Exago

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The Brazilian company Fleury – a leading provider of clinical analyses in Latin America – has currently more than 10,000 employees. All can participate in Fleury’s innovation efforts. In 2007, the company initiated a programme to encourage suggestions for how. Read More. The post The idea management challenge. How do they do it? appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Idea Management Management Company Innovation 136

Digital Tonto

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The biggest challenges we face now can’t be solved with greater prosperity, technology or education because those are, in large degree, the underlying causes. Related posts: To Prepare For The. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

Technology 83

Technology Innovation 83

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Are you experiencing death by meeting syndrome at work? In all likelihood, you are. It seems as if everyone we talk to in companies of any size complains about the death by meeting syndrome where it’s impossible to get any work done for all the business meetings they have to attend. Is there anything you can do to deal with death by meeting syndrome?

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Meeting Strategic Thinking Project Conference 56

Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Some people would argue that the pace of change is outstripping our ability as humans to cope with all of the changes we are being expected to absorb. I would argue that we are in the middle of a period of discontinuity thrust upon us by the rapid advances in computing and mobile connectivity that have put a supercomputer in everyone’s pocket and a target on most companies’ backs.

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Change Company Training Disruption 40

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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Innovation Leader

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Trek exec Chad Manuell discusses why one of the company’s skunkworks didn’t work. Other topics of discussion include trends in the industry and long-term thinking.

Trends 40

Trends Industry 40

Michael Roberto

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The failures of J.C. Penney have been well-documented, particularly with regard to Ron Johnson's rocky tenure at the retailer. Johnson embarked on a sweeping change initiative that failed miserably. He tried to hit a grand slam, making substantial changes in strategy, marketing, and merchandising all during his first few months on the job. He did not take the time to test many of his new ideas before rolling them out nationwide.

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Report Change Data Strategy 20

Mike Shipulski

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Everyone likes patents, but few use them as a business tool. Patents define rights assigned by governments to inventors (really, the companies they work for) where the assignee has the right to exclude others from practicing the concepts described in the patent claims. And patent rights are limited to the countries that grant patents. If you want to get patent rights in a country, you submit your request (application) and run their gauntlet.

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Technical Review Technology Tools Company 43

Adam Hartung

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Walmart announced quarterly financial results last week, and they were not good. Sales were down $500million vs the previous year, and management lowered forecasts for 2016. And profits were down almost 8% vs. the previous year. The stock dropped, and pundits went negative on the company. But if we take an historical look, despite how well WalMart’s value has done between 2011 and 2014, there are ample reasons to forecast a very difficult future.

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Trends Competition Company Conference 38

Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

All too often, we see innovation as a single event. The truth is that the road to any significant innovation is a long and twisted path. Greg Satell writes here about 'integration' and 'team of teams'.

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Innovation Processes Innovation Tools 54