Thu.Apr 20, 2023

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How to understand and define user needs

Sopheon

In 2012, Google announced Google Glass, its futuristic voice- and motion-controlled smart glasses that display information directly in its user’s field of vision when they need it. With this product, they’d hoped to create the next revolutionary hardware platform. But when the product was released in 2014, it failed miserably. Why? Because nobody had asked for or needed it.

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Meet KIS: A Longstanding IT Firm That Truly, Strictly Prioritizes Its Clients

Business and Tech

For 35 years, Keep IT Simple (KIS) has flipped the script on the IT-consulting modus operandi, jettisoning greed and subterfuge to opt for transparency, fairness, and a no-bull, client-first attitude. Launched by Sean Canevaro in 1988, KIS may seem like an anomaly in the B2B IT game, but the seasoned founder and CEO feels he’s just doing what’s right for the type of business he’s running.

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A Force for Good: Meet Value Engineering & RFXIS Director Paula Lina

Planview

It only takes a few minutes talking to Paula Lina to see her passion. Paula is Planview’s Director of Value Engineering & RFXIS and leads the Force for Good initiative. With nearly two decades at Planview, Paula is passionate about the company, its people, and its impact for good. Let’s get to know Paula Lina. Explain your role at Planview and a few of your responsibilities.

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Learning From Ahmad Jamal About Moving Ideas

Bill Fischer

Be they instructions, directions, opinions, suggestions, lessons, rules, pitches, or any of the endless other ways of trying to get our ideas across, delivering a message, or sharing an idea, is a big part of everybody’s job. Ahmad Jamal has lessons on doing this right for all of us.

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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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Customers Care About the Destination Not the Journey

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken On a recent flight, the captain of the airplane announced over the PA system what time we would arrive at our destination. That would have been enough to make most people happy. However, he continued his announcement with a three-minute-plus speech.

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Research: Why Women Trust Their Employers Less Than Men Do

Harvard Business Review

A survey of more than 5,000 U.S. employees found that company policies designed to promote gender equity often backfire.

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Why Your Organization Needs a Bill of Rights for Employee Data

Harvard Business Review

As employers collect more data about their workers than ever before, employees deserve to know how it’s being used.

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72 New Innovation Questions for Strategy, Culture, AI, UX, and More

BrainZooming

I love reading about innovative organizations of all sizes and imagining what questions they might have asked to generate their breakthrough ideas. It’s one way to keep our work for Brainzooming clients (and readers) incredibly fresh, fun, and full of promising possibilities.

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The Most Successful Approaches to Leading Organizational Change

Harvard Business Review

A closer look at four distinct ways to drive transformation.

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The Corporate Innovation Playbook – V.2

Qmarkets

The Corporate Innovation Playbook demystifies innovation and its various challenges. You'll find innovation methods, handy definitions, tools, and canvases that will equip any corporate innovator with the right framework to ignite their innovation program.

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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.

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The Synergy Between GPT and Microsoft Power Platform: How AI and Low-Code Development are Revolutionizing Business Operations

Acuvate

Recent advancements in Generative AI and machine learning (ML) have enthralled enterprises and consumers alike, as we recently saw with the launch of GPT-4. Language models like GPT, LLM (large language models), and other AI-powered technologies have shown tremendous potential in transforming human-machine collaboration, unlocking new levels of efficiency superpowers.

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The Corporate Innovation Playbook

Qmarkets

Engaging your users to understand, participate in, and promote your innovation initiative is vital to its success. That’s why we’ve assembled this practical toolkit containing everything you need to engage your audience, resulting in a persevering culture of innovation that will help you deliver on your innovation goals.

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Do You Really Know The Financial Impacts of Your Digital Transformation? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Deloitte.

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The Corporate Innovation Playbook

Qmarkets

Engaging your users to understand, participate in, and promote your innovation initiative is vital to its success. That’s why we’ve assembled this practical toolkit containing everything you need to engage your audience, resulting in a persevering culture of innovation that will help you deliver on your innovation goals.

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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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Today is the Launch of "Unspoken Word: Love, Longing & Letting Go"

Idea Champions

Dear Friends: If you have been reading The Heart of Innovation for a while, there is a very good chance you will enjoy my just-published book of poetry," Unspoken Word: Love, Longing & Letting Go." Today is the day it launches on Amazon. If you are thinking about buying it (or even if you're not), today is the day to buy it. Why? Because the more people who buy the book on the same day, the greater the chance the book will rank high on Amazon's NEW RELEASES list.

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The Corporate Innovation Playbook Copy

Qmarkets

Engaging your users to understand, participate in, and promote your innovation initiative is vital to its success. That’s why we’ve assembled this practical toolkit containing everything you need to engage your audience, resulting in a persevering culture of innovation that will help you deliver on your innovation goals.