What Do Top Corporate Innovators Get Right?
Viima
OCTOBER 15, 2019
In our line of work, we get to talk with hundreds of leaders around the globe, and from virtually every industry.
Viima
OCTOBER 15, 2019
In our line of work, we get to talk with hundreds of leaders around the globe, and from virtually every industry.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Acknowledging the problem is the first step, folks.
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Ankush Chopra
OCTOBER 18, 2019
Two Kinds of Innovators Innovators come in two forms – hunters and gatherers. Are you a hunter or a gatherer innovator? Understanding this distinction is critical in your innovation efforts. It will make you a more self aware innovator. It will be critical for your innovation success. Think of hunters and gatherers. What comes to your mind? When you think of a hunter, you visualize someone who is quick and strong.
Wellspring
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Every so often we ask our community to sound off on popular topics in innovation and share their best tips, tricks, and advice in hopes that their answers may inspire others in the field. We’ve gathered these insights by email, over phone calls, at events and roundtables, and catching up with clients and colleagues.
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.
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Change is a necessity in today’s world, yet change initiatives don’t always work out. Too much change, too fast can induce change fatigue and hinder innovation. . One study has reported that only about 54 percent of change initiatives succeed. Another reports that up to 70 percent of organizational change efforts fail. Organizations of all types are urged to innovate, yet when they try to change too much, too fast, the result can be change fatigue.
Paul Hobcraft
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Source: [link]. This week I have had one of those most intense periods of researching and then absorbing the material around different energy issues. Everywhere you turn, you stumble across reports on one aspect or another of the energy transformation we are undertaking. I am looking at this energy transition through the eyes of the innovator, as it offers so much in new solutions and designs that any innovator would love to be part of.
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Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 13, 2019
In 1928, Alexander Fleming arrived at his lab to find that a mysterious mold had contaminated his Petri dishes and was eradicating the bacteria colonies he was trying to grow. Intrigued, he decided to study the mold. That’s how Fleming came to be known as the discoverer of penicillin. Fleming’s story is one that is.
InnovationTraining.org
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Designing a business model: 10 questions for effective monetisation. Thousands of business people now reach for Strategyzer’s Business Model Canvas when looking to describe, design, challenge or pivot their business models. It lays out the 9 essential building blocks of a business model in a familiar one-page canvas. The 9 th segment leads many out of their comfort zone; Revenue Streams.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Maybe you’ve called it something different, but I bet you’ve experienced it: it’s that feeling when your head’s down at work, too busy with your urgent day-to-day tasks to look up for a moment to contemplate future innovations. (Who has time for breakthrough innovation when you don’t have time for a proper lunch?) It’s that.
Idea to Value
OCTOBER 16, 2019
In the premier podcast episode of Season 3, we speak with world-famous voice actor and keynote speaker Joshua Seth. Joshua has been the voice of characters in over 100 animated TV shows and movies and has a diverse background across creative disciplines like music, theatre, and stage illusions. In today’s episode, we talk about how we need to become more comfortable letting go of expectations in order to unleash our innate creativity.
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.
InnovationManagement
OCTOBER 16, 2019
So much has already been said about what smaller, fresh companies need to do in order to gain a competitive edge in a well-developed market, but how often do you think about what those well-established businesses should do to achieve the same? The post Tips for Established Businesses to Survive the Startup Surge appeared first on Innovation Management.
Kainexus
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Small #kaizen at a #Lean #SixSigma conference — tape markings on stage to show speakers where to stay for the purposes of lighting and video. This was added during the first break. This small improvement didn’t require a belt, root cause analysis, or a project champion. pic.twitter.com/X1wPr3qsnM — Mark Graban (@MarkGraban). October 10, 2019. When I first saw this tweet from our resident Lean and Six Sigma expert and author, Mark Graban , I thought that he made an excellent point.
BrainZooming
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Steve Lahey, the Number 1 Brainzooming Fan , posted an intriguing quote about developing organizational strategies from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: “I very frequently get the question: ‘What’s going to change in the next 10 years?’ And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one. I almost never get the question: ‘What’s not going to change in the next 10 years?
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 13, 2019
It seems that every meeting I went to recently, and almost every person I spoke to, mentioned the new book, from the authors of How Google Works – The Trillion Dollar Coach. I dutifully ordered it and once I had the chance, diligently read it. It is described as the “blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will.
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Exago
OCTOBER 18, 2019
For the fourth consecutive time, Exago has been recognised by Gartner as one of the leading innovation management solutions that help organisations streamline operations for their innovation programmes. The post Exago featured in the Gartner Market Guide appeared first on Exago.
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Many voices lead to stronger teams.?. Diversity and inclusion are good ideas on many levels, but they can also drive your innovation strategy. Here’s why a diverse innovation team leads to better products. Diversity Drives Performance The most basic answer is right there in the data. In study after study , companies with more diverse workforces, from the C-suite and board down to the interns, show more growth, productivity, and efficiency.
Digital Tonto
OCTOBER 13, 2019
Quantum computing isn’t just a more powerful version of today’s technology, it is a fundamentally different way of computing that will be applied to very different tasks. Related posts: Here’s What. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 14, 2019
We tend to revere our clinicians as towering experts in their fields. So how often do you think doctors misdiagnose? How often might your doctor tell you that you have some illness or condition, but it’s not right? For example, a doctor might diagnose the flu, but the patient really has something much more serious.
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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.
Tullio Siragusa
OCTOBER 14, 2019
How to Overcome the Impact of Trauma. Everyone at one point in their life, experiences trauma. There is no escaping trauma; sadly, it’s like a phase of life we all have to pass through. As humans living in a world where trauma is seen as some defect or something dark and ugly to be kept hidden, it’s best we build the proper individual awareness of this psychological wound and strive to ensure that we get control of it, so that it doesn’t eventually get the better of us.
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 16, 2019
The spotlight will be on creativity, communication, inspiration, and innovation leadership at Open Nation 2019, IdeaScale’s annual conference set for Oct. 24-25 in Washington, D.C. Organizers have jam-packed at least a dozen seminars led by some of the most influential innovation leaders at top organizations into this two-day event. Presenters include NASA, the United States Air Force, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Freddie Mac, and the United Way.
Acuvate
OCTOBER 18, 2019
In a time where the average enterprise generates large amounts of data on a daily basis, unless the data paves a path to gleaning valuable insights, on its own, data does not hold much value. This is where Artificial Intelligence helps aid data analysis, exploration, find patterns in the collected information, predict future outcomes and make data more comprehensible for the user.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Failure and loss are inevitable, but trying to rationalize them can be the last thing you need to do. Yes, I know, you want to recoil at the the headline of this column. Stick with me. The last thing I’m advocating is that life is without purpose. But, it can certainly be random and, like.
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
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Technological change is the only constant in today’s business world, disrupting everything from large organizations to small start-ups. Disruption affects everyone, but will you be the disruptor or the disrupted? You must pay close attention to the Hard Trends shaping the future of your industry, your business, and the outside world to identify opportunities used to innovate and grow rapidly, additionally using those Hard Trends to solve any problems your organization and customers might have be
Cascade Strategy
OCTOBER 15, 2019
We see thousands of strategic plans here at Cascade - from startups right through to Fortune 500 multinationals. And over the years, we've developed a pretty good 'sixth sense' about whether or not a strategic plan is actually going to work when it moves into the execution phase.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Enormous amounts of patient data creates big business opportunities. In fact, some day, patient sick care might be a loss leader. Instead, the revenue model will be patients owning data and using a platform to sell it for a price. Patients will become digital health entrepreneurs. Selling your sick care data is called an “edge opportunity” We are.
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Planview
OCTOBER 17, 2019
What does innovation management mean to you? Does it mean gathering ideas or does it mean building a culture of engagement? If you answered yes to both, you’re on the right track. You need ideas to be innovative, but you need an innovation culture to continually source the most valuable ideas. The concept of “building an innovation culture” is a topic that’s come up in a variety of conversations with Planview Spigit clients over the last few months.
Wazoku
OCTOBER 15, 2019
The post How innovation can truly future proof your business appeared first on Wazoku.
helloFUTURE
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Let me ask you something: do you think that Steve Jobs was a reasonable man? Do you believe that when people came to him with their ideas, he listened to them and implemented everything that they presented him with? While I never worked with him, none of his biographers say that he was ever that… The post Need To Innovate: Be Unreasonable appeared first on hellofuture.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 18, 2019
I recently attended at Innov8rs conference an enticing presentation on business model innovation: “Turning your corporate assets in new ventures and opportunities”. It was delivered by enthusiastic Chloé Bonnet and Pauline Pham, respectively Founding partner and CEO, and Partner & VP, at Five by Five. They kindly accepted to go into more details into its creative.
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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