation remains critical. Here's how to get the results you want to see.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Getting your best ideas brewing can be difficult, especially if you don’t have the right tools for the job. No matter what type of work you do, you likely do a fair amount of brainstorming, planning, and “noodling” in your daily work. We created Instant Coffee to help facilitate better idea generation — whether you’re a C-level executive thinking through your company’s next big move, or an individual contributor trying to collaboratively solve a problem with your team.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

How Great Ideas Sometimes Come From Following the Natural Flow of Things Image: James Homans on Unpslash GUEST POST from John Bessant Sometimes it’s the simplest ideas which change the world.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Today, a smart home means a more convenient life. But what could be more convenient than protecting homes from avoidable damage? Julie Shiyou-Woodard President and CEO, Smart Home America. Too many homes are vulnerable to floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes. When a disaster happens, families are displaced, irreplaceable items are lost, and finances are strained as people rebuild.

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Kainexus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Lean Six Sigma is a business optimization methodology that combines two popular continuous improvement methods, Lean and Six Sigma. These well-proven approaches give organizations a structured path to reaching their strategic goals quickly and profitably. While the driving force behind Lean Six Sigma is daily incremental improvement , implemented by employees at every level of the organization, it often involves discrete projects targeted at specific problems or goals.

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Daniel Burrus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

During the course of one’s professional career, the thought crosses their mind that, “I wish I could just work for myself,” or they take a look at a product, service, or process and state, “there has got to be a better way.”. Nearly every day, an individual with that inkling takes the leap into entrepreneurship, hoping to positively disrupt an industry, make a difference in the world, or become the next Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, to be remembered for something they created that did not exist befor

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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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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers The digital divide describes those having or not having access to broadband, hardware, software and technology support.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Carter Oosterhouse helps homeowners make the renovations they think are impossible on his HGTV show “Carter Can.” We asked him for some tips on how people can implement smart technology to make their homes more energy efficient. How has the increased capability of connecting smart devices to homes made buildings greener? Homes are now so much more intelligent and so much more efficient, and smart gadgets are largely to thank for that.

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Kainexus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

James Womack and Dan Jones are the founders of the Lean Enterprise Institute and the Lean Enterprise Academy (UK), respectively. Their book, Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation , is considered by some to be the bible of Lean manufacturing. It was initially published in 1996 based on their in-depth study of Toyota’s fabled Toyota Production System (TPS).

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Learn about this brainstorming technique and find resources below. Sometimes called “negative brainstorming”, “ reverse brainstorming ” is one approach to problem-solving sessions that can be a useful way to explore different options in an innovation or design thinking project. In this blog post, we’ll go into further detail about what the technique is, when it should be used, as well as share a template and other resources to help you learn about this method for br

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Curb Transactional Open Innovation and Embrace an Integrated Ecosystem Strategy “It’s a wall,” “It’s a snake,” “It’s a rope,” “It’s a spear,” “It’s a fan,” no, “It’s a tree,” and so goes the story of “The Blind Men & The Elephant”.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

FORTIFIED is attainable next-level disaster protection when re-roofing or building a new home. Julie Shiyou-Woodard President and CEO, Smart Home America. Many people hear the word fortified and think about castles from a bygone era or the cereal they eat for breakfast. However, for over 30,000 homeowners across the United States, FORTIFIED means strength, safety, and savings.

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PlanBox Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The crowd gazes in silence as the sound of drums beat to the echoes of your pounding heart. Before you stands an imposing sumo ( rikishi ) who shows no sign of mercy. It’s a match for the ages, and you’re the underdog. . The rules? Don’t step outside the ring ( dohyo ) and don’t let any part of your body other than your feet touch the ground. The challenge?

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

GUEST POST from Anthony Mills Prologue Design Thinking is an incredibly powerful way to approach the design of just about anything that involves an interaction with people (or other intelligent creatures).

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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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