Sun.Mar 20, 2016

article thumbnail

The future of magnets is here

Idea to Value

If you’re anything like me, you were probably fascinated by magnets when you were younger. But the new “smart magnets” in this video just made my jaw drop. I just saw a video (above) on a new innovation which is a completely new way to not only manufacture magnets, but design them so that they have completely new properties. In the video above from Smarter Every Day , (the same guy who did the Backwards Brain Bicycle ), he goes to see a company called Polymagnet , who can desig

Video 160
article thumbnail

Who were the Greatest Britons?

Destination Innovation

In 2002 the BBC ran a poll to determine who the public considered to the the greatest British people of all time. It was broadcast as a TV programme and you can see the full list of 100 names at 100 Greatest Britons. It includes some odd nominations including the engineer Brunel at #2 (voted for by the students at Brunel University), Diana, Princess of Wales at #3 and the actor Michael Crawford at #17.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The “Joy” of Innovation: What We Can Learn from the Story of Serial Innovator and Entrepreneur Joy Mangano

Idea to Value

Producer David O. Russell’s most recent movie, Joy [1] , begins with a title card appearing on the screen announcing this dedication: “Inspired by the true stories of daring women. One in particular.” [2] That one particular woman is Joy Mangano, the “Queen of HSN”, who is a serial entrepreneur and innovator with more than a hundred patents to her name and is most famously known for her first invention, the Miracle Mop.

Learning 113
article thumbnail

Why We Seem To Be Talking More And Working Less—The Nature Of Work Has Changed

Digital Tonto

The office is no longer a place where we access information—today, we can do that anytime, anyplace—but rather a place where we access people. Related posts: What Every Global Executive Should Know. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

Change 95
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

A Model for Integrative Innovation Management

Integrative Innovation

In previous posts, I have shared my view on important cornerstones for successful innovation management systems. As pointed out several times, balanced and up-to-date innovation management requires organizational ambidexterity, i.e. the capability to explore novel offerings and capabilities while simultaneously exploiting existing ones. In the following, I would like to summarize and complement these thoughts by suggesting an innovation management model that may help organizations to innovate mo

article thumbnail

The Joy of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Producer David O. Russell’s most recent movie, Joy , begins with a title card appearing on the screen announcing this dedication: “Inspired by the true stories of daring women. One in particular.” That one particular woman is Joy Mangano, the “Queen of HSN”, who is a serial entrepreneur and innovator with more than a hundred patents to her name and is most famously known for her first invention, the Miracle Mop.