IdeaScale
MAY 19, 2020
Change in any organization requires innovation. This can seem daunting at the government level where initiatives can take longer to implement than in the private sector; however, the goals and challenges for both the public and private sectors are often similar. Government leaders look within their organizations when solving issues or reaching new goals, making … Continued.
Idea to Value
MAY 18, 2020
I recently met with a very successful company that is seen as a highly innovative global pioneer that others in their industry, which is facing many structural headwinds and inevitable changes, look up to. They understood that even though they are seen as an extremely innovative company now, their current success is actually a result of innovations that happened a decade ago, and that to live up to their reputation, they now need to create the next wave of innovations to keep the company on thei
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Paul Hobcraft
MAY 10, 2020
The majority of my recent work has been in investigating and building a comprehensive understanding of the #energytransition. It is, to say at the very least, complex and challenging, but for me, satisfying and rewarding. Let me briefly explain how I am going about this and why. My research ‘intensity’ (If I can call it that) had to become well structured, and I turned to some of my favorite, perhaps old fashion tools to capture my learning and give me my points of reference.
Digital Tonto
MAY 24, 2020
We need to have a healthy skepticism, especially with ideas we would tend to agree with. We should ask questions, explore alternative explanations of the same data and be open to additional evidence. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 19, 2020
I am struggling with the Hydrogen Story. It is tough to relate to something where the realization may take 40 years to move from ambition to achievement. I get it that delivering Hydrogen is the vital piece of the decarbonizing of the world by 2050, yet it does seem a long, hard road to travel. Hydrogen is undoubtedly becoming the big agenda ticket within any Energy Transition.
HYPE Innovation
MAY 27, 2020
Take two seemingly unrelated words, "hack" and "marathon," and put them together to describe one of the most popular and powerful problem-solving techniques in the past decade.
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IdeaScale
MAY 12, 2020
Innovation is the art of finding and overcoming challenges. Yet sometimes the challenges will find you as you work on your innovation strategy. Here are some of the key challenges for innovation programs across the business world in 2020. Lack of Leadership Any initiative needs to have the wholehearted support of the top tier of … Continued. The post Five Top Challenges for Innovation Managers and How to Address Them appeared first on IdeaScale.
IdeaScale
MAY 20, 2020
At the beginning of the year, remote work was seen as either a luxury or a tool to give workers more flex time. Suddenly, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s become indispensable. Yet, it’s also thrown employers and employees into seemingly murky waters. How do you continue working on your innovation strategy when … Continued.
Daniel Burrus
MAY 28, 2020
If you were to ask anyone in your organization to outline their daily responsibilities, you’d likely get a list that includes position titles rather than responsibilities, like sales or information technology. But what about something more crucial to the overall goals of the organization, like innovation? It is likely that employees don’t think of their role as being part of innovation, either for a lack of understanding of what innovation means at the company or the literal thought that their d
Strategyzer Innovation
MAY 20, 2020
Leading innovation is hard. It involves creating the right culture, guiding innovation teams, and investing in the right ideas and business models. Without the right toolkit, this would almost be an impossible task. In this article, we introduce three innovation tools that executives and corporate innovation leaders can use to better manage innovation in a large organization.
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.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 5, 2020
The unexpected arrival and spread of COVID 19 has caused massive and global changes, strongly impacting into the business world. Every company, in addition to managing the sanitary emergency by prioritizing health and employee’s support-, has had to respond generally in a reactive and compulsive way, trying to ensure business survival in a context where life is at risk.
IdeaScale
MAY 26, 2020
Creating a thriving culture of innovation is difficult for any organization, but governments, in particular, can struggle with it. There are five pieces to creating sustainable government innovation that must be in place, whether municipal, state, or federal, to make innovation sustainable in government. 1. Ability to Experiment In some countries, such as the US, … Continued.
Kainexus
MAY 29, 2020
The renowned football coach and philosopher, Vince Lombardi, once said, “ Perfection is unattainable, but if we chase perfection, we catch excellence. ”. That’s the mindset of a Lean organization. There’s a bedrock belief that every process, investment, employee, or action should directly translate to value for the customer with no waste. That ideal is unattainable, of course, but Lean organizations try to get close to it every day, and in doing so, reach a level of success that their competitor
Innovation Excellence
MAY 19, 2020
At an individual level, many of us try to make changes within our lives and ourselves to lead a happier more fulfilled life. We’re trying to find purpose. So why aren’t we doing this at an organisational level? Many organisations are trying to create a culture of innovation, but are not pausing to ask why? If we want to innovate well, we need the right culture – we need vision people, and in a big way.
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Acuvate
MAY 8, 2020
How To Improve BI & Analytics Maturity In Your Organization According to a survey by Gartner, more than 87% of organizations are classified as having low Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics maturity. This becomes a great impediment for organizations looking to improve the value of their data assets and exploit analytics. Spreadsheet-based analyses, personal data […].
Idea to Value
MAY 12, 2020
If you’ve been working in innovation for at least some time, you’re probably sick and tired of hearing people talk about “thinking outside the box”, or the need to create “outside the box innovations”. The phrase has become one of the most overused clichés out there. However, just like so many other clichés, there’s an underlying reason for this being the case even though I personally dislike the term.
Exago
MAY 14, 2020
Exago and the Rede Mulher Líder (RML) network have joined forces to find ways of mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in both business and society., with the launch of Ignite RML. The post Female CEOs unite to mitigate COVID-19 impacts in business and society appeared first on Exago.
Exago
MAY 12, 2020
For every challenge there is a solution, and in these uncertain times, social innovators are making an impact and facing COVID-19 head on. HappyTap, a portable handwashing solution supported by the TRANSFORM initiative, is one such example, having recently launched its product in Bangladesh. The post Handwashing solution supported by TRANSFORM scales to Bangladesh appeared first on Exago.
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Tim Kastelle
MAY 17, 2020
The Herman Miller company became one of the world’s first manufacturers of sustainably-produced furniture almost by accident. Back in the 1950s, as the company became one of the biggest furniture manufacturers in the US selling now iconic designs from Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Alexander Girard. At the time, DJ de Pree, the founder of the company, made a couple of key decisions that still influence the way the firm operates today.
IdeaScale
MAY 21, 2020
Have you ever struggled to gain adoption of your innovation efforts? Have you had the organizational anti-bodies torpedo your good work? Do you struggle to gain alignment around your innovation programs? You are not alone. These are the greatest challenges that innovators face in nearly all large organizations. The solutions seem elusive and it isn’t … Continued.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 31, 2020
I have been building out the value in my proposal of having a Fitness Landscape framework within the Energy Transition and why it makes sense. Here in this post, I want to expand on my thinking around navigating a complex landscape that the Energy Transition demands. I am looking at the Energy Transition from an evolving technology innovation perspective.
Idea to Value
MAY 14, 2020
In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Håkan Ozan, who has helped to draft the recent ISO Standard on Innovation Management. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:30 His start with innovation management systems. 00:02:30 What is an innovation management system. 00:07:30 The reaction from the community to the attempt to build a management standard for innovation. 00:12:00 The next steps for the ISO Standard.
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Digital Tonto
MAY 17, 2020
We’re where we’re at today because people convinced institutions that maximizing output was more important than stability and resilience, that correlation was more important than causation and that. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Exago
MAY 7, 2020
Exago is making the Exago Start idea management platform available to NGOs and educational and research institutions to help combat the impacts of COVID-19. The post Exago offers innovation management software to fight COVID-19 and adapt to the “new normal” appeared first on Exago.
InnovationManagement
MAY 26, 2020
The business environment is becoming increasingly complex. Organizations have lived in a stable environment for many decades. The competitive advantage resulted from executing better than competitors. This is no longer the case. The post A Successful Approach to Corporate Innovation: ‘The 8 Ps of Innovation’ appeared first on InnovationManagement.
IdeaScale
MAY 14, 2020
Does your retail innovation strategy make you stand out from the rest? In an industry that is continuously evolving, it’s crucial to keep up with how customers are shopping and figure out what that means for your business. In a world where customer experience is everything, retailers find themselves in a unique situation when reaching … Continued.
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.
Destination Innovation
MAY 20, 2020
How do you go about making a really tough decision? Like whether to quit your job, buy a house or dump your boyfriend? You have weighed up all the options, written down the pros and cons, tossed and turned in your bed but still cannot decide. Maybe you should just roll a dice or spin a coin and follow the chance result. Heads you go, tails you stay.
Idea to Value
MAY 7, 2020
In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Kathryn Haydon, keynote speaker and founder of Sparkitivity. We speak about breaking through the inertia of no, and how to use the Universal Creative Process to become more productive and prolific. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:02:00 What are the circumstances that help people find meaning in their work. 00:06:15 The possibility ecosystem. 00:08:30 Breaking through the inertia of no. 00:11:00 Tools to find the rig
Digital Tonto
MAY 10, 2020
The lesson here is that we are all prone to bias. We need to be careful and promote a healthy skepticism, especially with opinions that we are predisposed to agree with. Just as we shouldn’t believe. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Jeffrey Phillips
MAY 4, 2020
I'm writing a series of posts that discuss some of the most important traits and skills that are needed to support innovation now, in the midst and in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. I've written about beginner's mind and why that skill will be vital. I've also written about being comfortable in ambiguous settings. Today I am writing about another rare capacity - the ability to have empathy with prospects and customers.
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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