Tue.Jul 04, 2023

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What is “Not Invented Here” Syndrome and How Does It Impact Innovation Success?

HYPE Innovation

Have you ever experienced a situation where your company receives a great idea from outside your organization that has the potential to speed up or improve a process, but the idea is immediately rejected? This is when the "not invented here" syndrome strikes.

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The Benefits of Being Bored at Work

Harvard Business Review

While boredom can be an unpleasant feeling, it can also be an opportunity to reflect on your interests, values, and goals. By recognizing the type of boredom you’re experiencing and identifying the underlying causes, you can take steps to address them and find new ways to engage with the world around you. Working with your boredom can also help you develop creativity, resilience, and the ability to adapt to new situations.

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10 Military Innovation Moments

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Innovation is something different that creates value. Sometimes it’s big, new to the world, world-changing things. Sometimes it’s a slight tweak to make things easier, faster, cheaper or better. Sometimes, it’s both.

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It’s more fun to be a pirate in the Navy

Strategyzer Innovation

We have become a culture that celebrates successful entrepreneurs like rockstars. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have become icons in our society. There is a feeling that working on a startup is so much cooler than working in a large established company. Steve Jobs famously remarked that, “It is more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy”.

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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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Best of IdeaCast: Escape Your Comfort Zone

Harvard Business Review

Revisiting a conversation with Brandeis’ Andy Molinsky on advancing your career.

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InnovationOps Requires Product Thinking | Sopheon

Sopheon

Before becoming a product person , I studied microbiology and cell science in college (quite a transition, I know). As a result, I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of a catalyst. In science, a catalyst is an object that increases the frequency of successful collisions in a reaction and lowers the energy required to do so.

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