Destination Innovation
MARCH 9, 2018
Photo by Isakarakus on Pixabay. You probably know some people who are unremittingly dull company. You may be fortunate enough to know some brilliant conversationalists who can enliven any discussion. In which category would other people place you? How can you improve your conversational skills to become a welcome sight at every social event? Here are some tips.
Tim Kastelle
MARCH 20, 2018
“How do you teach people to be more comfortable with ambiguity?” That was the question from the person in charge of Talent for a big bank at a workshop we ran with them recently at UQ. My response was: “The first thing we need to do is give them projects to do where we can’t know what the right answer is in advance.” Of course, we often avoid doing this in universities, mainly because…… we’re uncomfortable with ambiguity ourselves.
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HYPE Innovation
MARCH 14, 2018
Getting past the 'corporate immune system'. Imagine the scene. A warm summer’s day. The tree-lined slopes of gentle hills stretch towards a darker valley below. There’s a river running through it, sparkling water, dappled light through the leaves. Now place a party of schoolboys there, shipped out from the nearby town – lucky kids from well-off families, enjoying the fun of summer camp.
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 7, 2018
Innovation has had a bigger brother moving into the house next door; Digital Technology and between them, they have been busily knocking the walls down, to share the future going forward. The two have become interlinked, you seem to always need the one to respond to the other. Maybe it is a “digital – innovation twin” that shapes the physical world with digital understanding- think about the current Industrial Digital Twins for IIoT solutions.
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.
Imaginatik
MARCH 1, 2018
Recent conversations with a new Imaginatik client, from late 2017, have stuck with me these past few months. It highlights the importance of a new concept that every corporate innovation leader needs to internalize: the Path-to-Value for each innovation. If this notion is not already in your vernacular, it needs to be. To understand why, we’ll dig into the story from this client.
IdeaScale
MARCH 22, 2018
When innovating, do you stick to what you know or the wider world? “Open innovation” and “co-creation” are words you hear a lot when building an innovation strategy, and they also seem to be words that most people poorly define. To some, they’re interchangeable. To others, they’re wildly different. The truth is that they can feel similar, but their differences are a matter of boundaries.
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Exago
MARCH 27, 2018
With the aim of improving our team’s skills as innovation workshop facilitators, several Exago employees are attending a certified Workshop Facilitation Training in Lisbon, Portugal. The post Innovation training day: Exago team updates its facilitation skills appeared first on Exago.
Digital Tonto
MARCH 7, 2018
The key to solving fundamental challenges is to go both wider and deeper Related posts: The Uncertainty Problem. How to do a Turnaround in 5 (not so easy) Steps. Top-down vs. Bottom-up Strategy. How. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 27, 2018
I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design. Often this era of change is not as well-recognized or being faced up to, as you would expect.
Jeffrey Phillips
MARCH 23, 2018
I've written and spoken about the importance of corporate culture and its impact on innovation over the last 15 years or so. Heck, one of the underlying issues I address in my book Relentless Innovation (shameless plug) is the overwhelming challenge that corporate culture presents to an innovation team. I've argued that corporate culture, more than any other issue, is the biggest barrier to sustained innovation.
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.
IdeaScale
MARCH 28, 2018
If you’ve been reading our blog, then you know that there are two ways of measuring innovation program success : innovation inputs and innovation outputs. One of our customers is so good at measuring their innovation outputs, that they know the value of every incoming idea (whether it’s implemented or not). This is something that you see in almost every practice that includes a funnel.
Destination Innovation
MARCH 16, 2018
In 2010 the Gillette brand which is owned by Proctor and Gamble held 70% of the US market for razors. It boasted continuous innovation in product design and enjoyed a gross margin of around 60%. Its market share has now slid to around 50%. It has suffered at the hands of two aggressive start-up companies which went direct to consumer (DTC). They are Harry’s and Dollar Shave Club.
Exago
MARCH 20, 2018
Whether it is for their considered, value-oriented innovation approach, for the creative ways found to bring everyone aboard their innovation challenge, or for their sustained corporate culture of innovation, we are proud to announce the champions of the second edition of the Exago Innovation Guru Awards. The post And the Exago 2017 Innovation Gurus are… appeared first on Exago.
Digital Tonto
MARCH 4, 2018
We can’t lose sight of the fact that technology should serve people, not the other way around Related posts: 4 Things Gandhi Can Teach Us About Transformational Change. We Need To Stop Trying To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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Braden Kelley
MARCH 13, 2018
Many of you reading this have created or operated innovation or insights programs for organizations of a variety of sizes, or are curious about how to go about it.
HYPE Innovation
MARCH 29, 2018
Let's start with some defining statements and then explore Absorptive Capacity, as it has an important role to play in innovation. Innovation is dependent on becoming aware of known external ideas and innovations in the market. Alternatively, innovation can come suddenly out of piecing together strands of thought, which form into something radically different, unknown to the world until now.
IdeaScale
MARCH 7, 2018
When you hear the word “regulation” – the first thing that comes to mind is bureaucracy. Especially, when it comes to the European Union! The EU directive of data-protection, privacy and general regulation of its data-economy is largely tied to the upcoming launch of the GDPR regime in May 2018. As with every regulation, there are perceived winners and losers – and ample room for innovation within the regulatory framework.
Destination Innovation
MARCH 22, 2018
It is clear that the internet has transformed how we shop. More people are buying more products and services on-line than ever before. High-street retailers and big brands are suffering at the hands of on-line merchants large and small. There is one often overlooked innovation which has enabled this trend. It is buyer/seller feedback. A key component of any business transaction is trust.
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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.
Exago
MARCH 16, 2018
With innovation management capturing rising interest from human resource managers and directors, Exago’s team took part in the Expo’RH2018 in Estoril, Portugal, to discuss the latest news and trends in the sector. The event organised by the International Faculty for Executives gathered hundreds of HR directors from leading companies such as Nestlé, Ageas, Pfizer, Renova and McDonald’s, under the motto “Experience is the way”, on March 14 and 15.
Digital Tonto
MARCH 21, 2018
What you want is people who can collaborate, listen and build strong networks Related posts: How to Build an Innovative Culture. 4 Things You Need To Build An Innovative Culture. Building Creative. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 12, 2018
This quote is from the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Henry Rumsfeld, who mentioned: “unknown unknowns” (Rumsfeld, 2002). Since then, people have started using quadrants of knowledge, i.e., known known, known unknown, unknown known, and unknown unknown, to understand and explain the nature of risk but also of leading to an opportunity. For innovators so much of innovation is hard to detect, it needs discovery and working through these quadrants of knowledge as well.
Braden Kelley
MARCH 5, 2018
For those of you out there who are comic book aficionados, you might be familiar with a super villain from the Spiderman series called the Green Goblin.
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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.
IdeaScale
MARCH 29, 2018
How can DevOps encourage innovation? DevOps, short for development and operations, is all about breaking down “silos” in organizations. It’s not enough that one group does the work of designing a product or a service and that the other puts it to use. Instead, they need to communicate with each other, to understand how each side approaches the opportunities and challenges that are presented by their jobs.
Jeffrey Phillips
MARCH 21, 2018
Oscar Wilde, perhaps one of the most acerbic and humorous writers of the 19th century, once commented that a second marriage after a failed first marriage was the "triumph of hope over experience". His point was that people continued to pursue marriage, even in the face of bitter previous failure. Now Wilde was a bachelor, and also unable to marry in his time, since he was gay, and may have had a bit of snark in his writings, but his point remains.
Exago
MARCH 7, 2018
You can save time and money by having your employees contribute ideas for the cost-cutting strategy, as well as cost-optimisation ideas that can transform and impact the company positively. Examples from our clients' innovation management programmes show just that. The post Optimise your cost-cutting strategy with the right innovation management tool appeared first on Exago.
Digital Tonto
MARCH 25, 2018
We have all the resources we need. It remains to be seen whether we have the vision or the will. Related posts: We Need 21st Century Solutions For 21st Century Problems. 3 Paradigm Shifts That Will. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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.
Idea to Value
MARCH 26, 2018
The video above is a wonderful explanation of a concept of innovation which is so often overlooked: Individuals who lead innovation gain the most from it. But society gains even more overall in the long run. At its most fundamental level, it is driven by the forces of economics. Kurzgesagt , a wonderful Youtube channel explaining everything from gene editing to the end of the universe , just released this video about the driving forces behind global innovation.
Braden Kelley
MARCH 5, 2018
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IdeaScale
MARCH 15, 2018
Is your organization innovative? We’d likely all think ‘yes’ without hesitation. But in truth, what makes an organization an innovator, whether it’s a non-profit attacking a problem from new angles or a private company looking for a leg up on its competitors, is more than a question; it’s a set of skills to be cultivated, from the team in the trenches to the leaders at the top.
Jeffrey Phillips
MARCH 5, 2018
It seems so funny, looking back on a meeting I attended about 20 years ago. At that meeting a good friend was presenting a new book, entitled Who Moved My Cheese? He was recommending this book to all of us in the leadership team of a mid-sized ERP consulting firm. Of course most of us read it and thought - hmm - that's interesting. We need to get better at accepting change, instead of seeking to sustain the status quo.
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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