Fri.Mar 03, 2017

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Your lazy brain: Why thinking is actually uncomfortable

Idea to Value

A fantastic video by Veritasium which shows how your brain usually reacts instinctively, because that is more energy efficient that actually working on a challenge. In the video above, Derek Muller shows us experimental evidence of what is known as System 1 (fast thinking) and System 2 (slow thinking). It is a concept which I have loved since I originally read Thinking Fast and Slow by Professor Daniel Kahneman, which outlined the results of experiments showing how our brains react when asked to

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36 Articles to Explore Strategic Planning Process Activities

BrainZooming

Yesterday, we identified the six types of strategic planning process activities we use to design a client’s strategic thinking workshop. To facilitate you going deeper into thinking about how these activities function within a strategic planning process workshop, here are articles in each of the six areas. 6 Types of Strategic Planning Process Activities.

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15 WAYS TO JUMP-START YOUR CREATIVITY

Michael Michalko

. Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Suppose you wanted to be an artist: You would begin behaving like an artist by painting every day. You may not become another Vincent Van Gogh, but you’ll become much more of an artist than someone who has never tried. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part.

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LinkedIn for Musicians? MyMVision innovation

Innovation Excellence

MyMVision is a cross-media platform for professional and non-professional musicians, music lovers, fans and all Music Industry professionals. The new App connects musicians and music professionals. Video audition, geolocation and endorsements are key elements of the platform.

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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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BRAINWRITING

Michael Michalko

BRAINWRITING. Richard Feynman, while working at Los Alamos on the first atomic bomb, noted that only one problem was fed into the computer at a time. Instead of thinking of more efficient ways of solving one problem at a time, he thought of ways of processing multiple problems in parallel, spontaneous sequences. He invented a system for sending three problems through the machine simultaneously.

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Open Innovation Inspires TV Drama

IdeaConnection

Open innovation looks set to establish itself further into the public consciousness if a new television series gets off the ground. It has been announced that actor Jeremy Piven has been cast in the lead role of a new drama pilot from CBS called Wisdom of the Crowd. The premise of the show is that Piven will play a “charismatic tech innovator” who develops a revolutionary crowdsourcing system to help him find his daughter’s ‎killer or killers.

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Writing Proposals: A Handbook of What Makes Your Project Right For Funding

InnovationManagement

Whether you are a startup, researcher or consultant, at some point you may find yourself in a situation where you need to write a proposal for funding. Preparing proposals is a detailed process that takes lots of precious time and if you’re not familiar with the best practices for writing them, I dare say you may be wasting your time.

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Innovation Metrics in Outcome-Based Culture

Innovation Excellence

One of the key objectives of the corporate innovation function is to build and manage the innovation funnel of ideas that will eventually become Horizon 2 & Horizon 3 products. How do you measure success of corporate innovation especially when your organization’s planning process is extremely outcome-based, and most ideas are not going to move.

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4 Companies Leading the Way in Customer Experience

Planview

Editor’s note: the following article is a guest post by Shay Namdarian, GM of Customer Strategy at Collective Campus. It is no coincidence that the most innovative brands in the world are also leading the way in customer experience. Brands like Apple, Disney, Zappos, and Amazon are front of mind during conversations about memorable customer experiences.

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The Benefits of Experiential Learning for Leaders with Rocket Scientist Joshua Spodek

InnovationManagement

In this podcast, Joshua Spodek discusses his journey from PhD student of astrophysics to launching and failing in the business world, and finally becoming a sought-after leadership coach and professor at NYU. He also touches on practical tools and exercises used to build the leadership muscles, and explores the importance of experiential learning or project-based learning for building leadership and personal skills.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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.

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4 Companies Leading the Way in Customer Experience

Planview

Editor’s note: the following article is a guest post by Shay Namdarian, GM of Customer Strategy at Collective Campus. It is no coincidence that the most innovative brands in the world are also leading the way in customer experience. Brands like Apple, Disney, Zappos, and Amazon are front of mind during conversations about memorable customer experiences.

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Case Study: Uncovering Hidden Market Opportunity

Taivara

Commercialization. Uncovering Hidden Opportunity. Uncovering Hidden Opportunity.  Don’t be so Insecure. The go-to security measure for most software application is a username and password. We see it everywhere, yet, as hackers become more sophisticated our usernames and passwords become more insecure. A client came to Taivara with a potential solution.

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FOSTERING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION: The Keynote

Idea Champions

Changing a corporate culture is about as easy as getting a teenage girl to clean up her room. Translation? It's not easy. If your organization is committed to creating a culture of innovation, you'll need to begin by getting your head out of the OD clouds, come down to earth, and roll up your sleeves. The way gardeners do. Indeed, the process a gardener goes through to get a yield is the exact same process your organization will need to go through in order to establish a culture of innovation.

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CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

Mind Reading Game Think Clear.

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge

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Podcast #009 – Paul Hobcraft on the Three Horizons Framework

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak to innovation expert Paul Hobcraft. Paul is the founder of Agility Innovation and is well known for his insights into the Three Horizons Framework. In today’s episode, we talk about: Why executives need coaching on innovation (05:35). Why senior leaders often feel like they need to start from the beginning with innovation (07:35).

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Case Study: Improving Customer Experience and the Bottom Line

Taivara

Software Design & Delivery. Improving Customer Experience and the Bottom Line. Improving Customer Experience and the Bottom Line.  Out with the Old. A Fortune 500 financial services firm came to us to solve a problem. Their customers were experiencing crazy high abandonment rates when signing customers up for their private-labeled retail credit card services.

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Case Study: Digitizing an Industry

Taivara

Software Design & Delivery. Digitizing an Industry. Digitizing an Industry. i Burdened by Paper. A startup came to Taivara with an idea. Organizations that provide care for the developmentally disabled ran almost entirely on paper. Every activity that care workers did, every medication they gave, every hour they worked had to be recorded in a binder full of information.