Idea to Value

APRIL 20, 2016

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” – Carl Sagan. People with imagination are often dismissed as someone that has his or her head in the clouds, and deeply impractical. That is not true at all. Some of the great minds in human history were people with buckets load of imagination that could envision what other people have no concept at all.

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Brainstorming Tips Tools Creativity 193

Exago

APRIL 20, 2016

Gartner’s 2016 ‘Market Guide for Innovation Management’ features Exago as one of the companies with more traction and visibility in the innovation management industry. The post Exago featured in Gartner’s ‘Market Guide for Innovation Management’ appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Innovation Management Marketing Management Innovation 140

Digital Tonto

APRIL 20, 2016

While smartphone apps are cool and add convenience to our lives, the real impact of digital technology lies in front of us, when second order technologies are applied to completely new. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Technology Innovation 90

BrainZooming

APRIL 20, 2016

We were working with a team responsible for a highly focused internal process that includes a customer-facing aspect. It’s a high volume, high expectation, and deadline-focused role critical to the company’s success. I noticed several references during our time together about how narrow and targeted the team’s job is. VERY NARROW AND VERY TARGETED.

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Strategic Thinking Innovation Engagement Creative Thinking 62

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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Mike Shipulski

APRIL 20, 2016

In strategic planning there’s a strong forcing function that causes the organization to converge on a singular, company-wide approach. While this convergence can be helpful, when it’s force is absolute it stifles new ideas. The result is an operating plan that incrementally improves on last year’s work at the expense of work that creates new businesses, sells to new customers and guards against the dark forces of disruptive competition.

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Company Competition Industry Project 46

Daniel Burrus

APRIL 20, 2016

Here in 2016, great content alone is simply not enough. The combination of an authentic, relatable voice and conversations with your audience are possibly the most powerful currency in our quest to connect with each other in a meaningful way. As viewers, we are bombarded with a smorgasbord of content, and if we are greeted with an annoying pop-up ad that covers the screen or information hidden behind a paywall, we simply look elsewhere.

Strategy 41

Strategy Strategy Technology Management 41

Svava

APRIL 20, 2016

The secret sauce to Idea Hunt.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 20, 2016

Why investing in a completely isolated innovation department is a terrible way to spend your innovation budget.

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Innovation Innovation Management Strategy Strategy 47

Idea Champions

APRIL 20, 2016

Storytelling at Work: The Workshop. Storytelling to Create the Innovation Mindset. Storytelling at Work: The Book. Storytelling in the Workplace: The Radio Interview.

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Innovation 21