Mon.Nov 14, 2016

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Leveraging Innovation Methods to Drive Strategic Initiatives

Imaginatik

I recently had an opportunity to meet with a group of sustainability leaders who wanted to effectively combine Sustainability and Innovation. That's actually a very powerful way to drive your strategy & develop an innovation capability at the same time. As we talked about driving horizon 3 innovations (big, bold, transformational concepts), we outlined some concrete steps to get started.

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Should the Manager be in the Ideation Meeting?

Innovation Excellence

You want to hold a meeting with your team in order to generate some really creative ideas. You would like the group to challenge assumptions, think differently and come up with plenty of radical proposals. Here is the dilemma. You naturally want to lead the meeting but should you be in the room at all?

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What is a Business Model Innovation Capability?

Board of Innovation

This article discusses the scope of an innovation capability and the perspective of top down and bottom up business model innovation. In a recent client conversation, we discussed visions for an Innovation Capability. In the same week, we had a conversation with another company about a Business Model Innovation Capability. Interestingly the topics and questions we discussed were very similar.

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Multi-Target Look at Social Media and Open Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Given social media’s incredible reach and the potential for new and even more amazing platforms to quickly evolve, companies must begin to figure out how to leverage this tremendous power. The starting point, I believe, is to understand that a multi-target approach is needed because most open innovation efforts lie in three different circles. There.

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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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Changing the way we move around cities

100%Open

The future of transportation and mobility is as exciting and uncertain as it ever has been over the past 100 years. All sorts of organizations, ranging from technology companies, to automakers, plus city leaders, are currently in the race to find the best solutions that will transform the way we move in the future. Many cities are experiencing extreme gridlock, resulting in many city leaders thinking differently about the ways in which people move around, including initiatives like the TransMile

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What is a Business Model Innovation Capability?

Board of Innovation

This article discusses the scope of an innovation capability and the perspective of top down and bottom up business model innovation. In a recent client conversation, we discussed visions for an Innovation Capability. In the same week, we had a conversation with another company about a Business Model Innovation Capability. Interestingly the topics and questions we discussed were very similar.

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Disrupt Your Routine to Ignite Creativity

Michael Roberto

Blythe Harris, Stella and Dot's cofounder and chief creative officer, shared a few tips for stimulating creativity with Fast Company's Elizabeth Segran. For instance, Harris suggested that people should purposefully disrupt their usual routine on occasion. They need to seek inspiration by learning and seeing new things, meeting different types of people, and exploring domains where they have little expertise.

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Part 2: Jump-shifting HR's impact on business performance

Values Centered Innovation

Part 2 of 3: A laser-like focal point for transforming HR’s value to the business. As we’ve already seen, HR has a pivot-point opportunity to transform its contribution to meeting overall business needs. To make this happen two sets of priorities are on track to converge…. On the one hand, global CEOs are currently focusing on 4 top business priorities to deal with the business conditions and challenges over the next 3 years: Accelerate/sustain business growth.

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5 Problems That Open Innovation Management Software Solves

eZassi

View Full-Size Infographic. 1. Accelerate New Product And Process Development. Increase volume and quality of ideas entering the pipeline. 2. Increase Efficiency. Central aggression hub and easy to use stage-gating streamlines the idea collection and filtering process. 3. Contain Risk. Proprietary safe disclosure process and technology protects IP integrity for both the innovator and the company. 4.