IdeaScale
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Attention all leaders: you need to take care of yourself right now. We need strong leaders. They help us grow and remove obstacles on our path to success. They do this well because they are confident, resilient and inspiring. But it’s you don’t see right now that is cause for concern. Leaders are silently struggling … Continued. The post Leadership in a Pandemic appeared first on IdeaScale.
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Innovation is a must in the ever-changing company landscape. Looking for inspiration? Apply these four innovation in business examples to your organization. Companies of all sizes are causing disruption. Recent innovation in business research reveals that 88% of Fortune 500 companies active from 1955-2017 no longer hold this status. Some have gone bankrupt while others have merged … Continued.
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Idea to Value
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Common pitfalls inventors face when trying to make a great idea real are the reasons why so many great inventions do not reach the world stage, get outpaced or just fail before having a chance to get utilised. In order to help everyday inventors to avoid experiencing the most common pitfalls, I have collected some of them in this article. Many studies have been carried out by different groups coming to different top 10 or top 20 reasons why startups fail, which are, without any doubt worth readi
Destination Innovation
OCTOBER 18, 2020
Thomas Sullivan was a tea merchant in New York. In 1908 he despatched to customers samples of tea leaves in small silken sachets for them to try. Some people thought that the sachets were to be used like metal infusers. Customers were supposed to empty out the contents but instead they put the whole bag into the teapot and then added hot water. Sullivan heard back that the customers were happy with this new arrangement so he designed teabags for large scale production.
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
OCTOBER 18, 2020
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Board of Innovation
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Learn about the four key factors of brilliant innovation – and the balancing act to combine them. Here are some hands-on tips and tricks. The post How to hit the innovation sweet spot and why it’s not all that straightforward appeared first on Board of Innovation.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Innovation is an essential business asset. No matter the industry, creating the right culture allows you to seize opportunities as they arise. Companies need an innovation strategy for designing an employee experience that promotes creativity. Gallup research reveals 52% of workers said they are given time to innovate at work. The IdeaScale innovation platform provides this type … Continued.
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 21, 2020
The world has never experienced as much uncertainty as it has today. The global pandemic has disrupted business, government, healthcare, and education on a global level. This extreme disruption is far more than institutional. It’s been personal, disrupting how we all live, work, and play. . At the same time, because businesses and organizations of all sizes were forced to change, technological innovation has been accelerating beyond exponential levels, jumping ahead five and, in some cases, ten
InnovationManagement
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Nearly all executives believe the long-term success of their business depends on the flow, testing, and development of new ideas. One of the problems is the old belief in the “creative genius” – that creativity and innovation belongs to a talented few and not to everyone. The post How Does Diversity and Inclusion Impact Innovation? appeared first on InnovationManagement.
Strategyzer Innovation
OCTOBER 18, 2020
In a recent workshop we hosted with close to 100 participants, we asked participants “what organisational problems, obstacles, and risks are preventing you from successfully testing business ideas”? One of the biggest pains iterated by most participants was the lack of time. Most corporate innovation teams we work with are often from multiple disciplines, building and testing an idea on top of their existing workload.
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.
Innovation Leader
OCTOBER 20, 2020
In this Master Class, Ashish Basuray of PreScouter discusses five megatrends, including digital twins, third-wave AI, smart materials, and more.
Innovation in Practice
OCTOBER 18, 2020
We live in a world of change. Just look around you, everything is changing. But today, I’m going to talk about another level of change that you probably don’t recognize though you actually experience, virtually every day. . It’s the underlying pattern for creativity technique called Attribute Dependency. This is the fifth technique of the Systematic Inventive Thinking or SIT method. .
Kainexus
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The process you use to develop your strategic plan is as important as the plan itself. That’s why many organizations turn to the Hoshin Kanri approach, which focuses on creating a plan that takes into account both the daily management of the organization and the tactics necessary to reach those goals that will have the most significant impact. The result is a set of specific action plans and resources necessary to achieve your business breakthrough.
InnovationTraining.org
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Reviewing innovation metrics and KPIs to apply for design thinking stages. In this article, we take a look at creating simple design thinking metrics or KPIs that may be applied to your scenario. From the perspective of an innovation facilitator or design thinking coach , it can be useful to think about the behaviors you’d like to see participants adapt and the metrics that would help quantify that adoption.
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Innovation Leader
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Three startups demo their products, which include on-demand wellness programming, virtual coffee meetups, and a way to guage customer emotions.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
OCTOBER 22, 2020
But that timeline hinges on the success of at least one vaccine from two leading candidates: Pfizer and Moderna.
Kainexus
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Even before the pandemic, most American workers felt that they were being forced into wasteful or even counterproductive meetings regularly. According to a study by Korn Ferry , 51% of professionals reported that spending too much time in meetings and on calls distracts them from making an impact at work to some extent. Another 16% said that it was true to a great extent.
InnovationManagement
OCTOBER 23, 2020
The circumstances of 2020 have seen businesses push to increased virtual communication and online offerings. How do you compete in this new attention economy, especially with so much noise? The post The Key to Winning in the Attention Economy appeared first on InnovationManagement.
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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
OCTOBER 20, 2020
There’s no doubt digital experiences have been groundbreaking this year—even amidst a global pandemic. Instead of the usual COVID-19 statement, let’s take a look at what we’ve learned and where we are now. So, when it comes to an effective email strategy you’ll be able to make practical moves to improve results. Three key influential aspects of an impactful email strategy are send times, engagement, and content.
Articles from GroundControl
OCTOBER 23, 2020
This blog is the first of a series of articles of famous companies and the search for their working business model. In 2006, Spotify was founded in Stockholm by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. The two men recognized a rising problem: illegally shared music. As a consequence, artists were earning less and less income. They […]. The post Spotify, how a startup from Sweden changed the music industry appeared first on GroundControl.
The BMI Lab Blog
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The environmental issues humanity is experiencing on the planet nowadays are unprecedented and require new innovative solutions from businesses, which have mostly been operating in a linear manner. This article will give you insights on how our ecosystems have gradually been destroyed, how these problems can be partially alleviated thanks to circular economy and what are the limitations of switching to these new business models.
Yet2
OCTOBER 19, 2020
yet2 hosts a variety of open innovation (OI) portals for our clients. One primary reason companies launch OI portals is to create a single point of contact in order to protect the company from the risk of IP Contamination (but that is a story for another time). Based on our experience in managing these portals, a second key purpose of OI portals is to provide a channel for really powerful innovative ideas to find their way into the companies.
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
CMOE
OCTOBER 20, 2020
So, you have identified a superstar employee at your organization. They started out as an exemplary beginner and were quick to grasp the expectations of their role and job responsibilities. Over time, they had no problem meeting their targets. Their managers were impressed and promoted them to a higher-level position on the team. Once again, this top performer exceeded expectations.
100%Open
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Associate networks are fairly common nowadays and for good reason. We have over 60 associates in our network and, without them, we simply would not be the 100%Open that stands virtually before you. A good associate usually displays the skillsets found in our Collaboration Quotient. These are empathy, flexibility, being receptive, entrepreneurial, well-networked and, of course, being a risk-taker.
Innovation Leader
OCTOBER 21, 2020
What does it mean to innovate travel, and create new kinds of safety in 2020?
Michael Roberto
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Take a look at this brief video featuring Ed Batista , a Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer and executive coach. He talks about the strategic importance of empathy. He argues that we often make a series of assumptions when we confront someone whose decisions or actions seem befuddling or even maddening. Rather than make assumptions, we should try to stand in their shoes, and ask ourselves: What is the reason they are making that argument, initiating that conflict, or making that seemi
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Articles from GroundControl
OCTOBER 23, 2020
This blog is the first of a series of articles of famous companies and the search for their working business model. In 2006, Spotify was founded in Stockholm by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. The two men recognized a rising problem: illegally shared music. As a consequence, artists were earning less and less income. They […]. The post Spotify, how a startup from Sweden changed the music industry appeared first on GroundControl.
Innovation 360 Group
OCTOBER 22, 2020
In the ongoing series on innovation as a source of competitive advantage PWC has published a long series of articles on what makes organizations successful when it comes to innovation. One of the major drivers of success is to have a coherent innovation strategy. Now, what is this coherent innovation […]. The post Coherent innovation strategy, the fast way to more strategic innovation management appeared first on Innovation360.
Qmarkets
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Qmarkets is pleased to announce a partnership with JL Management and Industrial Systems Ltd , a global consultancy and BI engineering company that specializes in helping enterprises boost their business by going digital. The consultancy offers people transformation systems and mentorship services for SMEs, start-ups, and scale-up companies. JL Management also provide customized solutions for clients’ including training, new process definition, turnkey system delivery, and bi-annual business heal
The BMI Lab Blog
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The environmental issues humanity is experiencing on the planet nowadays are unprecedented and require new innovative solutions from businesses, which have mostly been operating in a linear manner. This article will give you insights on how our ecosystems have gradually been destroyed, how these problems can be partially alleviated thanks to circular economy and what are the limitations of switching to these new business models.
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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