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Why Your Startup Needs a Fractional CTO – TechEmpower

TechEmpower Innovation

A Fractional CTO bridges the gap between founders and developers to help keep your tech strategy aligned with your business goals. This helps your startup stay agile and competitive in a fast-paced marketplace.

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Normalcy Bias: Why companies don’t react in a disaster

Idea to Value

How is it possible that so many companies fail to react while they are being disrupted ? It may come down to a cognitive bias called the Normalcy bias. The normalcy bias is the tendency of people to ignore the probability of a large negative event or a disaster happening to them, just because it has not happened to them before. This results in people and companies refusing to plan for things which could impact them negatively, such as another company disrupting them, even after they have been wa

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What is Continuous Innovation? Definition, Examples and Management

IdeaScale

What is Continuous Innovation? Continuous innovation is defined as the ongoing process of introducing new ideas, methods, products, or services within an organization or industry to maintain a competitive edge and drive growth. It is the practice of consistently seeking and implementing improvements, advancements, and changes to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving [.

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Nail Your Presentation — Even When Your Time Is Cut Short

Harvard Business Review

One of the most common unpleasant surprises that you’ve likely faced as a public speaker is getting your time cut short. You go into the meeting with a plan for what you’re going to cover based on the allotted time you’ve been given. And then, the technology doesn’t work until 15 minutes into the meeting. Or the decision-maker shows up late, and you’ve waited to start until they arrive.

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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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What is Discontinuous Innovation? Definition, Examples and Management

IdeaScale

What is Discontinuous Innovation? Discontinuous innovation (also known as disruptive innovation) is defined as a type of innovation that introduces significant changes and often creates new markets or displaces existing ones. It involves the development of new products, services, or business models that fundamentally alter the way things are done in an industry [.

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The Simple Power of Communicating with Kindness

Harvard Business Review

In today’s world a host of issues are eating away at our connections with each other: Lack of focus, high-speed interactions, political polarization seeping into professional interactions, lack of trust. It’s easy to let daily civilities go by the wayside — or to approach difficult conversations with anger and ferocity — but, the author tells us, her experience as a corporate communications executive points to the benefits for leaders who double down on kindness instead.

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What SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision Means for Corporate DEI

Harvard Business Review

While the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action is focused on government actors and universities, it’s inevitable that some corporate leaders will use it as a reason to abandon diversity, equity, and inclusion programs they already opposed. However the authors argue that the court has left plenty of room to continue advancing DEI in the workplace.

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What is Business Model Innovation? Definition, Framework, Examples and Best Practices

IdeaScale

What is Business Model Innovation? Business model innovation is defined as the process of creating, modifying, or defining the fundamental structure and components of a business model to create new value propositions, capture new market opportunities, and gain a competitive advantage. It involves developing innovative ways to generate revenue, deliver products or services, [.

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The Rise in Data Privacy and Its Impact on Your Brand

Brunner

When the internet was first introduced, it was a bold new frontier. A Wild West without rules and regulations. Only a few short years ago, the general public learned companies were collecting and selling data with every click consumers made. And right now, there is heightened public awareness and scrutiny about data privacy and security concerns due to leading social media companies, like Facebook and TikTok, facing backlash on how they use and share personal data online.

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Embracing the Future: The Transformation of Education through AI and EdTech — Part 2

Daniel Burrus

In part 1 of this article, we diagnosed a reality of many digital disruptions, especially those pertaining to AI and automation in the education industry: Technology will NOT replace humans, but only give them a greater opportunity to leverage their tactile, human skills to find new roles in the world. In such a hands-on, human sector as education, educators, administrators, and leaders alike should not fear the current influx of autonomous software like ChatGPT but instead, use an anticipatory

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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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Ridiculous Discount on Charting Change eBook

Innovation Excellence

Wow! Exciting news! From now until July 28, 2023 you can get the digital version (eBook) of my latest best-selling book Charting Change for only $12.99! Sorry, unfortunately this sale doesn’t have a discount on the hardcover.

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LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on Innovating Amid Volatility

Harvard Business Review

The entrepreneur and venture capitalist explains how ongoing volatility can be transformed into an opportunity for innovation.

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Four Characteristics of High Performing Teams

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from David Burkus What makes some teams more successful than others? What leads teams to consistently deliver great performance while other teams fail to live up to expectations? Why do some groups of talented and seemingly compatible people fall short against lesser teams with less suitable members?

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I'm Approaching Generative AI With a Growth Mindset — Here's What That Means and Why You Should, Too.

Entrepreneur - Innovation

As tools like ChatGPT begin to revolutionize how we learn and work, keeping an open mind — and an awareness of advancements and drawbacks — can help us all make the most of the possibilities.

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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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40+ Powerful ChatGPT Prompts for Innovation Portfolio Management

ITONICS

Navigating strategic innovation portfolios is a complex endeavor, even for the most seasoned leaders. The task of balancing risk with reward, maintaining a diversified project array, and aligning your innovation portfolio with shifting market trends and technological advancements requires keen foresight and strategic acumen. It's here that AI tools like ChatGPT become game-changers, offering powerful prompts to fuel strategic decision-making and foster innovative thinking.

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Defining a Growth Strategy in Uncertain Times

Harvard Business Review

How to apply the principles of discovery-driven growth to your business planning.

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UP… UPC… EP… What does this all mean?

Wellspring

As the Sunrise Period has recently ended, clients continue to express an interest in better understanding the options and implications of applying for a Unitary Patent (UP) and how their existing European Patents (EP) if not proactively opted out, will be under the dual jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and national courts. The purpose of this blog post is to guide you through the differences between UP, UPC, and EP and to showcase important considerations that go towards choosing a

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9 Opportunities to Customize Strategy Planning for Results

BrainZooming

What are smart ways to customize strategy planning collaborations to address an internal or external client’s specific situation? A Brainzooming reader asked this question. I love the opportunity to answer it since customizing strategy planning for a specific organization’s situation is what Brainzooming is all about.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & 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.