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The Principles of Learning from Prototypes: 5 Lessons

IdeaScale

Prototypes are a great way to get customer feedback about elements of your proposed innovation before you have to invest a ton of resources in them. But there is a bit of science to how you draw the lessons a prototype can teach you.

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When does it make sense to play a character of yourself?

Idea to Value

When your audience thinks of you and what your work represents, who do they think of? It does not matter if your audience is your team at work, the people who buy your art, or the people who follow your presence online. In almost every case, these people will not be thinking of you exactly as you are in real life, with all of your internal dialogues and challenges which only you can hear.

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There Is No Formula For Success. We Need To Prepare For Luck.

Digital Tonto

The French writer Albert Camus believed our existence was absurd. He compared the human condition to Sisyphus, the mythical Greek king condemned to roll a boulder uphill, only to see it roll back down, for eternity. Incredibly, Camus imagines Sisyphus, returning to his labors at the foot of the mountain, as happy, having found meaning in his task. That is the nature of existential rebellion, to find meaning for yourself in a universe that provides none.

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Is Your Company’s Data Ready for Generative AI?

Harvard Business Review

While CDOs and data leaders are excited about generative AI, they have much work to do to get ready for it. A recent survey of 334 CDOs and data leaders — and a series of interviews with these executives — reveals that companies have not yet created new data strategies or begun to manage their data in the ways necessary to make generative AI work for them.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Aligning product development and manufacturing | Sopheon

Sopheon

It’s a simple but common truth: teams that don’t collaborate and communicate won’t consistently innovate. Innovation at scale requires open channels of dialogue to ensure speed and accuracy, but that can’t happen when teams work in silos — especially when it’s between product development and manufacturing. These two teams are integral to product success, and they must leverage each other's expertise and perspectives, which can negatively impact innovation and problem-solving capabilities.

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Unlock Your Inner Genius: 10 Creative Problem-Solving Techniques You Need to Try Today

IdeaScale

Creative problem-solving techniques are essential skills that can help you overcome difficult challenges and find innovative solutions to complex problems. Whether you're struggling with a personal or professional problem, there are several techniques you can use to unlock your inner genius and tap into your creative problem-solving abilities.

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To Achieve Sustainable Success, You Need to Stop Focusing on Disruption. Here's Why — and What You Must Focus on Instead.

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Instead of zeroing in solely on disruptive innovation, embrace a pragmatic approach to innovation, recognizing and leveraging the potential within ongoing industry shifts.

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Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Program with Real Impact

Harvard Business Review

Exploring the critical role of experimentation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), research on four multinational companies reveals a stark difference in CSR effectiveness. Successful companies integrate an experimental approach, constantly adapting their CSR practices based on local feedback and knowledge. This strategy fosters genuine community engagement and responsive initiatives, as seen in a mining company’s impactful HIV/AIDS program.

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Eliminate the Disconnects that Undermine Your PMO’s Value

Planview

We talked about how the PMO can be one of your organization’s greatest strategic value drivers. But how do you ensure your PMO is actually equipped and capable of achieving your desired business outcomes? In this post, we will discuss how you can get the most value from your PMO. And it starts with understanding the purpose they play in your organization.

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Government Innovation and Government’s Role in Technology Development

IdeaScale

What is Government Innovation? Government innovation is defined as the process of introducing new ideas, approaches, technologies, or practices to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, and outcomes of government services, policies, and operations.

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge

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Five Ways to Make People Feel Heard

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from David Burkus One of the most common complaints among disengaged employees is about not feeling heard, not being seen or recognized for what they do, who they are and what they are experiencing. As a leader, a lot of this frustration may stem from you.

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Up to 90% of Startups Fail — But Innovation Accelerators Can Help Yours Succeed. Here's How.

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Learn how innovation accelerators are powering startups, shortening time to market and increasing the survival rate of fledgling businesses.

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Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Strategic Choice

Harvard Business Review

In the current era of digital disruption, the pace of change has dramatically accelerated, leaving traditional risk management wisdom lacking. Across a variety of industries, technology-enabled disruptors have changed the rules. Many brands that moved cautiously have dramatically increased their risk of irrelevance or set themselves on a path to extinction.

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2024’s Top 5 Health and Wellness Innovations

Yet2

Words by Carlos Pichardo Modern medicine is one of the great marvels of the 21st century. Many diseases and ailments that plagued humanity for thousands of years are now obsolete. However, as recent years have shown, there is still much to be done. yet2 is shedding light on groundbreaking innovations and trends in health, wellness, and sustainability.

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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What is Citizen Engagement? Definition, Importance, and Examples

IdeaScale

What is Citizen Engagement? Citizen engagement is defined as the active involvement of individuals in the decision-making processes, activities, and affairs that affect their lives, communities, and society as a whole.

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Technical, Market and Emotional Risks

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Technical risk – Will it work? Market risk – Will they buy it? Emotional risk – Will people laugh at your crazy idea? Technical risk – Test it in the lab. Market risk – Test it with the customer. Emotional risk – Try it with a friend.

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Using End-to-End Visibility to Scale and Streamline Automotive Production

Planview

The traditional paradigms of automotive manufacturing are evolving, driven by the imperative to integrate cutting-edge software solutions seamlessly with hardware production. As automotive companies navigate this transformative landscape , the need for end-to-end visibility in production processes becomes increasingly evident. This blog discusses the critical role of end-to-end visibility in scaling and streamlining automotive production.

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When Attending Industry Events, Avoid These Legal Risks

Harvard Business Review

There are plenty of good reasons to attend industry conferences, trade fairs, and other events, but they also present opportunities for the accidental disclosure of sensitive company information or other actions that run afoul of fair-competition regulations. Through their work executive coaching leaders in emerging and traditional technology ecosystems and working with organizations on ethics and compliance challenges, the authors have uncovered several strategies to equip your team to attend i

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Implementing Intelligent Document Processing Solutions: Why It Works

See how companies like yours are tackling some of today’s most common business problems using AI-assisted automation for document processing. Manually capturing, extracting, and processing data within documents is a costly and outdated practice that’s holding your company back. IDP takes document processing to a whole new level so you can understand and use your data more effectively than ever before.

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Mindmap of the PIVOTAL Table of Contents

Stephen Shapiro

What does it mean to be pivotal? The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.” The Cambridge Dictionary says it is “Important because other things depend on it.” From my perspective, it is about going deeper with customers to add more value in a way that makes you essential to them.

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Understanding Open Innovation in Government and How Governments Can Benefit from Open Innovation Initiatives

IdeaScale

In recent years, the concept of open innovation has gained traction across various sectors, including government. Open innovation refers to the practice of collaborating with external stakeholders, such as citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations, and academia, to generate and implement innovative solutions to complex challenges.

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Innovation is Effectal

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Dennis Stauffer We all learned quite early in life that the world around us works according to cause and effect. That things move in predictable ways. There are reasons why things happen and our actions have consequences. Scientists call this determinism, and most would argue that it governs the universe.

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Leadership is about connecting with people

Christensen Institute

The theory of Schools of Experience highlights that one is not born a leader, but rather a leader’s abilities are developed through their work and life experiences. In this video discussion, Jhaymee Tynan and Ann Somers Hogg discuss lessons from Jhaymee’s schools of experience, including her role as founder of 100×2030 and Principal, Health Care Services at Korn Ferry.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Research: How Different Fields Are Using GenAI to Redefine Roles

Harvard Business Review

The interactive, conversational, analytical, and generative features of GenAI offer support for creativity, problem-solving, and processing and digestion of large bodies of information. Therefore, these features can act as cognitive resources for knowledge workers. Moreover, the capabilities of GenAI can mitigate various hindrances to effective performance that knowledge workers may encounter in their jobs, including time pressure, gaps in knowledge and skills, and negative feelings (such as bor

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Unleashing Growth: Navigating Retail Success with Continuous Improvement

Kainexus

Staying ahead of the curve is paramount to success in the ever-evolving retail landscape. With consumer preferences, market trends, and technology constantly shifting, retailers must adapt and innovate continuously to remain competitive. This is where the concept of continuous improvement becomes invaluable. By fostering a culture of constant improvement, retail organizations can not only meet the changing demands of consumers but also drive operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, a

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What is Participatory Government? Definition, Model, Importance, and Examples

IdeaScale

What is Participatory Government? Participatory government, also known as participatory democracy or participatory governance, is a political system in which citizens actively participate in decision-making processes and have a direct role in shaping public policies, programs, and initiatives.

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Challenging the Assumption of the Status Quo

Innovation Excellence

(A Lesson Learned from Yogurt) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In September 2006, I moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, on a temporary assignment with BCG. As one does when arriving somewhere for an extended period, I went to the grocery store to stock my kitchen.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Developing an Early Warning System for Your Innovation Pipeline

ITONICS

Identifying opportunities and risks is crucial at the beginning of the innovation lifecycle, shaping strategy and guiding where to invest resources and how to navigate the development of solutions. However, this process is not confined to the initial stages but is integral throughout the entire innovation lifecycle. It serves as a mechanism for continual validation, ensuring that ideas and projects in your pipeline remain relevant and aligned with market needs and potential hazards.

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Why Isn’t Your Strategy Sticking?

Harvard Business Review

It’s insufficient to just share the goals and objectives of your strategy and hope implementation will succeed. In this article, the author explains how to shift from an operational to a contextual mindset so that you can better identify the hidden obstacles that may be thwarting your strategy’s implementation so you can address them before they take root.

Strategy 101
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Games People Play

Rmukesh Gupta

French Anthropologist Roger Caillois categorized games into four classes—Agon (competition), Alea (chance), Ilinx (consciousness altering), and Mimicry (alternate reality)—that, according to the content's author, are instrumental for leaders to create intentional, memorable experiences. The application of these games in leadership aims to encourage desired behaviors, mark special moments, foster deep connections, and engender a competitive spirit, ultimately differentiating exceptional leaders w

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What is Government Technology? Definition, Framework, and Benefits

IdeaScale

What is GovTech (Government Technology)? GovTech, short for Government Technology, is defined as the application of technology to improve the delivery of government services, enhance government operations, and promote citizen engagement and participation in governance.

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib