CMOE
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Though 77 percent of executives say frontline managers are crucial in helping their business reach its goals, only 12 percent of executives actually invest in growing and developing frontline managers. How can you recruit the best candidates for the job and better develop their roles? We’re here to provide some insight with the top five frontline manager skills you should hire for.
Innovation Leader
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
In our “Accelerating Innovation During Times of Disruption” Master Class, Tim Bernstein and Stella Peace share insights on how to capitalize on 2020’s challenges to drive innovation.
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Destination Innovation
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Paul MacCready. Paul MacCready (1925 – 2007) was an aeronautical engineer and inventor of the first human-powered aircraft. MacCready was born in Connecticut to family of doctors. He was fascinated by engineering and airplanes from a young age. At 15 he won a national model building contest. He said, “I was always the smallest kid in the class and certainly not the athlete type.
Idea to Value
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with cognitive neuroscientist Dr Sahar Yousef. She is one of the youngest faculty members of UC Berkeley. In her 10 years of research on Making Superhumans, she has found ways to improve mental performance in as little as 7 weeks. We speak about what it takes to reach peak performance and different brain states.
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.
Digital Tonto
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
Positive change never happens by itself. Any significant change always inspires fierce resistance and we need to overcome that resistance to bring change about. The post 10 Principles for. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Paul Hobcraft
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The issue we must tackle today, is how we go about adapting to the changing world? One that will be able to take all the advantages of the changes all businesses are undergoing, how societies will be adjusting and responding. We are facing a time of unprecedented economic and social crisis but this is a time for seizing and sizing different opportunities.
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Strategyzer Innovation
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
In our previous post we explained that, to bring clarity to any conversation on innovation, you need to distinguish between three different types of innovation , heavily borrowed from Harvard professor Clayton Christensen: efficiency, sustaining, and transformative innovation.
Innovation Leader
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Three startups pitch their products including a reinvention of the rowing machine, an intelligence company for businesses, and an AI-powered talent acquisition software.
Daniel Burrus
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
What if I told you there is a way to predict and even pre-solve the problems and challenges your organization will face and plug into the future? Most people believe such a concept is impossible; a crystal ball as such doesn’t really exist. But in reality, you can solve tomorrow’s problems today using anticipation and trends and leverage disruptive change for opportunity and advantage.
IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Collecting new ideas and sharing them within the organization is a critical part of innovation. Similar to harnessing energy, you need a centralized way of capturing ideas so they can be organized, prioritized, and implemented effectively. An idea capture template provides a means of collecting and evaluating ideas. This helps create an innovation culture for … Continued.
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.
InnovationTraining.org
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Learn how to gain empathy when practicing design thinking. Empathy is an important element in design thinking and human-centered design. But what exactly is it, and how do you develop it? In this guide, we’ll cover what empathy for design thinking means as well as how to learn empathy to apply to your innovation- and design thinking-focused projects.
Innovation 360 Group
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Tonight, we have Jens Saltin, who made an unbelievable career staring in the early days at Klarna, today Europe’s higher valued FinTech Company, ending up in the global team, and now decided to start up his entrepreneurial career. The post Play Bold: Swing hard and grow with new roles appeared first on Innovation360.
Kainexus
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Imagine going on a family road trip but not bringing your family. Do some people stay behind so they can experience the trip through the photos you send them? I’m willing to bet that more often than not, you bring the whole family. After all, it’s a lot more fun for you - and for them - to share in the joy together! The same concept applies to continuous improvement and why everyone needs to be a part of the improvement system.
IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
For years, math professors struggled to demonstrate a hyperbolic plane. The concept is simple enough; it’s a surface with a constant negative curvature that resembles a lettuce leaf or other natural forms. But creating one that didn’t promptly start rotting was hard… until Cornell professor Daina Taimina crocheted one. This is just one example of … Continued.
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.
Tullio Siragusa
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
How to Move on to What’s Next After Hitting Rock Bottom. We have all been in a place at some point in our lives where we felt as if we hit rock bottom. Still, we survived. Despite thinking it wasn’t possible at the time, we still made it through. This year has been full of unexpected turns, and it has pushed a lot of us into a dark place. Some had to face personal losses while many got into financial troubles.
Innovation Leader
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
As part of our recent Impact conference, Karim Lakhani and Navi Radjou discussed their latest ideas about the future of innovation and how they can be applied in large organizations.
Kainexus
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
As you might guess from the name, a Lean Six Sigma methodology combines Lean manufacturing principles and those of Six Sigma. This approach to production management is popular in the automotive manufacturing industry. Although there are a few areas of caution, the methodology has helped Ford, Caterpillar, General Motors, Goodyear, and many more achieve their quality and value goals.
CMOE
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Managers who try to do everything themselves will get overwhelmed—and worse, they’ll produce lackluster work. This is why delegating work is essential. When done in the right way, delegation empowers employees in their roles and contributes to their professional development. Here’s some information on how to do delegation right, as well as a downloadable effective-delegation checklist that walks you through the delegation process.
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.
Brunner
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
The Mirren Executive Leadership Summit on I nclusion and D iversity was a great platform to share and learn about topics we are all dealing with in business and in society as a whole.? The great irony with the ad industry is that we are focused as a business on a diverse world of consumers from all walks of life, and yet our industry’s employee profiles don’t reflect that diversity. .
Innovation Leader
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Sean Adams, SVP of Innovation Design at a public enterprise fund, made the jump from the private to the public sector two years ago. Here’s what he’s learned about the differences between the two.
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The texts came in urgently. Fast and Furious. “Turn on the news!” “Right now!” “Space Launch happening soon!” For years I’ve lamented the fact that we no longer celebrate space launches like we once did when man first walked on the Moon. And then when the call finally comes in I reacted the way most Americans probably reacted, “But, I’m watching football!
Mills-Scofield
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
NYC Guggenheim Museum’s Oculus ? Guggenheim Foundation. In my first year of college, I took an upper level course on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, filled with philosophy majors. I was totally over my head. But, I still love Critique ! Usually relegated to the design world, it is a technique we should be using in business (and life!). In business, we usually criticize…and personalize.
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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.
Brunner
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Pittsburgh ( November 20 , 2020) – Michael Brunner, Brunner ’s Chairman and CEO , has been named an honoree in Pittsburg h ’s 2020 Smart 50 Awards, recognizing the top 50 executives of the 50 smartest companies for their ability to effectively build and lead successful organizations. . “It is an amazing honor to be considered for the Smart 50 Awards ,” Michael said.
The Human Factor
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
When looking at mobile marketing , you need to think about the most effective ways to reach your audience on the devices that are seemingly always at hand, in their bags, or in their pockets. However, dialling isn’t always the right solution. Here, we’re going to look at why text marketing can be just as effective and approach to get their attention and into their thoughts. source.
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
I had a weird dream last night. And the night before. And the night before that. It’s gotten to the point where I’m literally afraid to fall asleep. Fearful of what I’m going to uncover in the deep recesses of my mind. If you’re the same way you may be comforted to know that at least there’s a reason why this keeps happening.
ImagineNation
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Guest blog by Claire Wilson. ‘Lean’ is the buzzword of the last decade, challenging old school thinking that dictates that a successful business must be resource-heavy to achieve sustainable growth, whilst also giving credence to those who want to launch “almost-there” app startups today to achieve market domination tomorrow. Startup culture has well and truly broken the mold of best practice, but is there value in pausing progress to wait for a more comprehensive offering?
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
Guide 4 Innovating
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
To build a pathway in order to enable more dynamic innovation capabilities one needs to go through Nine Stages. These nine stages are, in my opinion, needed for developing an understanding of your innovation capabilities, so as to make them more dynamic and, as a result, to be at the top of your innovation game. This “step process,” I believe, gets you to the point of understanding what innovation capabilities are a better ‘fit’ for the purpose, to deliver on your innovation needs on a consisten
Rapid Innovation in digital time
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Who are Catalysts, and can you a better Catalyst? Shannon Lucas and Tracey Lovejoy share the secrets to upercharge your capacity for driving impact.
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
A quick look at everything that tickled my fancy this past week: Hyperloop Passenger Test – Elon Musk’s high-speed transportation idea is picking up momentum as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop just completed their first test with real passengers on their test track in Las Vegas. CNN explains: “A hyperloop is an unproven transportation system in which people travel in a vehicle in a vacuum tube at speeds as high as 600 mph.
InnovationManagement
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
I had the opportunity recently to interview fellow author Erich Joachimsthaler, the Founder and CEO of Vivaldi, one of the largest independent global strategy and business transformation firms, to talk with him about his new book The Interaction Field: The Revolutionary New Way to Create Shared Value for Businesses, Customers, and Society, to explore the important role that connections play in both business and innovation.
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