Wed.Jun 15, 2016

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The Science Behind Bernie Sanders Failed Movement, Explained

Digital Tonto

Until your movement is able to attract the support of those who do not immediately agree with you, it’s nothing more than a protest. Related posts: What Marketers Can Learn From The Civil Rights. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Consumers Driving Technological Change in the Financial Industry

Daniel Burrus

The financial services industry has been notoriously slow to adapt to the evolving technology landscape and its customers’ digital demands. In yet another twist to a modern tale, it was recently revealed that it was consumers who were leading yet another round of disruption in the banking and insurance sectors. A report by Fujitsu financial services showed that 39% of the UK residents it surveyed would consider leaving their providers if they do not offer up-to-date technology.

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You Can Innovate Anywhere – Even Insurance Companies!

Innovation Excellence

Recently I had the opportunity to have an insightful conversation with Mick Simonelli to talk about innovation challenges in the insurance industry. Mick is a dynamic thought leader on innovation in large organizations. Mick served as the senior innovation executive for USAA, and as a lead innovator within the Department of Defense, Today, Mick is an executive innovation practitioner with his work appearing on NPR, American Banker, Harvard Business Review, Workforce Magazine, Fast Company, and a

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The power of agile innovation

Wazoku

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Facebook, Intuit and Capital One. Just a few examples of high-profile market leaders that publicly attribute their ongoing innovation successes to their commitment to digital experimentation. These firms can expect their creatives to experiment freely and regularly. A few years ago, Google said that it ran between 3,000 and 5,000 experiments annually.

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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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How to Effectively Conduct ‘Voice of the Customer’ Research

Innovation Excellence

For today’s finicky consumers, seeking feedback with customer satisfaction surveys is no longer enough. Ascertaining your customers’ wants and needs might compare to assembling a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle with a few pieces missing. It requires a multi-layered process that includes both qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as a structure that prioritizes customer wants and needs.

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Advice from Cambia Health’s Chief Innovation Officer

Innovation Leader

Five years after starting the innovation team, Cambia Health Solutions' Mohan Nair shares what he learned about different innovators, including some you may want to avoid.

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9 Patterns of Disruption: The new cooking recipe for business disruption

Idea to Value

A light bulb went on for me as I was reading a series of reports from Deloitte University Press on disruption. When I was reading this, I remembered the terrific value we all seemed to have obtained from the pioneering work of Doblin and its ten types of innovation when it came out some years back. I felt this nine patterns of disruption has the same huge potential to frame and dialogue around the potential within disruption.

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Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn: Separate or Together?

Michael Roberto

Chris O'Brien has written a thought-provoking piece for Venture Beat about the Microsoft acquisition of LinkedIn. O'Brien has a bearish outlook on the deal. In his article, he cites many reasons why the deal may not work out, including the fact that Microsoft has had a less-than-stellar record of making major deals (Skype, Nokia, Yammer). I don't know if I'm quite as bearish as O'Brien on the deal, but I certainly have some doubts.

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How To Create Eye-Watering Ideas

Mike Shipulski

With creativity, the leading thinking says the most important thing is to create many of ideas. When asked to generate many of ideas, the thinking goes, the team lets go of their inhibitions and good ideas slip through their mental filters. I’ve found that thinking misleading. I’ve found that creating many ideas results in many ideas, but that’s it.

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20 Easy Ways to Spark Innovation

Idea Champions

Many forward-thinking organizations, these days, are launching all kinds of initiatives to crank up innovation. Their intention is a good one, but their execution is often not. While there's nothing inherently wrong with "organizational initiatives", they often end up being overly complicated, vague, and painfully impersonal. They may look good on paper, but real innovation doesn't happen on paper -- it happens in another dimension -- the human dimension -- the realm of authentic interaction, no

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and guest speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.