InnovationManagement
JULY 6, 2020
Every year, one question tops all the others that our customers might bring to us: how do I increase engagement in my innovation community? We see this question even in the most robust and activated innovation programs. The post 7 Incentives to Increase Participation in a Crowdsourced Innovation Program appeared first on InnovationManagement.
Exago
JULY 7, 2020
It goes without saying that a company’s ability to innovate is tied to its performance. But what does it take to outperform in the long term? This is the question set out in the Boston Consulting Group’s latest report, which ranks the world’s most innovative companies in 2020. The post Serial innovation: the secret behind the most innovative companies appeared first on Exago.
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InnovationManagement
JULY 8, 2020
As we look ahead and reimagine the future of work, augmentation of humans and technology will enable employees to create more meaningful work. The post Meaningful Work in the Age of Automation appeared first on InnovationManagement.
IdeaScale
JULY 9, 2020
Chaos is something many organization leaders try hard to avoid. Generally, employees are expected to perform tasks in an analytical, well-organized fashion without deviating from the plan. But innovation leaders know the value of chaos, and how a certain amount of it is necessary for experimentation. This is what helps a company thrive and grow. … 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.
Kainexus
JULY 7, 2020
While definitions of “ employee engagement ” abound, they all come back to an employee’s emotional and psychological investment in their work. When employees are engaged, they are willing and able to contribute to the company’s success. That is why companies with engaged employees are 21% more profitable than those without. It’s important to note that employee engagement and employee satisfaction/happiness are not the same.
Stephen Shapiro
JULY 9, 2020
This week I had a chance to meet (virtually) with Phil Libin. You may know him as the mastermind behind Evernote. This week he launched a new app called mmhmm. His goal is to inject some fun into Zoom meetings. And he succeeded. You can quickly add overlays for slides so that it has the feel of a newscast. Yes, there are competitors in this space: Ecamm Live (which I’ve been using for a while now), OBS, and Wirecast.
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The Human Factor
JULY 6, 2020
source. As you grow older, it’s very easy to feel like there are not enough hours in the day. In fact, it’s enough to make you crave the days when you had nothing but time. Anyway, as the days pass by and the work piles up, you need to look for ways to be more productive in the little time you have. There really is no other way around it and the worst-case scenario involves you reaching a burn out point. .
Idea Champions
JULY 4, 2020
Since 1987, I have been providing consulting and training services to a wide variety of forward thinking organizations who have recognized their need to raise the bar for creative thinking, innovation, and teamwork. An optimist, by nature, I have always assumed that the people attending my sessions had an innate ability to benefit from whatever it was I was teaching, conveying, or imparting.
Idea to Value
JULY 9, 2020
In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Scott Anthony, Senior Partner of Innosight. We speak about some of the insights from his upcoming book Eat, Sleep, Innovate , and how the current pandemic is going to change many industries in the near future. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:02:00 – Scott remembers Professor Clayton Christensen, and his ability to tell stories to explain innovation. 00:05:30 – What does it really take to innovate?
IdeaScale
JULY 7, 2020
When disaster strikes, be it social, economic, or otherwise, it leaves customers uneasy and in need of simplicity, ease-of-use, and speed. Customer experience can make a difference not just when times are unsettled, but for the long haul. Consider these five factors for building a more innovative customer experience. Eliminate Pain Points Look for difficulties … 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.
Digital Tonto
JULY 5, 2020
This summer, I’m focusing my reading list on books that will help you understand the Covid crisis better. Related posts: Summer Reading List: Books That Explain The Future. Summer Reading List: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Acuvate
JULY 6, 2020
8 Major Challenges faced by Data Scientists Organizations across the globe are looking to organize, process and unlock the value of the torrential amounts of data they generate and transform them into actionable and high value business insights. Hence, hiring data scientists – highly skilled professional data science experts, has become super critical.
InnovationManagement
JULY 7, 2020
Post-pandemic, public bodies must restructure SME support systems for long-term growth with well-functioning innovation systems with the right balance of instruments. The post SME Innovation: 10 Priorities for Support Post-COVID-19 appeared first on InnovationManagement.
IdeaScale
JULY 8, 2020
Friendly competition can bring out the best of us, and when developing government innovation, hackathons can help solve certain challenges through crowdsourced innovation and build engagement across your constituency. So how does it work, and how can you hold an effective government hackathon? Set Up Resources A good hackathon gives everyone who takes part in … 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.
Strategyzer Innovation
JULY 7, 2020
Recently, social media platforms have been heavily criticized for perpetuating false and misleading information. We wanted to dig deeper and understand why. Currently, the business model of these platforms is based on advertising revenue, which is all about engagement. The algorithms used by these platforms understand the best way to get the greatest number of clicks is through outrage, even if its perpetuated through falsehood.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
JULY 8, 2020
With filing date inching closer, entrepreneurs must initiate the process efficiently.
InnovationManagement
JULY 9, 2020
To maintain relevance in the global competitive market, many companies already focus on the development and implementation of innovations, even using digital tools. But, in times of crisis, this focus is most likely to be lost when most businesses concentrate on keeping the daily business running. The post How to Digitally Spark Corporate Innovation appeared first on InnovationManagement.
Kainexus
JULY 8, 2020
Effective cross functional collaboration can be the key to tackling an organization’s toughest problems. Cross functional teams can serve as pockets of innovation, and they can improve both individual and group performance. There’s very little question about their value. The question is, why are cross functional teams so difficult to manage and maintain?
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Daniel Burrus
JULY 8, 2020
While exponential change is always moving, businesses and even whole industries traditionally move slower than they should, often finding themselves disrupted and working hard at being agile alone. During the Coronavirus pandemic, all industries were disrupted in one way or another, many having to close their doors for the time being and forfeit growth and profits they make from in-person customers.
Innovation Leader
JULY 7, 2020
How can teams use empathy to understand their customers? Irina Kozlovskaya, Director of Industrial Design at Fitbit, shares how her team uses empathy to design better products.
Tullio Siragusa
JULY 6, 2020
Employee Engagement Is About Building Trust. With the advent of modern communication technology, there has been a significant transformation on people’s expectation for transparency, access to information, and knowledge. Organizations are continuously trying to keep up, and in many cases, catch up. The success of any business depends greatly on the efficacy of the workforce, and the workforce can give its best only if there are effective communication strategies in place. .
Wellspring
JULY 7, 2020
As your organization’s researchers innovate, your intellectual property (IP) portfolio exponentially grows over time. However, that does not always mean that the number of staff members in your TTO grows alongside it. As a result, it is necessary to develop new strategies to make your team’s portfolio management operations more efficient and provide staff members with tools that enable them to manage increasing amounts of work.
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PlanBox Innovation
JULY 9, 2020
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Acuvate
JULY 8, 2020
5 Intranet Best practices For A Modern workplace Improving employee engagement, ensuring productivity and creating personalized employee experiences by delivering the right content to the right person at the right time, on any device or channel is becoming a new business imperative. A survey featured by the Society for Human Resource Management states that most […].
100%Open
JULY 7, 2020
As of Thursday the 18th of June, our first online Union went live! We had three excellent speakers, two rounds of breakout rooms, and one platform via which many parts of the world were represented and connected. Since 2011 we have hosted a grand total of 36 Union events, but Summer Union 2020 was the first of its kind as it was entirely virtual from farm to fork – from our first brainstorm to the execution of the event itself.
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
JULY 4, 2020
Pinterest is a wealth of information. A virtual pinboard filled with ideas, recipes, inspirational quotes, useful imagery, and much, more more. It’s likely that you’ve encountered it during one of your many trips down an Internet rabbit hole and it’s even more likely that you’ve recently spent a lot of time on there during the quarantine to quell your boredom.
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
Innovation Leader
JULY 10, 2020
At our first Software Showcase, Innovation Leader’s strategic partners share their digital innovation tools. Watch the pitch sessions here.
IdeaSpies
JULY 4, 2020
Observing the virulent spread of ‘The Bug’ and the institutional responses from around the world, there is a disturbing comm.
InnovationTraining.org
JULY 9, 2020
Following weeks of pandemic-related lockdowns across the globe, many employees are transitioning back to the office. Instead of “business as usual”, however, companies have been forced to adapt to social distancing requirements and other health-related policies put in place by local and state governments. Innovative solutions are needed for organizations to continue to adapt and ensure their workplaces, employees, and customers remain safe during these challenging times.
Greatest. Idea. Ever.
JULY 7, 2020
A while back I wrote about an anti-face touching wearable that a 14 year old student in India had created to help prevent people from touching their face, a practice that one should avoid doing so as to not spread the coronavirus from their hands to their mouths/nose. Now it turns out that NASA is getting in on the act as well, creating a higher tech version of the same concept.
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