Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 20, 2016

All too often strategy is not influencing the behaviours and outcomes around innovation, it is simply allowing them to be left to chance. Innovation is being ‘pushed down’ the organisation for others to interpret and offer their answers. They execute to their own understanding and often the innovations end up as not strategically aligned. That is plainly wrong, not knowing the strategic objectives it is one of the principle causes of innovation failure and requires fixing.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 20, 2016

Do you enjoy picking groceries up in your electric car? When you get to the store, do you prefer to pay with bitcoins? Do you have solar panels on your house? If the answer is “yes” to any of these questions, you’re in the distinct minority. So much so, that a lot of people probably think you’re weird.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 20, 2016

All too often strategy is not influencing the behaviours and outcomes around innovation, it is simply allowing them to be left to chance. Innovation is being ‘pushed down’ the organisation for others to interpret and offer their answers.That is plainly wrong, it is one of the principle causes of innovation failure. This lack of alignment and top leadership engagement is one of the main issues on why many organisations seem to just simply ‘limp’ along in their innovation activity.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. Here’s the story of how a request from a big supporter, then and still, instigated a major change in the Brainzooming methodology. The First Brainzooming Strategic Planning Workshop. I met Chuck Dymer, the Brilliance Activator , in the mid-1990s.

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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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Destination Innovation

JUNE 20, 2016

Microsoft’s core PC business of office applications and Windows operating systems is in decline so it needs new sources of revenue. It is splashing out $26B to buy social media business LinkedIn. Will this move add value for Microsoft shareholders or destroy it? The omens are not good. Business leaders love to flex their muscles and use shareholders’ funds to buy other businesses.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 20, 2016

There are few topics which are discussed as regularly by those in corporate venturing as the Internet of Things. But what does it actually mean? The chief analytics officer Toby Lewis from Global Corporate Venturing Analytics will chair a discussion on the main investing trends and hot topics.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 20, 2016

If you have ever had a goal that seems out of reach, beyond your ability, self- transformation is the key to succeeding. Self-transformation is the ability to intentionally provide yourself with experience that increases your abilities.

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BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

JUNE 20, 2016

History shows us that the great category creators of the past few decades in the technology industry have been CEO’s. Brian Chesky from AirBnb turned his insight of renting air mattresses for beer money into a new multi-billion dollar hospitality category. Travis Kalanick from Uber turned his frustration for hailing smelly taxis to a new category that is shaking the foundation of the enti.

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Innovation Leader

JUNE 20, 2016

How do you create legal guidelines for employee innovation that allow people try new things, but keep a company out of hot water? Donna Kolnes of Adobe explains.

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InnovationLabs

JUNE 20, 2016

Over the past decade, InnovationLabs has partnered with some of the world’s leading space advocates and educators to prepare and publish a series of books about the possibilities, opportunities, and challenges related to space travel, space commerce, and the development of a thriving off-Earth economy. We’re pleased to announce that the fifth volume in this […].

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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.

Artificial Inteligence

Michael Roberto

JUNE 20, 2016

Source: General Electric Adam Bryant has a terrific interview with GE Vice Chairwoman Beth Comstock in this week's edition of the New York Times Corner Office column. Comstock has a few gems in this interview. Here's one about inviting bad news: As you get more senior in your career, people often don’t want to tell you the truth because they want to please, and they want to handle things so that they’re not bringing you just the problems.

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InnovationLabs

JUNE 20, 2016

Our sister company FutureLab is offering a workshop on Agile Innovation that is sure to be a fascinating and powerful learning experience. Based on the contents of our breakthrough book Agile Innovation, the workshop covers both the high level philosophy and the practical implementation details to help you and your organization adopt the latest thinking […].

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Svava

JUNE 20, 2016

More precisely…Idea Hunt!

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Svava

JUNE 20, 2016

Welcome To the Hunt!

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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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