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5 Myths That Kill Transformation And Change

Digital Tonto

Many traditional notions about change management are not only wrong, they can actually kill a transformational effort even before it really starts. Transformation is always a journey, never a. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Blockchain For Dummies

Innovation Excellence

By Aaron de Miranda Colaço. Blockchain. It’s so hard to understand it, and it’s so new. Our goal here is to provide a simple description, readable in 2 minutes, about what Blockchain is and what it does. Aaron and I work at qiibee, and we help set-up loyalty on the blockchain solutions for businesses and services. But, first of all, what is Blockchain?

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Why You Should Disrupt Yourself - and How I Did

Collectivecamp

I had the pleasure of interviewing Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself, and formerly co-founder of Rose Park Advisors alongside Clayton Christensen, way back when in episode #13 of Future Squared.

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Podcast S4E79: Gaia Grant – the profile of highly effective innovators

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Dr Gaia Grant, a researcher into innovation and founder of Tirian Consulting. We speak about the need for contextual ambidexterity and the profile of highly effective innovators. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:02:30 – Gaia’s research into ambidextrous paradoxes around innovation, where leaders can think in multiple different ways. 00:07:00 – What makes up an innovation leader profile. 00:10:00 

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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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A Conversation is the Smallest Unit of Change

Tim Kastelle

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” -Walt Whitman, Song of Myself. “After I used the term sympoiesis in a grasp for something other than the lures of autopoiesis, Katie King told me about M. Beth Dempster’s Master of Environmental Studies thesis written in 1998, in which she suggested the term sympoieisis for “collectively-produced systems that do not have self-defined spatial or temporal boundaries.

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Bootcast Podcast With Ideascale CEO Rob Hoehn – Innovating for the Federal Government

IdeaScale

Governments will face profound challenges over the next few months and years as they address the pandemic, the economy, and demands for social progress. Innovation strategy and management are going to be fundamental to nimble thought, coordinated action, and constituent satisfaction. Ideascale CEO Rob Hoehn recently went on the BootCast from Romi Mahajan and Vivek Bhaskaran.

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What Is Innovation – From Definition to Practice

Viima

While many of our regular readers are very familiar with the nuances of innovation, it’s such a difficult concept that we still come across a lot of confusion and misinformation surrounding the term in most companies – and of course the population at large. Especially in light of recent events, innovation is seemingly on everyone’s lips, so we thought it would be important to clarify what it really means.

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A Conversation is the Smallest Unit of Change

Tim Kastelle

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” -Walt Whitman, Song of Myself. “After I used the term sympoiesis in a grasp for something other than the lures of autopoiesis, Katie King told me about M. Beth Dempster’s Master of Environmental Studies thesis written in 1998, in which she suggested the term sympoieisis for “collectively-produced systems that do not have self-defined spatial or temporal boundaries.

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What is Innovation Maturity and How Can It Work on Your Innovation Journey?

IdeaScale

The innovation process is constantly evolving. Companies that achieve innovation maturity demonstrate greater agility. According to an MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte’s fifth annual study of digital business, 81% of organizations site innovation as one of their strengths. The IdeaScale infographic on innovation maturity will pinpoint where you are on your journey.

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Here’s Our List of 2020 Impact Award Winners

Innovation Leader

A list of winners from our 2020 Impact Awards…

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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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Teaching Yourself How to Innovate

Collectivecamp

With the current state of the economy amidst COVID-19, innovation has never been more important. In the post-pandemic market, having the ability to innovate will be crucial in seeing success, ensuring that you remain competitive, and coming out on top.

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EZ Innovation 2 – Start with The Purpose

Inspiring Next

In the business world, startups are invariably innovative, emerging out of an entrepreneur’s purpose or passion. They scale up into a business with formal structure, which then slides into the abyss of financial objectives. Unfortunately, the purpose now gets buried under some ‘mission statement’ that very few employees understand. Most of them frequently walk past… Read More » EZ Innovation 2 – Start with The Purpose.

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5 Ways for Avoiding Digital Pollution When Creating New Products

IdeaScale

Technology is an integral part of product development. Though it provides many benefits, there are also drawbacks. One potential problem is the presence of unwanted consequences. When this digital pollution becomes a problem, how can you address it? What is digital pollution? Recognizing the consequences of technological growth takes time. Companies must adapt to change … Continued.

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Making the ROI Case for Digital Innovation Tools

Innovation Leader

Amy Kramer of Maritz Global Events shares the Executive Dashboard structure she uses to clearly communicate the value her team is creating in the current climate.

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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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How to screw up the experience survery

Innovation Excellence

I recently spent a day in New York City. The weather was dreary so it was a perfect day to see a Broadway matinee. Of course, no one wants to pay those Broadway prices. Down the street from the hotel, there was a theater company so I asked the in-the-know locals at the reception desk about the best way to get discount last minute tickets to a show within walking distance without standing in the rain at the kiosk in Times Square.

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Twitter Is Testing Audio DMs

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The follow-up to June's voice tweets.

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How to Trade in Weak Love for Strong Love

Tullio Siragusa

How to Trade in Weak Love for Strong Love. Every human being on this planet spends considerable time searching for love. Today is the era of speed dating, matchmaking, online dating, and every other modality you can think of. It’s no longer a question of being able to find love, the issue is more often than not finding someone to hang on to. Sometimes we are not the right person and other times we start blaming “them” or point fingers at “them” for not being able to understand us.

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Why Did AI as a Capability Just Get More Important?

Innovation Leader

“Digital transformation of the typical company has been massively accelerated,” Harvard Professor Karim Lakhani says. “And that…is an antecedent to AI being deployed and scaled.

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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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Measuring the impact of your circular strategy

Board of Innovation

Learn what circular impact means and how you can measure it for your business! It's important to translate your strategy into tangible KPIs and measurable targets. The post Measuring the impact of your circular strategy appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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The Principles of Lean in Banking

Kainexus

We often get questions about whether the Lean management methodology can be applied in the financial services industry. Because of its manufacturing roots, many people assume that it doesn’t apply to banking or other services-oriented sectors. However, because banking is very process-intensive, the Lean approach can generate significant operational improvement and waste reduction.

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When Discovering Customer Needs, How Do You Get Beyond Survey Bias?

InnovationManagement

When Yamaha conducts research to drive product development, they've found opportunities in previously unexplored areas of incremental change. Learn more in this podcast interview. The post When Discovering Customer Needs, How Do You Get Beyond Survey Bias? appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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What I Learned From Building My First 5 Apps

New Markets Advisors

I’ve been fortunate to work with some great teams over the years to bring digital solutions to market. From healthcare to education to… Continue reading on New Markets Insights ».

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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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3 Tips To Lead Strong During Uncertain Times

Innovation Excellence

“Stability breeds efficiency and complacency. Instability breeds resilience and innovation”. Given we are in a sustained period of instability, how as leaders do we dial up the resilience and innovation, without burning out ourselves or the teams we lead? How do we leverage the instability to build resilience and innovation that creates success in ourselves and our teams?

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Tesla: Our Next-Gen Battery Tech Will Help Create a $25,000 Electric Car

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Tesla plans on incorporating the new battery tech and manufacturing methods in 12 to 18 months with full utilization in three years.

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#1,958 – Structural Batteries

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Tesla’s annual stockholders meeting yesterday revealed a lot of interesting new developments for everyone’s favorite car company including the fact that they plan to deliver a $25,000 version by 2033 and a Plaid Model that can go 0-60 in 2 seconds. But the biggest news of all pertained to the car’s battery and the fact that soon it will become a part of the frame itself.

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The life science innovation landscape

Board of Innovation

Don’t fall into the trap of calling something innovative just because it is expensive and new. Map your innovation initiatives, discuss and reflect. The post The life science innovation landscape appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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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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21 Tweetable Kaizen Quotes to Inspire

Kainexus

Did you now that the number of people actively using Twitter is over 270 million ? Over 50 million people have joined the social media platform in the last year. This year, it's expected that 20% of internet users in the US will be on Twitter. Needless to say, Twitter is a great way to share your ideas with the world. With over 300 billion Tweets shared since Twitter first launched, I think it's time that we get some more out there about kaizen.

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6 Financial Skills Every Leader Should Have

CMOE

Whether you’re a manager at your organization or an entrepreneur leading the charge for a brand new company, financial skills are crucial to your success both professionally and personally. These skills help you understand how your organization succeeds or where it falls short, enables smoother communication across departments, and ultimately drives major business decisions.

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Don’t Let CPG Shifts Debilitate Growth: 3 Keys for Your Brand to Not Only Survive, but Thrive

Brunner

It’s no surprise that in today’s world, how we buy products are drastically changing. . What once was normal walking up and down your local grocery store aisle to select your favorite products now seems like a strange concept. The new norm is sitting patiently in your car, parked in the curbside pickup spot, as a retail worker loads your trunk with your new groceries that some one else hand-picked for you. .

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#1,952 – Face Mask Cleaner

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Now that Space Week is over I can get back to writing about COVID-19 related innovation which usually means writing about new types of masks. But this time I have something even better to write about: a device that cleans and sterilizes masks so that you can reuse them. Yanko Design explains: “The 0° Clean concept offers a new way to make sure your face-mask is fresh, dry, and sanitized between uses.

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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.