November, 2020

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Setting the right innovation challenge

Paul Hobcraft

Image Atos [link]. Atos is a global leader in digital transformation. Atos employees 110,000 across 73 countries with annual revenue of Euro 12 billion. Atos holds the number one position in European advisory companies in Cloud, Cybersecurity and high-performance computing that provides end-to-end solutions to Orchestrate a wide array of Digital Solutions.

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Survey shows the most important skills for 2025 will be creativity and innovation

Idea to Value

According to the new 2020 Future of Jobs report by the World Economic Forum, there will be an increasing demand for skills related to Innovation and Creativity between now and 2025. Of the Top 5 skills listed there as having a growing importance and demand for the future, creativity and innovation are related to four out of the top 5. Listed in the image above are the Top 15 Skills needed by companies by 2025, with the ones related to creativity and innovation highlighted by my beautiful red squ

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10 Principles for Transformational Change

Digital Tonto

Positive change never happens by itself. Any significant change always inspires fierce resistance and we need to overcome that resistance to bring change about. The post 10 Principles for. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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How Covid-19 Changed the Way These Organizations Innovate

HYPE Innovation

Innovating During a Pandemic: How 4 Organizations are Thriving. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and, largely without realizing, I've embraced an additional role outside my usual designing, accelerating, and running open innovation programs. In fact, we all have taken on a new role.

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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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What type of innovation are you talking about?

Strategyzer Innovation

People often don't understand each other when they talk about innovation. The main reason for this confusion is that there are different types of innovation. To be understood, it is fundamental to specify what type of innovation you are talking about.

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3 Innovation Strategies for Solving 'Impossible' Problems

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Innovative ideas start with looking at obstacles causing real harm.

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Pace of Innovation – The Ultimate Competitive Advantage

Idea to Value

When we think of a business having a competitive advantage, we still tend to think of traditional economic moats such as a low-cost structure, economies of scale, or perhaps a more intangible moat like a strong brand. While all of these are still extremely desirable assets, they no longer guarantee a sustainable competitive advantage for most companies.

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Innovation Isn’t Just About What You Know, It’s About Who You Talk To

Digital Tonto

The best innovators are not necessarily the smartest or even the hardest working, but those who actively build up a strong network of collaborators. What’s becoming clear is that collaboration is. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Interview with Stefan H. Thomke, Author of “Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments”

InnovationManagement

I had the opportunity recently to interview fellow author Stefan H. Thomke, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School to talk with him about his new book Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments, to explore the important role that experimentation plays in business and innovation.

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The Most Common Experiment Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Strategyzer Innovation

The best plans for experimentation don’t always come through. We’ve learned this in working with teams to design, run, and analyze experiments over the years. Part of learning this process is becoming more proficient at quickly running experiments while making progress through data-driven insights. Below is a list of the most common experiment pitfalls we’ve seen in the field.

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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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Gary Vaynerchuk Launches A New Kind of Consulting Service

Entrepreneur - Innovation

VaynerMedia is now offering a playbook for connecting with Gen Z.

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We are searching for new pathways

Paul Hobcraft

Ecosystems and Platforms are our pathways to a new innovation future. Ecosystems have suddenly become of age, as they can be formed around common concepts fairly rapidly, they can enable cross-cutting innovation to be delivered in highly collaborative ways. They can, through shared platforms achieve a closer relationship with the customer, to understand their needs and experience through increased collaboration, and engagement.

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Podcast S4E86: Linda Naiman – Creative Resilience

Idea to Value

We speak with award-winning designer and artist Linda Naiman. Linda is the founder of Creativity at Work and helps organizations develop creativity, innovation, and leadership capabilities, through coaching, training and consulting. We speak about using creativity to stay resilient in challenging times. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:00 – Linda’s journey to becoming an award-winning designer. 00:03:30 – Her block, and realising that at school nobody had taught her to thi

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We Need To Rethink Agility For The Post-Digital Age

Digital Tonto

Over the past few decades, we have largely been moving faster and faster down a predetermined path. Over the next few decades, however, we’ll increasingly need to explore multiple domains at once and. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Implementing a Culture of Improvement in Healthcare

Kainexus

Across the globe, healthcare leaders are working hard to implement the principles of continuous improvement in their organizations. Continuous improvement is a systematic, repeatable approach to enhancing the quality of care and patients' health outcomes. Building a culture of continuous improvement is not a short-term project or a quick fix but a journey that never ends.

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The Exago Smart Blue Jay release is out. A new experience for all innovators

Exago

Starting today, our leading, brand-new-look idea management platform makes it simpler and more appealing to participate in the innovation challenge. Plus, it highlights outcomes and user rankings, and you can check out all your activity, tasks and points on one new profile page. The post The Exago Smart Blue Jay release is out. A new experience for all innovators appeared first on Exago.

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How an Ecommerce-Insights Company Uses AI to Understand Customer Sentiment

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The CEO of Revuze shares how analyzing sentiment helps brands better assess the public's views on products and features.

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Adjusting to a changing world

Paul Hobcraft

The issue we must tackle today, is how we go about adapting to the changing world? One that will be able to take all the advantages of the changes all businesses are undergoing, how societies will be adjusting and responding. We are facing a time of unprecedented economic and social crisis but this is a time for seizing and sizing different opportunities.

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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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Podcast S4E87: Sahar Yousef – Making Superhumans

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with cognitive neuroscientist Dr Sahar Yousef. She is one of the youngest faculty members of UC Berkeley. In her 10 years of research on Making Superhumans, she has found ways to improve mental performance in as little as 7 weeks. We speak about what it takes to reach peak performance and different brain states.

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What We Can Learn From The Failure Of Quibi

Digital Tonto

Probably the most important thing we can learn from Quibi’s failure is to not believe your own PR. Plan for and prepare things to go wrong. Nobody really knows anything until it can be observed in. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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IdeaScale Podcast – How NYU Was Able to Successfully Drive Change

IdeaScale

Change management is a crucial part of innovation. Organizations must keep moving forward for transformation to occur. Universities are responsible for driving innovation. One 2018 study revealed funding for university research grew more than 5.5% each year over a ten year period. New York University (NYU) is a perfect example of how to successfully enact change. … Continued.

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Most good innovation is offensive

Jeffrey Phillips

If you are a football fan, the way I am, you know the old adage: defense wins championships. For years, decades even, defense held sway in the coaching ranks. Everyone seemed to believe, and it was often proven out, that the teams with the best defense would win the championships and the Super Bowl. There's another phase you'll often hear: the best offensive is a good defense.

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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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9 Biggest Big Data Mistakes Every Company Should Avoid

Acuvate

9 Biggest Big Data Mistakes Every Company Should Avoid The success from Big Data and data analytics initiatives for a lot of traditional companies has been restricted to only small parts of their business. A huge impact through big data projects is something that not many have been able to achieve. Gartner predicted that only […]. The post 9 Biggest Big Data Mistakes Every Company Should Avoid appeared first on Acuvate.

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Not Learning Is A Failure. Everything Else Is An Opportunity

BMNT

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Podcast S4E85: Cliff Goldmacher – What business can learn from songwriting

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with songwriter Cliff Goldmacher. Cliff is a Grammy-recognised, #1 chart-topping hit Songwriter, and we speak about his creative process, collaborating with other artists, and finding out what companies can learn from songwriting. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:00 – Cliff’s history writing over 1000 songs, and his experience writing. 00:03:00 – The songwriters who succeed are the ones that treat it as a busi

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The Dignity Economy

Digital Tonto

In the final analysis, ideology should serve people, not the other way around. The success of a society needs to be measured by the well-being of the people who live in it. If we increase GDP, but. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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.

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Is Sanitizing and Reusing PPE a Viable Innovation Strategy?

IdeaScale

The COVID-19 global pandemic led to a shortage of products such as face masks, hand sanitizer, and toilet paper. While those are not products that can be reused, it may be possible to sanitize and reuse others like certain types of personal protective equipment (PPE). As the pandemic continues, companies are exploring the possibility of … Continued.

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Cryptocurrency Innovators Need to Simplify User Experience

Entrepreneur - Innovation

How entrepreneurs in digital finance can help encourage mainstream adoption.

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The Human Factor: Digital Connectivity Still Needs a Human Touch

Daniel Burrus

We live in an amazing era of technology-driven transformation that’s redefining how we sell, market, communicate, collaborate, innovate, train, and educate—all in an amazingly short period of time. Because of this, there are worrisome questions for many in a multitude of different industries: What will happen to my job? Will technology disrupt my business to the point of closing it?

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I don't want to live in a Ready Player One world

Jeffrey Phillips

I'm working with a startup, focused on the future of nutrition. This is not my first startup, or as we used to say in Texas, my first rodeo, and I doubt it will be my last. I've had the good fortune to work in several startups that had different trajectories. One, a consulting firm, grew rapidly but never went public. Another software firm I worked with got just big enough to get acquired by a larger company, and yet another software company received funding from Softbank but failed to get anoth

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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