August, 2019

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Common Fears of Starting an Open Innovation Initiative and How to Resolve Them

HYPE Innovation

Adding external elements to an internal innovation program can prove a true rite of passage. The transition requires an open culture, employee empowerment, and executive commitment. In other words, considerable maturity (1).

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Exploring the Connection between Resilience and Innovation Leadership

IdeaScale

Working together overcomes unexpected challenges.?. Innovation leadership is all about meeting challenges and overcoming obstacles in new and creative ways. Sometimes those obstacles are more urgent than others. A supplier abruptly closes, a server farm crashes, or a product design doesn’t meet standards when prototyped. This is where innovation leadership is most important, as a keystone for resilience.

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Eight Reasons why Innovation beats Efficiency

Destination Innovation

Elon Musk. If you are running an organization of any kind then making it more efficient is a key priority. It is important to speed up processes, eliminate waste, improve quality, reduce costs and generally please customers. And if you work hard at it you can do all of these things. But it is also important to prioritise innovation – finding new products and services and new ways to do things.

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Strategy & Culture: Here's How You Bridge The Gap!

Cascade Strategy

Back in April, we hosted Engage 2019 - our first ever Cascade conference. It was a huge hit, and many of you joined us either in person, or via our live stream. Over the next few weeks and months, I'm going to be sharing some of the best learnings from that conference, including full recordings of some of the best presentations and workshops that our attendees got to experience.

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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 companies today can learn from Exponential Organisations

Exago

As the information-based world moves exponentially, many companies face the risk of being left behind and become obsolete. Drawing inspiration from exponential organisations, we pinpoint the key attributes that make ExOs so extraordinary. The post What companies today can learn from Exponential Organisations appeared first on Exago.

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Why Company Culture is Key to Innovation and Growth

InnovationManagement

In the world of business to get an edge over competitors, companies are required to constantly evolve their sales, marketing, hiring, and employee retention tactics to stay ahead. External pressures and threats from other companies push entrepreneurs to come up with new strategies and solutions to grow their businesses. There’s no way to succeed other than to innovate.

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Drive Innovation by Disrupting the Existing Management Norms

InnovationManagement

Before being acquired by Facebook for US$1 billion, Instagram was just another photo-sharing app operating with insignificant infrastructure and a dozen employees. With the ever-increasing potential of modern technology, the next billion-dollar business could start from the comfort of someone’s home. To stay on top, established organisations need to stimulate innovation. and that’s our topic today.

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Top 1000 companies that spend the most on Research & Development (charts and analysis)

Idea to Value

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Innovation Department Best Practices: A Talk with Peter Berger

IdeaScale

Peter Berger is the Director of Innovation for EmbraerX, a Silicon Valley innovation unit of Brazilian aerospace company Embraer. As an innovation director, Berger is working on projects that include the development of an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft to be used for short-distance air travel with the ease of hailing an Uber.

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Recognizing an innovation need

Paul Hobcraft

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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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What Is The Purpose Of A Business?

Digital Tonto

Today, business leaders need to manage for mission, not for metrics. Purpose cannot be reduced to a simple concept like shareholder value. Related posts: 4 Things Every Leader Should Know About. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Exago software supports Fleury’s digital transformation efforts

Exago

With a mission to accelerate its digital transformation, the Brazilian Fleury Group has created the Fleury Lab, a platform that joins its Research & Development, Innovation and Digital departments. The initiative was supported by Central de Ideias, Fleury’s idea management platform using the Exago software. The post Exago software supports Fleury’s digital transformation efforts appeared first on Exago.

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Why You Need a Diverse Ecosystem of Perspectives to Drive Innovative Thinking

HYPE Innovation

Editor's Note: Andy Seferta is Head of Ecosystem and Analyst Engagement, Digital Technology Services, Fujitsu EMEIA. This post was originally published on May 12, 2019, on the Fujitsu UK Blog. I recently had the pleasure of attending the INNOVATE Bonn forum hosted by our strategic partner HYPE Innovation. At the conference, I hosted open-innovation-themed customer workshops alongside HYPE's head of open innovation, Dr.

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Digital transformation: Pandora's box or cornucopia?

Jeffrey Phillips

Digital transformation. Everyone from the CEO to the janitor understands that digital transformation is important. Every competitor is talking about what digital transformation will do for their business - create new revenues, cut inefficiencies and costs, discover new value in previously unremarkable data. Digital transformation is the latest management philosophy, like ERP or business process re-engineering or innovation that have come before it.

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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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Successful Innovation Program Highlights the Value of Intrapreneurship

IdeaScale

Intrapreneurs are people who are dedicated to their employer yet know how to apply basic principles of entrepreneurship within their roles at work. Sometimes your best “entrepreneurial” ideas come from people inside your organization. There may have been a time when people with characteristics of intrapreneurs were discouraged or outright forbidden to innovate, even within their areas of responsibility.

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How your company strategy may be sabotaging your innovation ambition

Idea to Value

As someone who works for a strategy consultancy, it becomes clear that for most companies, there is a disconnect between what they say their strategy is, and how they actually behave. This can have a profound impact on the likely success rates of innovation in those companies. I recently rewatched the excellent TEDx talk by Karen Dillon (video above), on Do You Have a Strategy for Your Life?

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Are We Turning Our Backs On Science?

Digital Tonto

When we turn our backs on science, we turn our backs on truth. Related posts: The War On Science. How Smart Businesses Are Turning Academic Research Into Profits. Can America Renew Its Commitment To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Exago redefines its core values through collaboration

Exago

After 11 years of bringing innovation together, Exago decided it was time to reassess the company’s core values. Of course, as champions of collaboration and teamwork, Exago asked its team to come up with what each one thought should be a core value of the organisation. The post Exago redefines its core values through collaboration appeared first on Exago.

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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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How Artificial Intelligence Is Making The Shift From System To Ecosystem

Innovation Excellence

When IBM first debuted its Watson system on the game show Jeopardy! in 2011, it was like something out of science fiction. Here was a computer that could not only understand spoken questions, but answer them faster and more accurately than the best human players. Nobody had ever seen anything even remotely like it before.

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Smart, fast, innovative and digital

Jeffrey Phillips

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Three Trends in Supply Chain Innovation

IdeaScale

Getting what the customer needs, right where they are, at precisely the time that they want it is becoming ever more important. Efficient supply chains reduce waste, save money, and ensure the best possible goods are made and brought to market. There’s a lot of innovation waiting to turn supply chains into ever more powerful tools. Automation And Robotics.

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8 books every innovation pro should read

Board of Innovation

A few years ago, we published a list of 7 top-notch books on innovation. Since then, sequels have been released and our field has evolved, so it’s time for us to make a few additions. Without further ado, here’s our list of the best books on innovation around (all of which are essential reading for […]. The post 8 books every innovation pro should read appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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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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How Networks Drive Transformation

Digital Tonto

The truth is that we need to reimagine leadership for a networked age to focus less on driving strategy and tactics and more on widening and deepening connections in networks Related posts: Leaders. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Letting Go of Blame Will Set You Free

Tullio Siragusa

Letting Go of Blame Will Set You Free. When I was a kid, I had to ask permission to leave the dinner table. My parents were loving human beings who were also old school. It worked for them, and it worked for me too. I was also of a generation where your behavior was considered a direct reflection of your parents’ reputation. The pressure was constantly on, to behave properly, do the right thing, and to please my parents.

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The interplay between innovation, creativity, and consciousness

Innovation Excellence

Innovation consulting can be a lonely place for a woman to play, especially in a conventional, male-oriented, and competitive marketplace like Melbourne is today. Making networking a key way of enhancing my intellectual, emotional and social capital, consciousness and creativity.

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VUCA is a matter of perspective

Jeffrey Phillips

VUCA is the new black. Suddenly everyone has realized that sometimes the economy or markets are volatile or uncertain. If I were older and cranky I'd blame this on the millennials, not because they are millennials but because they've never lived with a stock market that goes down. Volatility seems like something we've only just discovered. Not too many people seem to remember the stock market crash of 2008, but of course that was a decade ago.

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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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Josh Folk of IdeaScale Dishes with DotCom

IdeaScale

Josh Folk is a co-founder of IdeaScale, and he recently joined DotCom magazine for their Leader Round Table Interview series. Harnessing innovation and putting it to work efficiently are at the heart of the so-called Industrial Revolution 4.0.?. The editorial team at DotCom Magazine awarded IdeaScale its Impact Company of 2019 Award, and Josh talked with Torrey Mastery of DotCom Magazine about innovation leadership.

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26 Ways to generate new revenue for B2C companies

Board of Innovation

Why read this? This blog post will help you to identify sustainable new revenue streams, challenge revenue streams you have already developed and to come up with alternative money-making tactics. Earning income, producing profits, or generating higher Returns on Investment is a challenge best solved by working smart, not hard. If you thought money was […].

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Happy 10th Birthday Digital Tonto!

Digital Tonto

My favorite posts over the last year Related posts: Happy 9th Birthday Digital Tonto! Happy 8th Birthday Digital Tonto! Happy Birthday Digital Tonto! Happy 4th Birthday Digital Tonto! Happy 5th. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Five Factors That Drive Digital Innovation

InnovationManagement

Innovation is the core activity of human evolution to change the environment, reach high performance, and make collective progress. The post The Five Factors That Drive Digital Innovation appeared first on Innovation Management.

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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