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Why Innovation Is a Process of Discovery

IdeaScale

Innovation is the core of an organization. While numerous companies have innovation teams, many are looking to spread idea sharing throughout the entire company. According to a 2017 Web Strategist report, 57 percent of corporations cite innovation as a top challenge. Since then, organizations have begun searching for ways to foster an internal culture of experimentation … Continued.

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Batten Down the Hatches and Innovate

Innovation Leader

Leaders navigating the uncertain seas of innovation are a lot like sailors preparing to brave a long journey. Planbox offers tips on preparing for a storm ahead.

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How to Reward Innovative Thinking in Your Company

IdeaScale

Innovation is an essential aspect of any business. No matter your industry, there is an ongoing need for new ideas that put products into the hands of customers. Innovation management is about thinking outside the box. It involves creating new opportunities rather than waiting for them to arise. This, however, cannot occur in a vacuum. … Continued.

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How COVID Impacted 2020’s Innovation Trends

InnovationManagement

Every year, IdeaScale undertakes a comprehensive audit of our system data, our customer conversations and survey data in order to develop report on the state of crowdsourced innovation. The post How COVID Impacted 2020’s Innovation Trends appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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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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The Interviewer’s Guide to Hiring for a Kaizen Culture

Kainexus

Organizations that practice kaizen work hard to maintain a culture centered around continuous improvement. The best defense against push back and poor engagement is hiring only those employees who are likely to thrive in a culture of positive change. Ideally, the conversation about continuous improvement will begin the moment a candidate is considered.

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Podcast S3E65: Céline Flores Willers – Expanding your reach on Linkedin

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Linkedin Top Voice of 2019 and innovation vlogger, Céline Flores Willers. We talk about what it takes for companies and individuals to better get their message out there on Linkedin, and the importance of brand authenticity. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:30 – Her journey starting with innovation and Ernst & Young. 00:03:30 – How she chooses the innovation topics to talk about. 00:04:45 – T

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What Transformational Leaders Learn From Their Darkest Moments

Digital Tonto

Transformation is always a journey, never a destination. We don’t idolize Einstein just for his equations, but also for his humanity. We remember Gandhi not for the violence he unleashed in 1919, but. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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New innovation opportunities in the insurance industry

Board of Innovation

Change is always accompanied by opportunity. That's why we take a look at a couple of insurance-industry shifts that are being accelerated by the pandemic. The post New innovation opportunities in the insurance industry appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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What is the Right Organizational Design to Build a Successful Innovation Pipeline?

Strategyzer Innovation

In our previous blog, we emphasized the importance of having a Chief Entrepreneur and Ambassador as the top executives dedicated to create and manage new growth in the company. However, having these roles alone does not necessarily mean you will have an effective innovation pipeline. They could end up becoming just figureheads for innovation. This might look good on your organizational chart, but it will not produce real results.

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The Innovation Manager’s Quintessential Reading List

IdeaScale

As an innovation manager, you are always looking for the latest trends. Drawing inspiration from innovators who have come before you is a great way to learn. According to a recent survey, high growth companies apply innovation strategies that look far beyond the immediate future. Of those who participated, 65 percent of organizational leaders said they … Continued.

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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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5 Reasons Your Ecommerce Store Needs a Mobile App Today

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The convenience fueled by widespread adoption of smart devices has resulted in a revolution.

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Exago partner Novos Rumos points companies in the direction to innovate

Exago

In the belief that the power of collaboration is the secret behind successful business, Exago has bolstered its partnerships in Brazil, joining forces with innovation and marketing consultant Novos Rumos. The post Exago partner Novos Rumos points companies in the direction to innovate appeared first on Exago.

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What Is A Digital Experience Platform And Its Key Capabilities

Acuvate

What Is A Digital Experience Platform And Its Key Capabilities Organizations implement multiple and unique technologies and applications for the specialization they bring to the table to manage the various demands of their employees, partners, and customers. However, by increasingly deploying these diverse set of technologies, organizations will face: Increased technology silos Information Overload Reduced […].

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How Unilever Aligns its Portfolio Actions with its Long Term Vision for the Future

Strategyzer Innovation

Paul Polman, CEO from 2010-2019 shifted Unilever’s corporate identity towards sustainable living. Repositioning Unilever to become a purpose-driven company. Where respecting the environment and creating growth and profitability can live hand in hand. Polman initiated the Sustainable Living Plan, his long term vision for the company. He believes most consumers are willing to switch their purchase to a brand that supports sustainable living—and he thinks that, as a company, you can do well by doin

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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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Organizational Design: Clearing the Runway for Collaboration and Breakthrough Thinking

Innovation Excellence

Most industries in today’s world run on a balance of sophisticated computer systems and skilled people to use them. Technology has allowed numerous industries to grow at a rapid pace and has streamlined countless business processes…but it still can’t learn, design, and discover the way people can. When computers and machinery became more practical for industry starting in the 1960s, “lights out” management practices started to creep into business and factories.

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Gemba Walk Do’s and Don’ts

Kainexus

Gemba Walks are an important part of many continuous improvement initiatives. They are designed to offer leaders the opportunity to observe work and talk with employees in the place where the work is being done, and it provides insight into current processes and opportunities for improvement. Although some companies are still primarily remote right now, it's important that you continue to utilize this valuable improvement tool.

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001: A Path to More Creative Thinking

Innovation in Practice

Innovation is a skill – it’s not a gift. It’s not something you’re born with. You can actually learn to be creative like you could learn any other skill whether it be in business or in your personal life or some other skill that you want to learn like a new sport. Innovation Inside the Box is a podcast dedicated to creating a culture of innovation and a flowing pipeline.

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A CEO Roundtable Can Help You Navigate Through a Crisis

Innovators Alliance

Unexpected and unprecedented is how most people would describe the outbreak of COVID-19. The pandemic has impacted all aspects of life and for business leaders, the challenges have been daunting. CEOs have made tough decisions while remaining focused on supporting their employees, customers, and communities. Very few people in any organization understand the challenges faced by the CEO.

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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 Consulting Will Likely Change Because of the Pandemic

Innovation Excellence

The consulting industry was already being disrupted before the coronavirus. Now the disruption is accelerating. If you work with consultants or have your own consultancy, take note: Things are changing, fast. Right around the corner are threats or opportunities, depending on how you respond. I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification… The post How Consulting Will Likely Change

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How MassMutual Is Reimagining Financial Education

Innovation Leader

In Good Company, a MassMutual initiative, wants to help participants manage their financial futures with workshops, free of charge.

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Effective Leaders Create Highly Engaged Cultures

Tullio Siragusa

Effective Leaders Create Highly Engaged Cultures. To have a seat in the corner office and delegate tasks with deadlines is the most commonly perceived image of a boss/leader. The strange thing is that some authority figures do believe that to be true and have accepted it as part of their work culture. This is mainly because they have come up the ranks in organizations where their seniors also followed the same attitude.

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Digital Transformation: Dual Approach to Business Model Innovation

Integrative Innovation

Recently, Karolin Frankenberger from University of St. Gallen gave a worthwile presentation , one slide of which neatly illustrates why Dual Innovation is essential nowadays: Digitally transforming a company calls for true ambidexterity , i.e. simultaneously succeeding on the S-curve of today’s business model AND that of the future business model which is supposed to eventually supersede the existing one.

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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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The Tailwinds of Human-Centered Design in 2020 and Beyond

Innovation Excellence

by Greg Heist, Chief Innovation Officer, Gongos, Inc. “No. I don’t think the Empire had Wookies in mind when they designed it, Chewie. ” – Han Solo to Chewbacca about the Tydirium Imperial Shuttle they’re flying. While we can forgive the Galactic Empire for not factoring the needs of Wookies into Imperial Shuttles (it was after all, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away), modern corporations no longer have that luxury.

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Moving Museums and Universities into the Digital Realm

Innovation Leader

At our Innovation Strategy for Nonprofits event, Arthur Daemmrich of the Smithsonian Institution and Panos Panay of Berklee College of Music discussed how their teams have been pivoting to offer educational experiences online.

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#1,703 – Let’s All Learn Japanese

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I am obsessed with Japanese culture. I love how weird it is. How unique and quirky. Innovative and inventive. The majesty of sumo wrestling, the beauty of Mt. Fuji. The freedom of Otaku culture, the creativity of Manga. I love it all. Everything and anything from Anime to Zen Gardens. But despite my love affair I have always been hesitant to learn Japanese, a famously difficult language to learn with over 50,000 Kanji or logographic characters from which to choose.

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Coaching an Employee with a Negative Attitude

CMOE

Coaching a team member about a negative attitude can be one of the most uncomfortable, avoided, and mishandled leadership tasks. There are three main reasons why so many leaders avoid coaching people with a negative attitude: It’s Subjective. “Attitude” is subjective and can be open to interpretation, so it is challenging for leaders to determine when someone has actually crossed the line.

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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 Consulting Will Likely Change Because of the Pandemic

Innovation Excellence

The consulting industry was already being disrupted before the coronavirus. Now the disruption is accelerating. If you work with consultants or have your own consultancy, take note: Things are changing, fast. Right around the corner are threats or opportunities, depending on how you respond. I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification of knowledge, and outdated business models.

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The Secrets to Success at Intuit’s Lean Startup Program

Innovation Leader

In this episode of One Quick Thing, Bennett Blank shares how Intuit’s Lean Startup program generated $20 million in new revenue.

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Three-phase Change Management Strategy

Idea Drop

When we’re juggling so many things on a daily basis, there are times when it seems easier to put off change and innovation, especially when implementing new ideas isn’t going to deliver immediate results. But there are other times when the only way forward is through change and when ideas become essential for tackling unforeseen […]. The post Three-phase Change Management Strategy appeared first on Idea Drop | Idea Management Software.

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Mindset Jolt #3 – Seek the space that surrounds ideas, not the ideas

Values Centered Innovation

Welcome to our 3-Minute Conscious Innovator™ process! Are you ready for a new, insight-provoking “Jolt” … something designed to “rearrange your molecules” as it elicits your unique, innovative potential in life and work? Jolts wake us up. They spur new self-awareness, new capabilities and values, and new actions. Paradoxically, we don’t learn from each Jolt – rather, each Jolt “learns us” !

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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.