mjvinnovation
DECEMBER 29, 2020
The officeless – now home office – is nothing new. Many organizations were already testing this type of distributed management. But still nothing on a large scale. Therefore, this at-home life’s effects were not felt as a need to realign strategies and even rethink business models. But today, there is no way to postpone the innovation plans in the pipeline.
Innovation in Practice
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Sarcasm is the idea of using irony in a way to mock somebody or to insult them. While sarcasm can be insulting and hurtful to somebody, it also has an important positive aspect. . Sarcasm can lead to higher levels of creativity. . New research by Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School, Adam Galinsky, the Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, and Li Huang of INSEAD, the European business school, found that sarcasm is a process that activates the mind and it’
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Idea to Value
JANUARY 1, 2021
The phrase Hindsight is 20/20 usually refers to the fact that it is usually easier to analyse and evaluate events after they have already happened, rather than when you’re in the middle of them. There is also a very interesting cognitive bias known as the Hindsight Bias , which is the tendency for people to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 30, 2020
When developing new products, organization leaders must ensure their efforts align with the overall business strategy. This is essential for success because it relates the new product to the company mission. According to product development research, one in seven product ideas will be successful. Those that are, tie directly into customer needs to fulfill a demand or … Continued.
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 28, 2020
The Innovation Lab will have a budget of 10 million dollars, will be located in the Rehovot Science Park and will begin operations in 2021. The partners will include the pharmaceutical companies Teva and Merck, as well as the Biotech Fund.
Kainexus
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Manufacturers of all kinds seek to achieve continuous quality improvement because it ensures the consistency of products delivered to customers and protects against the competition. It also paves the path to compliance with industry-specific standards. This is crucial in the automotive sector because defective vehicle parts may lead to expensive recalls or worse accidents that cost lives.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 31, 2020
2020 has been a year of change management around how we work, particularly with videoconferencing. While the results haven’t been consistently positive, as any parent can tell you, they have been positive enough that Zoom calls, Teams meetings, and FaceTime will be part of the working world going forward, whether to save money on trips … Continued.
Innovation Leader
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Steven Rader is the Deputy Director of the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation at NASA. We sat down with Steven as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
Kainexus
DECEMBER 30, 2020
On January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, a large storage tank ow ned by the Purity Brewing Company filed with 2.3 million gallons of molasses weighing approximately 12,000 tons burst. As a result, a wave of molasses rush ed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour, killing 21 people and injuring another 150.
Idea to Value
DECEMBER 31, 2020
In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Founder of the Dirty Easel, Christiane Michaelis. We speak about what it takes for people to get back in touch with their inner creativity, and how art can be used to unlock this. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:00 – Christiane’s start in music and theatre. 00:06:30 – What is different learning from professional creatives. 00:11:00 – How she prefers the creative times of developing something new, rather tha
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.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Like all industries, manufacturing has seen many changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In just a few short months, supply chains were cut off, and manufacturers were forced to innovate or close their doors. Surviving businesses need to create an innovation strategy that aligns with new and existing goals. Here are examples of how a global … Continued.
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
DECEMBER 31, 2020
One of the biggest trends of 2020 was the rise of audio centric apps and services. From podcasting and smart speakers, to voice controlled assistants and hearables, audio was all the rage. A trend that is likely only going to increase throughout 2021 and beyond as witnessed by the early success of Clubhouse. As the New York Times puts it: “Clubhouse, which took off in May and has 600,000 registered users, lets people join pop-up audio chat rooms.
Phil McKinney
DECEMBER 26, 2020
“Dad – what’s that?” My daughter, 4 or 5, was in her car seat as we were running errands. She grew impatient with my delay in answering her question. “That!” she said as she pointed out her window at the curb. “It’s called a curb,” I explained. “What’s it made of?” “Cement.” “What’s cement?” I […].
helloFUTURE
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Yes, you read that right. This post will be written on December 31st, 2021, but was published on December 31st, 2020. As a futurist, we are usually right, but at the wrong time. So this is a list of everything that happened in 2021, just in time for your 2021 planning. Since we all live… The post 7 Looks Back At 2021 appeared first on hellofuture.
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.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Like all industries, manufacturing has seen many changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In just a few short months, supply chains were cut off, and manufacturers were forced to innovate or close their doors. Surviving businesses need to create an innovation strategy that aligns with new and existing goals. Here are examples of how a global … Continued.
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Connie Chan from the VC Firm Andreesen Horowitz recently tweeted out something that caught my eye, a post about the future of retail shopping. She also blogged about it and after you read what she had to say you’ll know why I was so intrigued: “We all shop for different reasons. We shop out of necessity and utility, of course. But for some of us, shopping also evokes joy, comfort, validation, even stress relief.
Adam Hartung
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Every industrial "era" is based in technology innovation. Those innovations are valued by investors and are reflected in the stock market. Watch carefully for the trends.
Innovation Leader
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Leaders from DBS and Charles Schwab discuss how their industries are pivoting to meet new needs during the pandemic…
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InnovationTraining.org
DECEMBER 30, 2020
A high-level summary of Accenture’s latest report on rebuilding the employer-employee relationship. The latest Accenture’s research study asks businesses to “care to do better” – making the case that investing in your employees and building the employer-employee relationship is necessary to doing business best. Since COVID-19 hit, leaders have been tested in real-time to keep their business viable while taking care of their employees during an unimaginable social an
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
DECEMBER 30, 2020
What’s the Next Big Thing going to be? Virtual Reality? The Internet of Things? Synthetic Biology? Genetic editing? What about Vision AI? Daffodil Software explains what it is, “Vision AI (also known as Computer Vision ) is a field of computer science that trains computers to replicate the human vision system. This enables digital devices (like face detectors, QR Code Scanners) to identify and process objects in images and videos, just like humans do.” And if the field continue
Values Centered Innovation
DECEMBER 28, 2020
2020 was a year that we didn’t see coming. Our vision was blindsided, our foresight clouded. While there are many, many lessons to be learned from this year of 2020, it’s that the days are over for having the world slow down enough to allow a carefully engineered cruise to well-defined outcomes. We’re immersed in what sometimes feels like a tidal wave of change, whereby: “Best results” is a fast-moving target in a fast-changing world.
Innovation in Practice
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Sarcasm is the idea of using irony in a way to mock somebody or to insult them. While sarcasm can be insulting and hurtful to somebody, it also has an important positive aspect. . Sarcasm can lead to higher levels of creativity. . New research by Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School, Adam Galinsky, the Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, and Li Huang of INSEAD, the European business school, found that sarcasm is a process that activates the mind and it’
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Innovation 360 Group
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Statistics belie the common misconception that you can transform a eureka moment into a commercial success. Rather, it is the result of thousands of experiments, failures, observations, and inspirations from history and other disciplines, as well as an unbiased creation process which sees thoughts grow step by step. The post From idea to commercial proof in 10 weeks – idea generation at the forefront appeared first on Innovation360.
Michael Roberto
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Earlier this week, I listed some of my favorite books from 2020. Today, I turn my attention to podcasts. Like many of you, I listen to some very popular ones about which most readers will be familiar (e.g., Freakonomics, How I Built This, Hidden Brain). However, I thought that I would feature three original podcasts that truly proved thought-provoking this year, and perhaps may be unfamiliar to some of you.
Values Centered Innovation
DECEMBER 28, 2020
2020 was a year that we didn’t see coming. Our vision was blindsided, our foresight clouded. While there are many, many lessons to be learned from this year of 2020, it’s that the days are over for having the world slow down enough to allow a carefully engineered cruise to well-defined outcomes. We’re immersed in what sometimes feels like a tidal wave of change, whereby: “Best results” is a fast-moving target in a fast-changing world.
Innovation in Practice
DECEMBER 27, 2020
The next time you come up with a great idea, do me a favor – don’t share it with anyone! If you want your ideas to have the best chance of getting accepted and implemented, then be careful how you share them. People evaluate ideas differently. They evaluate ideas based on the person who offered the idea. If they like the person, they like the idea.
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
Idea Champions
JANUARY 1, 2021
"Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck. Your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling." - Vincent van Gogh. "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you." - Gospel of Thomas.
Acuvate
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Understanding Digital Customer Service and How to Improve it The digital world has changed the buying process! Customers today are well-informed of products and the market. When they enter stores or talk to a sales representative, today’s customers already know what they want to buy and how much they want to pay for it. They […]. The post Understanding Digital Customer Service And How To Improve It appeared first on Acuvate.
Michael Roberto
DECEMBER 28, 2020
As the tumultous year of 2020 comes to a close, I thought I would share a few of my favorite reads from the past year (note: a few of these books were actually published in 2019). Here we go, in no particular order: The Splendid and the Vile, by Erik Larson A riveting account of Winston Churchill's leadership during the early portion of World War II.
The Human Factor
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Since the rise of the pandemic at the end of 2019, we have seen millions of businesses close their doors for the last time. This has caused many businesses to change the way they run by switching to an entirely online business. This has allowed businesses to continue running without the risk of contracting the virus, as well as making their products and services accessible to more and more people.
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