Fri.Jan 26, 2024

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Using Prompt Engineering to Better Communicate with People

Harvard Business Review

We should choose our words as wisely with people as we do with generative AI. In this article, the author offers six guidelines to consider when initiating discussions with stakeholders, whether they’re customers, partners, or employees: 1) Structure your prompts the right way. 2) Utilize reflective and thoughtful probing. 3) Convey empathetic language and humility. 4) Harness humor, playfulness, and emotions. 5) Acknowledge key challenges. 6) Be a good (and patient) listener.

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Creating an Innovation Mantra

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski We have an immense distaste for uncertainty. And, as a result, we create for ourselves a radical and unskillful overestimation of our ability to control things. Our distaste of uncertainty is really a manifestation of our fear of death.

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How Data Collaboration Platforms Can Help Companies Build Better AI

Harvard Business Review

There are three immediate challenges for companies that want to train fine-tuned AI models: 1) they require extensive, high-quality data — a scarce resource for many enterprises, 2) third-party AI models can include problematic biases, and 3) training fine-tuned models with users’ personal data may result in privacy violations. However, data collaboration platforms can help address these challenges.

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The Innovation Ecosystem where Creativity is the foundation in the Hierarchy of Business Ecosystems.

Ecosystems4Innovating

Sub-Title : Building Innovation Foundations by Fostering Creativity: The Innovation Ecosystem How can you drive growth? What will give you a different impact on your business? How do you build out your innovation differently? Where do you seek out your creativity? I am introducing the Hierarchy of Ecosystem Needs in a series of posts. This is the third post after the initial introduction, of navigating the new and then outlining and building the business case.

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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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3 Reasons Why Every Department Needs Its Own Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Many leaders would argue that there should be only one strategy for a company, and that strategy provides all the guidance and direction necessary for departments to create implementation plans. However, most high-level strategies have hundreds of ways they can be translated into action. In this article, the author outlines three reasons why individual departments should create supporting strategies to develop their own vision for success.

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Dealing with Workplace Resentment: The Empathetic Way

The Bliss Business Podcast

Join us on this episode of our podcast, where Steven Sakach, Ash Maher, and Tullio Siragusa dive deep into a crucial topic: overcoming workplace resentment through empathy and understanding. In this insightful discussion, our hosts explore practical strategies for addressing and resolving conflicts, fostering a culture of empathy, and transforming workplace dynamics for the better.

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