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The Customer Factory Manifesto

Leanstack

Successful businesses are more alike than unalike. They share a common universal goal and employ a systematic approach to building a repeatable and scalable business model. This manifesto shows you how. 1. All Businesses Share a Common Universal Goal All businesses, irrespective of business model type (b2b, b2c, digital, hardware, services, etc.), share a common universal goal: To make happy customers. 2.

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How California Plans to Do Its Part to Crush Climate Change in the Coming Years

IdeaScale

California faces unique challenges when it comes to climate change. It’s an enormous state with several major ports, making it a shipping hub; a state where driving is practically synonymous with travel; and it faces unique geological and meteorological challenges. It’s a challenge the state has met with government innovation, serving as a policy lab … Continued.

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7 Surefire Ways to Promote a Continuous Improvement Culture

Kainexus

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, famously said, “If you get the culture right, most of the other stuff will just take care of itself.” He might not have been thinking of a continuous improvement culture specifically, but he’s right. Culture is the foundation on which success is built. Strong leaders build the foundation for the culture they want to achieve.

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Exago commits to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Exago

As we celebrate Human Rights Day 2020, we at Exago officially join public and private organizations worldwide acting to promote the UN 2030 Agenda and meet the Sustainable Development Goals. The post Exago commits to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development appeared first on Exago.

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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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Podcast S4E90: Greg Orme – The Human Edge

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with author Greg Orme. Greg’s book The Human Edge was voted as the business book of the year. We speak about how artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work, and how people can improve their capabilities to stay relevant in the future. Topics covered in this episode: 00:02:30 – Machines are coming for white collar jobs for the first time. 00:04:45 – What types of jobs are most at risk of automation. 00:06:30 R

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Why Project Teams Frequently Fail at Brainstorming

IdeaScale

Introduction: How often have we heard executives and project managers say, “We need to come up with some new ideas” or “We need to find some elegant solutions to this project problem”? The project manager then sends out e-mails to all the team members with the hope of filling every available seat in a conference … Continued. The post Why Project Teams Frequently Fail at Brainstorming appeared first on IdeaScale.

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These 8 Heartland Cities Are Essential to the Future of American Innovation

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Here's why the future of American Innovation lies away from the coasts.

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Why Christopher Columbus was a master innovator

Jeffrey Phillips

We all know the old rhyme - "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue". Further, we know the story - or at least some of it. We know that Columbus was mocked for wanting to sail west to arrive in India. We know that some of the experts in the time were certain he could not return, because either the distance was too great, or he'd sail off the edge of the world.

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How Government Innovation and the Private Sector Cooperate to Protect Your Privacy

IdeaScale

Large data breaches are becoming a fact of life we have to deal with. In 2019 alone, an estimated 4 billion records were breached, a number that’s only rising. Fortunately, citizens aren’t on their own dealing with the fallout: Government innovation and cooperation between government and private industry is helping to better secure our data.

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Failure to Succeed

IdeaSpies

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, battled depression and family illness before starting the bicycle shop that would lead th.

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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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The 5 Steps That Will Boost Your Creativity and Capacity for Innovation

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Here's how to get to those "aha" moments.

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Elon Musk: Forget Breakthough Innovation — Just Make the Product Better

Innovation Leader

Elon Musk shared his thoughts on innovation at a Wall Street Journal CEO Council conference. ”Spend less time in meeting rooms, less time on PowerPoint presentations, less time on spreadsheets,” he said. Here are the three big takeaways from his session.

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How Machine Learning is Changing Business Communication

InnovationManagement

Machine learning is not a sci-fi concept anymore. Over the past few years, it has improved business operations in multiple ways. One of the areas that benefit from ML technologies the most is business communications. So, how does machine learning impact your internal and external communications? Let’s find out! The post How Machine Learning is Changing Business Communication appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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After a strong Q3, where next for innovation investment?

Commodore Innovation

Innovation spending grew strongly in Q3. Investment in innovation by US-listed firms grew strongly in the third quarter of 2020—reflecting strong economic growth for the quarter 1. After falling about 2.9% in Q1, and a modest return to positive … The post After a strong Q3, where next for innovation investment? appeared first on Commodore Innovation.

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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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National Pride: 3 Mexicans Win First Place In an Innovation Contest

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Nicolás Ángeles, Lizbeth Gutiérrez and Luis Lira, graduates of the IPN of Guanajuato, won with an environmental scientific project.

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Preparing for Vaccine Distribution, Navigating Pivots at HCA

Innovation Leader

Chip Blaufuss of HCA Healthcare discusses his team’s COVID-19 preparations at the start of 2020 and getting ready for vaccine distribution in 2021.

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Want to Develop Your Team Superpowers?

Strategyzer Innovation

“We have too many meetings.”.

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All Work and No Play May Not Help Your Bottom Line

Daniel Burrus

It is no secret that children are attracted to video games like moths to light. From Minecraft to Roblox, children of today spend hours in front of screens both large and small, oftentimes much to the dismay of their parents and teachers. Whether you have children of your own or not, you may believe these kids are using their time idly; however, it is actually quite the contrary.

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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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How to Have a High-Tech Hanukkah

Entrepreneur - Innovation

It's the festival of lights, so you should celebrate it with a little 'chai' tech.

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Go for Launch: X.ai, Riff Analytics & Powow AI

Innovation Leader

Three AI-powered tools share their solutions to running better meetings, assessing employee engagement, and scheduling.

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#2,028 – Anxiety Week: Comingle

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

One of the things that could give a person anxiety, especially now during a pandemic, is financial security or lack there of. That’s why the idea of Universal Basic Income is so great. Receiving a stipend to do nothing may not seem like a great idea at first glance but in a counter intuitive way it really is because once people’s basic need are met they’re freed up to follow their passions and do what they want, creating even more wealth for themselves and others in the process

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The Customer Factory Manifesto

Leanstack

Successful businesses are more alike than unalike. They share a common universal goal and employ a systematic approach to building a repeatable and scalable business model. This manifesto show you how 1. All Businesses Share a Common Universal Goal All businesses, irrespective of business model type (b2b, b2c, digital, hardware, services, etc.), share a common universal goal: To make happy customers. 2.

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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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Future Synthesist, foreseeing the future in our present, with Cecilia Tham

Rapid Innovation in digital time

Future Synthesist, what an intriguing role! Cécilia Tham takes us in this journey to the future, so we can shape an enlightening present.

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There Is No ‘Workplace of The Future,’ Says Knoll VP

Innovation Leader

Tracy Wymer, VP of Workplace Strategy at design firm and manufacturer Knoll, shares predictions for how the office will change in 2021 and beyond.

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#2,026 – Anxiety Week: Pickles to the Rescue

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

One of my biggest regrets in life is not attending a pickle festival that I was invited to back when I lived in New York. Right up there with the time that I overslept in 2006 and missed out on meeting Cameron Maybin at Marlins fan fest. That’s because I love pickles. Obsessed with them really. So, you can rest assured that I was super excited when I found out that the cure for my anxiety lies in…eating more pickles!!!

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How To Help Your Team Manage Pressure

Tullio Siragusa

How To Help Your Team Manage Pressure. The weight of pressure is an inborn piece of work culture. Each of us faces pressure regardless of position, profile, title, insight, or sexual orientation. Steady pressure can cause us to fail to remember that others around us may be experiencing similar circumstances. As a leader, if you trouble your workers with an excessive number of tasks, it can later turn into reason for frustration and demotivation for your whole team.

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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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How to Seek Constructive Feedback: 3 Questions to Ask

Michael Roberto

Source: Pixabay We all appreciate praise and recognition. Constructive criticism? Not so much. It's like spinach. We know it's good for us, but we aren't eager to cook it for supper. Of course, some managers aren't very effective at delivering feedback either. Thus, have a particularly thorny problem: leaders who don't provide feedback in a constructive manner, and team members who don't seek it or are not willing to listen.

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The 9 People You’ll Meet as a Corporate Innovator

Innovation Leader

Here’s our guide to the nine people corporate innovators interact with most — and how you can get them on board with your agenda. Any resemblance to real people in your organization is completely coincidental.

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#2,031 – Anxiety Week: Hand-Holding Robot

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Have anxiety because of your loneliness? Then you may need Japan’s new hand-holding robot! Futurism explains: “Scientists from Japan’s Gifu University built a robot hand for men to clasp when they feel lonely. The hand, dubbed ‘Osampo Kanojo,’ which the engineers roughly translate to ‘My Girlfriend in Walk’ in their research , is meant to feel and even smell like a romantic partner from the forearm down, according to CNET.

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Are You Caught in the Innovation Purge? Part 1

helloFUTURE

Sometimes, you can almost feel it coming. It’s a palatable thing. The innovation purge. It goes something like this: A new leader or leadership team decides that your company is flagging on the innovation front and hires a Chief Innovation Officer or CINO. This CINO is given a budget and a mandate to create an… The post Are You Caught in the Innovation Purge?

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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.