Tue.Jun 13, 2023

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The necessity of market creating innovations

Christensen Institute

There is no doubt that we live in an age of abundance. Superabundance even. If you have any doubt, please read Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley’s masterpiece, Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet. Tupy and Pooley provide strong evidence of how much progress the world has made over the past few hundred years, spurred largely by innovation.

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A Game Plan for Funding Carbon Offsets

Harvard Business Review

The most common types of carbon offsets are nature-based offsets such as forests. Unfortunately, while emissions remain in the atmosphere around 1,000 years, possibly longer, a tree can only remove carbon for its lifespan of 10o or so years, which means a forest planted as a carbon offset must be maintained with trees replanted at least ten times to match the emission it is offsetting.

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Innovators in Action: “Humankindness” at CommonSpirit Health

Christensen Institute

Today’s guest post comes from Nisha Pasupuleti, System Director of Transformative Strategy, Population Health at CommonSpirit Health. She would also like to thank Anuradhika Anuradhika, System VP of Innovation, and Brisa Hernandez, System Director of Operations at the Lloyd H. Dean Institute for Humankindness & Health Justice, for their support.

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Supply Chain Innovation: Building Efficient and Resilient Organizations

Viima

In recent decades the globalized economy and increased international trade have expanded supply chains across the globe, which unavoidably has brought about new dependencies. These new dependencies come with both significant benefits and risks, creating unforeseen weaknesses The COVID-19 pandemic exposed those vulnerabilities in dramatic fashion, showing that organizations simply were not prepared to bounce back from such disruptions.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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How to Proactively Defuse Tension on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

Unaddressed and unresolved interpersonal tensions and toxic behavior can lead to organizational failure. They can impact team performance, collaboration, and productivity, create operational friction among teams, and cause employees to feel disengaged, distrustful, and unmotivated. While conflict at work is inevitable, we often have our own agency to proactively root out problems and stop them from escalating swiftly with empathy, accountability, self-awareness, and courage.

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Basketball, Banks and Banana Splits

Innovation Excellence

Is failure everywhere? GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton When asked to describe his test for determining what is and isn’t hard-core pornography, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart responded, “I know it when I see it.” In that sense, pornography and failure may have a lot in common.

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Two ways to Drive Performance Improvements

Rmukesh Gupta

A recent post on GapingVoid talks about another performance equation (I shared one yesterday on my blog here): Performance improvements = Reducing Errors + Increasing Insights – Gary Klein The author of the post argues that while there is a lot of focus on reducing errors in organisations, there is not enough focus or energy spent on increasing the number of insights that people could share and use to drive productivity improvements.

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Harnessing AI Responsibly: Our Pro-technology, Pro-worker Vision

Planview

In the early 19th century, a group of English textile artisans — known as the Luddites — embarked on a series of vigorous protests. Often misrepresented as anti-technology, their cause was instead deeply rooted in the human need for fair wages and sustainable work conditions. History recounts that these artisans spared manufacturers who embraced the latest technologies but ensured their workforce earned a living wage and were treated respectfully.

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Innovation Ideation Drives InnovationOps Processes | Sopheon

Sopheon

The discovery phase of the innovation management process is exciting, as it brings forth ideas that, if nurtured correctly, bloom into transformative products. In short, it represents the innovation timeline's ‘anything’ s possible ’ period. On the outside, discovery may conjure visions of brainstormed thoughts scribbled on whiteboards. Still, for innovation pros, there is a science that helps to support a strong InnovationOps approach to innovation.

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When Small Stresses Lead to Big Problems

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Karen Dillon and Rob Cross about pain points we tend to ignore until it’s too late.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.