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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs & creativity

Idea to Value

Can everyone be creative all the time? No. First, before a person can focus their energy on being creative, they need to satisfy their more basic needs. In 1943, Abraham Maslow came up with his groundbreaking Hierarchy of Needs, published as A theory of human motivation. In it, he outlined the theory that people need to satisfy their most basic needs before they can focus on more complex needs.

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The best time to innovate is in the aftermath of a crisis

Jeffrey Phillips

I've spoken recently with a number of people employed by companies, large and small, and to a number of consultants. The list of challenges most businesses face in the aftermath of COVID is rather significant. Many businesses are finding it difficult to find the workers they need, and those that do have the workers are struggling with remote or in person work issues.

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Three tips for a sustainable post-pandemic plan.

Focused Momentum

Last weekend felt like the beginning of the beginning. Like many here in the US, my family celebrated the start of summer by joining two other families for a camping trip. We planned the trip this winter when Covid rates were soaring, and we were under Shelter in Place orders. We desperately needed to look forward to something. We knew the reservations might be canceled, but we forged ahead.

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Thinking sustainability needs a mix of future scenarios.

Paul Hobcraft

The accelerating need to build a sustainability pathway. Sustainability is rising to be top or close to the top of a boards agenda. The growing concerns of several intertwined issues need addressing as they will initiate a significant change to the Business and how it operates and presents itself to the world. Boards are asking where our business fits within and alongside society, both in who we serve and society in general, coupled with realising that the planet is heading towards a critical cr

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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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What is the difference between Innovation, Invention and an Idea?

Idea to Value

I am a big fan of the TV show Dragon’s Den (UK), also called Shark Tank (USA). It is always entertaining to watch the inventors trying to get support for their new ideas and inventions, which they are convinced are going to change the world. However, an invention is not the same as an innovation. It is also significantly less likely to succeed than an innovation.

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Summer Reading List: 16 Books That Will Help You Understand The Next Decade

Digital Tonto

This summer, my list focuses on books that explain the issues we'll be wrestling with over the next decade. The post Summer Reading List: 16 Books That Will Help You Understand The Next Decade first. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Thinking sustainability needs a mix of future scenarios.

Paul Hobcraft

The accelerating need to build a sustainability pathway. Sustainability is rising to be top or close to the top of a boards agenda. The growing concerns of several intertwined issues need addressing as they will initiate a significant change to the Business and how it operates and presents itself to the world. Boards are asking where our business fits within and alongside society, both in who we serve and society in general, coupled with realising that the planet is heading towards a critical cr

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Podcast S5E118: Mark Herschberg – The career skills they don’t teach you in college

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with author Mark Herschberg, helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program at MIT, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,”. We speak about the skills which are necessary to succeed in the future, but which aren’t taught well enough at college. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – The types of skills which are required to become a good leader and manager but are lacking at universities. 00:05:30 –

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DNA of an Innovative Business: Is It Yours?

InnovationManagement

With the acceleration of modern economic, societal and environmental changes, new opportunities are created everywhere, and often where we least expect them. The post DNA of an Innovative Business: Is It Yours? appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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What Can Your Business Learn About Innovation from Shark Tank Ideas?

IdeaScale

Shark Tank has been around in some form or another since 2001, with the Japanese series “Money Tigers.” Yet the basic concept is simple: entrepreneurs pitch their idea to a panel of investors, who will pick their idea apart before deciding whether or not to invest. Usually, a dollar amount is set for a small but significant percentage of the company.

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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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Thinking sustainability needs a mix of future scenarios.

Paul Hobcraft

The accelerating need to build a sustainability pathway. Sustainability is rising to be top or close to the top of a boards agenda. The growing concerns of several intertwined issues need addressing as they will initiate a significant change to the Business and how it operates and presents itself to the world. Boards are asking where our business fits within and alongside society, both in who we serve and society in general, coupled with realising that the planet is heading towards a critical cr

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Creative Process: 5 stages which ideas go through

Idea to Value

What happens in the brain when we are having an idea? Why is it that we sometimes get our best ideas when we are not even thinking about them, like in the shower ? What is actually happening in the brain a complex combination of conscious and unconscious activities that interact with one another, trying to find creative solutions to a challenge. Only when a possible solution is found does the brain become aware of it through an “Aha” or “Eureka” moment.

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3 Ways Innovation in Asia is Different

Board of Innovation

How fostering innovation in Asia needs to be different from Silicon Valley’s benchmark. The post 3 Ways Innovation in Asia is Different appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Invincible Company of the month: Harper

Strategyzer Innovation

Innovation is an emerging profession that substantially differs from managing a business and is not the same as traditional R&D. The myth around innovation is that “it’s all coming up with brand new products or services”. In reality, the business model that accompanies the product is just as if not more important to its success - something that organizations tend to forget.

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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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Idea Software: A Quick Guide to the Power of Idea and Innovation Management

Qmarkets

Today innovation has become a lifeline for businesses who have had to pivot and adjust to recent market changes. Yet, innovation doesn’t just happen, it starts with ideas. Ideas can result in new revenue streams, product improvements, enhanced employee engagement, and more. Yet to reap the true benefits of innovation, organizations must create a structured process whereby ideas are systematically collected, evaluated, and implemented on scale.

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Has Remote Work Created an Imposter Syndrome Problem?

Cascade Strategy

The transition towards more widespread remote work has been coming for a while now, but it’s almost certainly the case that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a significant accelerator of this shift. For the first time in the modern era, companies of all types are becoming more open to running distributed teams that don’t meet in a single location, but who collaborate using a range of technological tools that can bring them together virtually.

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Returpen: Bringing Circularity into Healthcare

Board of Innovation

Novo Nordisk’s pilot project, Returpen, is designed to collect used insulin pens in order to recycle the materials. The post Returpen: Bringing Circularity into Healthcare appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Soft Skills can be Taught the Way Many of us Learn: Through Dynamic Connections.

Daniel Burrus

During this unique period of technology-driven transformation, the education sector has so far been slow to embrace the power of digital tools that can be used to accelerate learning. Institutions spend time, energy, and money protecting and defending conventional teaching methods while casting aside new, transformative ways in which we can adequately prepare young children and even adults for the ever-evolving world in front of us.

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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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Teaming Up to Drive Customer Experience, Change and Innovation Success

Innovation Excellence

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Top Marketing Strategies Differentiating Starbucks, Coca-Cola & Apple

Cascade Strategy

Have you ever wondered why there's so much buzz around brands like Coca-Cola, Apple, and Starbucks? Have you asked yourself what makes them so special when many other brands are churning out almost the same products? Well, if you have, then you're well on your way to discovering the secret of their success.

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Pulse of Innovation: Managing Innovators

Wellspring

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.

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How to Be a Leader at Work in Any Role

CMOE

Being a leader of any type can be a daunting responsibility, but as you adopt a leadership mindset and incorporate a few actions into your day-to-day activities, you can be a highly effective leader who inspires team members to do their best work. Here are five essential skills that will help you be a leader at work, no matter the role you play. These practical solutions and strategies will help you improve your leadership effectiveness and drive your team forward.

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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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Building Cumulative Advantage

Innovation Excellence

Exclusive Mark Schaefer Interview Excerpt from CustomerThink.com Cumulative Advantage as a concept builds unstoppable momentum for your ideas and your business — even when the odds seem stacked against you.

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Hope Is Not A Strategy

Cascade Strategy

If your company is adopting a wait and see strategy for survival and growth, then prepare now to lose your business.

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Christian Care Ministry: Customer Month Spotlight!

Kainexus

Today, we bring you the third and final guest in our mini-series of Customer Month Spotlights here on the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast with our host, Mark Graban. We'll do more of these interviews in the future—let's make every month "customer month". Our guest for this episode is Eric Mellert, Manager of the Process Improvement Team at Christian Care Ministry.

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Being a Leader is Like Being an Improv Actor

Rmukesh Gupta

One of the skills that all of us need to develop as we want to be and behave like a leader is to develop the skills of an improv actor. The foundational aspect of any improv actor is the ability to be fully present in the moment and respond to their stimuli. As leaders, we need to be able to do that as well. So, if our stimuli requires us to be a coach, we need to be able to channel our inner coach.

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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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Employee Spot: Katherine Cho

Brunner

Meet Katherine Cho—she’s just joined our Channel Marketing team in Atlanta as a Senior Lead, Marketing Communications Planner. Get to know Katherine below! . Q: Why did you choose Brunner? . A:?I chose Brunner because of the culture and the people. Everyone I interviewed with had such positive energy, I knew I wanted to call Brunner my next home. .

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Corporate Memory Part II

Sopheon

Corporate memory is an essential aspect of product innovation. Careful consideration is needed about what should be recorded and for how long. The post Corporate Memory Part II appeared first on Sopheon.

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Corporate Nomadland – the Gig Economy and Digital Nomads

Adam Hartung

The movies can predict trends like Digital Nomads. Who are they and what is driving this very real mega-Trend?

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why you should ignore the past

helloFUTURE

I love the “success literature” space – it’s actually pretty humorous. I think of all of the books I’ve read; there are maybe three that I can say actually “tell it like it is” when describing the reality of success. The literature does give you a prescription for success – follow my lead, says the… The post why you should ignore the past appeared first on hellofuture.

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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.