Sat.Jul 21, 2018 - Fri.Jul 27, 2018

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Bringing Your A-Game: What Game Theory Can Teach Us About Innovation Management

Qmarkets

If you’re one of the approximately 3-4 Billion people who have tuned into the world cup over the last month, chances are that work has taken a backseat to football on more than one occasion…. However, don’t start feeling guilty just yet. Beneath the excitement and panoply of the world cup lies a broad range of core mechanisms and mathematical formulae that are also highly relevant in the world of business.

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Ring Fencing Constrains Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

It is the very act of ‘ring-fencing’ we have constrained innovation. We then can limit risk, as well as we are constantly separating it from the center of the company, even though many of us try to push it back towards the core. Innovation remains separate for the clear majority of our companies even today as it is full of unknowns and question marks.

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Our CEO Diana introduces the Exago Start New Edition

Exago

Exago Start innovation software quickly gets your teams to join in with your company’s innovation initiative. With ready-to-go and field-tested configurations, this idea management software ensures fast engagement and results, offering guidance in every phase of your programme. The post Our CEO Diana introduces the Exago Start New Edition appeared first on Exago.

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Why The Future Isn’t Digital

Digital Tonto

It’s time to think less about hackathons and more about tackling grand challenges. Related posts: Why The Future of Digital Commerce Is The Omnichannel. Our Emergent Digital Future. 3 Keys to The. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Avoiding Groupthink and Empowering Introverts

IdeaScale

There was this great infocomic a few years ago that talked about the virtues of online brainstorming. Although there are lots of benefits that we’ve discussed in our blog before (transparent processes, lower program costs, etc), this comic highlighted two of my favorite benefits that results from online brainstorming: avoiding groupthink and empowering introverts.

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How Management Theories Become Memes - and Why That Matters

HYPE Innovation

I have a confession to make: I have a thing for investigative journalism. I'm talking about the kind of journalism that inspires scripts for " Spotlight ," that starts movements like #MeToo, or that confronts us with uncomfortable (but fascinating!) truths about the art world. I’m drawn to it because it’s dense, direct, factual, persuasive, and it forces change.

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Most AI Projects Fail. Here’s How To Make Yours Successful

Digital Tonto

There remains a large gap between aspiration and reality Related posts: Why Most Marketers Will Fail In The Era Of Big Data. Every Business Today Needs To Prepare For An AI-Driven World. Here’s How: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Lessons About Culture and Creativity

IdeaScale

One of our customers recently had the good fortune to hear Adam Grant speak at an event. Adam Grant “has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years. He is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers ” and in this presentation, he shared some insights that resonated with both our customers and with us.

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Meet Idea Hunt's Youngest Developer

Svava

At age 14, Caspian is Coding and Making an impact.

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Innovation & Artificial Intelligence: Right Here, Right Now!

Innovation Excellence

AI/ML is not just for the FANG companies (Facebook, Amazon, Netscape, and Google) but is beginning to be a substantial part of new products in unexpected categories, and is helping established business innovate. But even today, it is impacting how we manage teams and projects, enabling teams to be more efficient and creative. A great.

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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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Swiping the Blank Slate: Accelerate Your Career Success by Jumpstarting Innovative Thinking

Innovation in Practice

By Nurit Shmilovitz-Vardi. We’ve all been there. Your manager assigns your next project, handing you the relevant materials along with the following demand: “This needs to be big. I want something different, something that stands out, fresh new ideas—something innovative!”. Outwardly you nod, exclaim some words of apparent enthusiasm and motivation, excited to begin this innovating.

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2018 Innovation Learning Priorities

IdeaScale

Every year, IdeaScale asks its customers what they’re focused on learning this year. This information becomes the backbone of our content calendar for the rest of the year for both our customers and prospects: it informs what we blog about, what white papers we research, what sessions we feature at Open Nation, and more. This year, we were somewhat surprised at the top three study priorities that innovators are focused on, but it’s also what you can expect to learn about at Open Nation 2018.

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What Are The Corporate Antibodies And Are They Dangerous To Your Ideas?

Beyond the Obvious

The antagonist of the innovator is the corporate antibody. Much like antibodies in our immune system attack and destroy foreign objects that might harm the body, “antibodies” in your organization identify and neutralize forces that threaten to destabilize a company. And in much the same way as antibodies can damage the very thing they seek […].

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Barriers to Physician Entrepreneurship

Innovation Excellence

Physician entrepreneurship describes physicians, or other health professionals, pursuing opportunity under conditions of uncertainty with the goal of creating user defined value through the deployment of biomedical and clinical innovation. One way to do that is to create a product, a service or a company, but there are many other ways as well.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Do Bigger Budgets Lead to More R&D Success?

Innocentive

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Finding a Viable Market Opportunity

Taivara

Taivara Blog Post by Kevin Dwinnell. Finding a Viable Market Opportunity. Quantifying the True Opportunity for Your Innovation. Overview. Identifying a viable market opportunity for a new product or business starts by understanding what is happening in the market. In this document, we’ll explore: Industry – is the opportunity large enough to pursue?

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Tips for Becoming a Better Workshop Leader

Svava

When you need ideas, game changing, take your business to the next level ideas, how do you get them? You host a workshop.

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One Simple Interview Question for Hiring Innovators

Innovation Excellence

Anyone can claim to be innovative, but this is what separates those who want to be from those who are. Whether you’re hiring a partner, sizing up a colleague, or just trying to get to know someone, asking a very simple question will tell you more about how innovative the person is than virtually anything.

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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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7 Strategies for Creative Leadership – Exclusive Facebook Live Today

BrainZooming

Today, Monday, July 23, we’re launching the new Brainzooming book, Idea Magnets: 7 Strategies for Cultivating & Attracting Creative Business Leaders. As part of the launch activities, you’re invited to a Facebook Live presentation I’m deliver on the seven Idea Magnets creative leadership strategies during the Leadership Institute conference.

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The gamification of a digital workplace to support employee engagement (2/2)

Exoplatform

This post is the second part of a two-part article about gamifying a digital workplace to generate employee engagement. Read the first part. The post The gamification of a digital workplace to support employee engagement (2/2) appeared first on eXo Platform Blog.

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Top 10 Tech, Software, Innovation Conferences in Europe till the end of 2018

7innovation

Here is the list of Top 10 (my choice) Tech/Software/Big Data/Telco conferences in Europe till the end of this year. Web Summit – Lisabon – 5-8.11.

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Driving Digital Strategy to Reimagine Your Business

Innovation Excellence

Recently I had the opportunity to interview Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he is the chair of the General Management Program and co-chair of the executive program on Driving Digital Strategy. His research examines the impact of digital technology on consumer behavior, business, and society.

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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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Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea

Taivara

Taivara Blog Post by Kevin Dwinnell. Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea. Getting New Product Ideas Flowing. If you’re truly starting from a desire to create something new, but don’t have a good idea yet, here’s how you can jump-start that process. Sources. First, don’t ignore the ideas that are already alive within your organization. That grumbling you hear in the nearby cubes isn’t always about the empty pot of coffee.

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The New Strategic Imperative: Why HR / Talent Leaders Should Be Setting An Organization’s Innovation Agenda

InnovationManagement

The increased focus of mature organizations in developing a more innovative culture and set of actions is a crucial opportunity for HR / Talent leaders to play a leadership role. This whitepaper examines a range of actions that HR / Talent leaders can take to drive this strategic imperative.

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Customer Service

Rmukesh Gupta

I watched this short film titled “ Customer Service ” and was left with the following thoughts: 1> How nice would it be if all customer service departments function this way. 2> How nice would it be if all customers were kinder to the customer service representatives. It also reminded me of a post that i had written a while back.

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26 Most Common Traits Of All Great Leaders (A to Z)

Innovation Excellence

While there may be no single formula for great leadership, the ingredients are always the same. There is no single formula for leadership. My mentor, the father of modern management theory Peter Drucker, once said to me, ” The only thing common among all of the great leaders I have known, is that they all.

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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.

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GFi Working With Universities, Manufacturers, and Big Pharma

Gregg Fraley

Recent Projects at GFi. GFi is the consultancy of Gregg Fraley and specialist associates he brings in to execute projects. This is a periodic update. Qualitative Research , Innovation Events, Training, Facilitation, and Writing: Facilitation : Marquette University is working with the Milwaukee community and Johnson Controls to innovate. Their vehicle is The President’s Challeng e.

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Why a Startup Team Needs Solid Management

InnovationManagement

Startups are moving the business at the moment, given the fact that many successful entrepreneurs are starting their new projects within this environment, especially if they're tech related.

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Fake Until Proven True

Rmukesh Gupta

The Real Problem with Fake News. In one of the largest study of stories, real and false, that spread, it was found that false news spreads faster and farther than real news. Here is Sinan Aral , who was part of the original research team, talking about the results of this study and detailing why false news spreads more than real news. It is found that as humans, we are more susceptible to spreading false news more than bots or algorithms.

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The Power of Problem Exploration

Innovation Excellence

“‘Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” John Swigert’s famous words, delivered in a voice as calm and clear as the mountain air in his native Denver, Colorado. But to the Apollo 13 mission controllers thousands of miles below in Texas, this fired the starting gun in a race against time. At 3:08 a.m. UTC on April.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

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.