Fri.Aug 05, 2016

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Evidence that children become less creative over time (and how to fix it)

Idea to Value

Professor George Land gives an inspiring TED talk into his research of creativity in children and adults, with some shocking findings about how creativity levels change throughout a child’s life. Watch the video above, and then see the discussion below. The nature vs nurture debate is one that is ongoing and many studies have been […]. Originally published at Evidence that children become less creative over time (and how to fix it).

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So Are You Thinking Crowdsourcing?

Paul Hobcraft

this source: [link]. Crowdsourcing does have a real potential in my mind but does seem to have some formidable issues to work through, to be well understood and managed. Partnering with experts in this field will help overcome many of these barriers or at least have reassuring suggestions for resolving them. Let’s take a look at some of these here in this post.

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Warren Buffet’s powerful “Two List” productivity tip for creative people

Idea to Value

Warren Buffet is known as one of the most successful and generous investors of all time. And he recently shared one tip for how to spend less time procrastinating and more time actually executing your ideas. My colleague James Taylor brought it to my attention in his recent video, which you can see above (you may remember James from his podcast where I was recently interviewed ).

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So Are You Thinking Crowdsourcing?

Paul Hobcraft

this source: [link]. Crowdsourcing does have a real potential in my mind but does seem to have some formidable issues to work through, to be well understood and managed. Partnering with experts in this field will help overcome many of these barriers or at least have reassuring suggestions for resolving them. Let’s take a look at some of these here in this post.

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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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An Innovation Lesson from Medicine – Random Trials can prove cause and effect

Destination Innovation

For centuries doctors tried different remedies for treating illnesses and diligently observed what happened. But they were unable to be certain what caused the outcomes that occurred. When the patient recovered that seemed to vindicate whatever treatment had been used – even it was bloodletting or the application of leeches. The big innovation which transformed medical research and saved countless lives is the Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT).

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How do free games and apps make money?

Idea to Value

With the recent blockbuster success of Pokemon Go, people are asking how a free game has managed to pull in more than $160 million in its first month. Welcome to the “freemium” business model, which over the past decade has quietly completely changed entire industries. In the video above, Vox outlines the simple mechanics of […]. Originally published at How do free games and apps make money?

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Top 8 Popular Myths about Innovators and Innovation—Debunked! (Part 1 of 2)

Innovation Excellence

For all the buzz-worthy chitchat and media and corporate attention given to innovation, there is nevertheless a massive amount of misinformation concerning innovation.The following are some of the most popular myths about innovators and innovation—debunked.

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Basic Accreditation – New York City

Innovation 360

Get accredited as an Innovation360 Group Licensed Practitioner and learn how to use the i360 approach : assessment of innovation capabilities with InnoSurvey® to make evidence-based recommendations how an organisation can become more innovative. InnoSurvey® is the most comprehensive strategic tool for growth and innovation allowing you to assess innovation capabilities, strategy and culture.

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Building Product Lifecycle Excellence

Innovation Excellence

Developing products in today’s market is a formidable task. Cycle times are shrinking and the pressure to do more with less is increasing. As the stress to get products to market faster increases, little room is left for learning through mistakes. But isn’t making mistakes an important part of the process?

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Predictable Reasons Why Product Managers Fail & How to avoid them. 

Rmukesh Gupta

I was recently invited to deliver a talk on “Practical Design Thinking for Product Managers” at an event held by the ‘Institute of Product Leadership” in Bangalore. While I cover the fundamentals of Design Thinking methodology and how it is applicable to product development in this talk, I also cover some fundamental flaws that product managers ignore which leads to their products to fail.

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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.

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Team Retrospectives: Driving Learning & Improvement

Michael Roberto

In a blog post this week, The Design Gym offers an inside look into their "team retros" that they conduct each month. Other organizations describe such processes as post-mortems, lessons learned exercises, or after-action reviews. The Design Gym conducts these sessions each month, with skilled facilitation and a simple process that all must follow. They have a straightforward six-step process: 1.