Destination Innovation
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian season of Lent, 40 days when we are meant to abstain in order to prepare for Easter. Here are five things to give up this Lent. Criticism. Try to go each day without criticising people. It is very easy to find fault with our colleagues, partners and children but most people do not like to be criticised and you can easily find a better way to suggest a change.
HYPE Innovation
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
There are a variety of forces impacting colleges and universities today: economic and demographic, financial and ideological. Even forces related to how higher education is “consumed”. In response to this fast changing environment, institutions in higher education are changing too.
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Tim Kastelle
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
I’m probably paying a bit too much attention to hockey right now. When people here in Australia ask me about sports, I often say “I’m the only person in the world whose two favourite sports are cricket and ice hockey.” I have to call hockey ice hockey because around here hockey means field hockey. Anyway, hockey was the first sport I learned how to play when I was growing up in Alaska, and it’s still my favourite.
Paul Hobcraft
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Much of what we read about with artificial intelligence, deep learning and robots can present a fear that our jobs are simply going, vanishing fairly soon. Technology, machines and information solutions will take over in this new world of accelerating technology with the concern of “so then, what do we do? Well, I believe we have a real chance to, at last , celebrate.
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Exago
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Are you truly committed to finding those new ideas to grow your business in 2018? You're not the only one. Learn how Exago innovation management software can make every idea count for your company with your freedemo@exago.com. The post Make every idea count for your business this year appeared first on Exago.
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
In today’s technologically advanced society, the Internet is a vital resource for start-ups and established businesses alike when it comes to driving innovation. From finding new ideas to testing prototypes, the Internet provides a vast multimedia platform through which companies can innovate on a global scale. However, in recent months the topic of ‘net neutrality’ has become a growing concern for innovators.
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HYPE Innovation
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
No matter the industry, co-creation of value is a hot topic. Marketing specialists swear by it; manufacturers and service providers try to integrate it in their innovation practices; researchers study it. Value co-creation happens within networks and enable individuals, groups and organisations to connect, collaborate, solve problems and satisfy heterogeneous needs and expectations together.
Digital Tonto
FEBRUARY 25, 2018
Innovation, necessarily, is about the future, but all we can really know is about the past and some of the present Related posts: Crappy Innovation. Apple’s Innovation Problem. The 30 Years Rule. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Paul Hobcraft
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. Does it make sense? We have this compelling need to have a new cycle of innovation design.
Exago
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
When developing your innovation agenda, bear in mind that employees deal daily with inefficiencies in your company, having often diverse and powerful ideas related to organisational processes and products. The following are real examples of this. The post Step 3: Invest more in a bottom-up approach for your innovation agenda appeared first on Exago.
Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant
AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The start of a new year is so motivating. A fresh start, a new leaf – we usually enter a year with a lot of good intentions and plans to make positive changes in our lives. I know it can be tricky to stick to your resolutions, but I like making these promises to myself. This year I decided to integrate mindfulness into my life. The basic concept is simple: pay more attention to the little things in life, focus on what’s important and set aside time to be good to yourself.
Jeffrey Phillips
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
I've been watching the recent gun debate in the US with a lot of interest. Clearly we have a safety and security issue, with far too many people losing their lives to gun violence, in "unsafe' neighborhoods but also in places that should be safe, like schools. One of the side effects that is going to be very interesting to watch, and I'm not the first to comment on it, will be the new energy and passion young people who experienced the violence first hand in places like Stoneman Douglas will bri
HYPE Innovation
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The most impressive presentation I reviewed in 2017 was the one from Munich Re, held on 21st November 2017 on their investor day. This, for me, was so well structured and offered such a high level of clarity on the pathway they are pursuing, combining innovation and digital, with the outcomes emerging, of building a new suite of Business Models. I can only touch on it here and suggest, you do your own drawing of conclusions.
Digital Tonto
FEBRUARY 4, 2018
If answers were easy to come by somebody else would already have found them Related posts: The One Big Reason Every Business Needs To Embrace Complexity. Broken Logic, Uncertainty and Emergence. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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.
Idea to Value
FEBRUARY 4, 2018
Amazon has just taken another step towards owning your entire shopping experience, by opening the world’s first supermarket where you just pick up whatever you want and leave. As shown in the video demonstration above, Amazon Go is a pilot test concept store in Seattle where Amazon is testing out the technology for a fully checkout-free grocery experience.
Exago
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
A cost-cutting initiative within your innovation agenda needs to be run as a strategic initiative with the same board sponsorship, direction and accountability as any other critical initiative. It is important to ensure central governance, senior management agreement and employees’ engagement. The post For step 2 in cost-cutting within your innovation agenda, you will need this appeared first on Exago.
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Build the best team, by ignoring these myths. Building an innovation strategy can be intimidating, and often it’s a relief to have a team together. But too often, innovation teams meet, talk, and come out with ideas, but nothing else. In part that’s because we buy into myths about teams, so here’s the fact to fight the fiction. Innovation Teams Should Be Big.
Jeffrey Phillips
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
The Beatles (they were a pop group for those of you who cut your teeth on Eminem) wrote jangly songs about yellow submarines and walruses. It was the 60s, so I guess you had to be there to understand. They were all about sunny days, happy feelings, a kind of Beach Boys from England with mod outfits and mop top haircuts. They also had that outrageous Sergeant Pepper phase, but I digress.
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.
Braden Kelley
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Every so often something comes along that is super funny, super cute, and super functional, all at the same time. Check out the video below and then we’ll dive in to the innovation potential of The Rocketeer Pack by ZuGoPet.
Digital Tonto
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
You never start where you will end up and it’s a mistake to try. So if you have a truly revolutionary idea, it's best to build for the few and not the many. Related posts: The Case Against Radical. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Idea to Value
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
I didn’t that I would be writing about innovation in fruit this week. But that is exactly what I found when someone told me about a new type of banana from Japan. D&T farms has found a new way of cultivating bananas which appears to have two very useful perks. This is achieved through a special propagation method involving keeping the plant at sub-zero temperatures of below -60 degrees Celcius.
Exago
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
When introducing a cost-cutting strategy in your innovation agenda, you should first have a clear view of your company’s strategy and map out good and bad costs for programme intervention, at macro and micro levels. Both macro- and micro-level-oriented strategies have value and they often make more sense combined. The post What are the good and the bad costs in your innovation agenda?
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IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
More and more companies are inviting their employees to participate in company-wide ideation. Companies that do this contribute to overall innovation program health by ensuring a healthy top of the funnel stocked with ideas and allies. But with this opportunity comes new challenges. Not every innovation program has developed the communications skill set necessary to engage a global workforce or customer base in sharing ideas, developing ideas, and collaborating.
Jeffrey Phillips
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
I've been thinking a lot about why innovation fails. Not about why supposedly innovative new products fail, because there are multiple reasons for the failure of a new product. It could be too early or too late in the market window, or it could simply have the wrong pricing or distribution. A new product may lack key features or components, or like some successful products take years to build an audience.
Tim Kastelle
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
I’m probably paying a bit too much attention to hockey right now. When people here in Australia ask me about sports, I often say “I’m the only person in the world whose two favourite sports are cricket and ice hockey.” I have to call hockey ice hockey because around here hockey means field hockey. Anyway, hockey was the first sport I learned how to play when I was growing up in Alaska, and it’s still my favourite.
Digital Tonto
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
An obscure government program may be a blueprint for the future Related posts: Inside The Race To Build A Battery That Can Power The 21st Century. Why Energy Storage May Be The Most Important. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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Idea to Value
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
When it comes to innovative business practices, Elon Musk doesn’t appear to do anything half-hearted. In fact, we have previously spoken about how Elon Musk shows how you can turn a Twitter complaint into a solution in 6 days. But when it comes to representing an innovative leader, he has just taken his dedication to forward-looking business vision to another level.
BrainZooming
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
I’m delivering a workshop at the Social Media Strategies Summit in San Francisco today. It will cover creating a sustainable, social-first content marketing strategy. The three-hour workshop will take participants through typical sticking points brands face in developing effective content marketing strategy plans that start strong, build, and continue to deliver results.
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
United Way is engaged in nearly 1,800 communities across more than 40 countries and territories worldwide. As the largest privately-funded nonprofit in the world, United Way creates solutions that build stronger communities. United Ways are improving education, strengthening financial stability and making communities healthier. But they don’t do it alone.
Jeffrey Phillips
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
I've been thinking about innovation for a while now, trying to puzzle out why some organizations seem to be able to innovate almost effortlessly while others are more sporadic or face significant innovation challenges. At some moments in my career I've blamed this phenomenon on lack of breadth - the idea that too many companies shrink innovation activities down to idea generation and rapid evaluation.
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