Wed.Apr 27, 2016

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Managing Open Innovation: one challenge/ coping strategy at a time

HYPE Innovation

A few months ago, The Economist published an excellent piece on how the fashion for making employees collaborate had gone too far. We wrote about the trend too here on the blog, explaining how excessive collaboration harms organizational performance and stifles innovation (hint: overworking employees for only marginal gains).

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How Smart Businesses Are Turning Academic Research Into Profits

Digital Tonto

Take a look at any significant innovation, such as an iPhone, and you’ll find that most, if not all, of the technology came from some government program. Related posts: You Can Only Win The Future. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Will Biometric Logins Replace Your Passwords?

Daniel Burrus

Bank notes and silver coins are starting to feel incredibly primitive or quaint at best to an increasing number of shoppers. Many are happier using their credit or debt card for both their online and offline purchases. Now that the U.S. has joined Europe and other nations by requiring a chip-in-card system, the pressure is on technology to increase security and at the same time replace other annoyances from our past such as PINs and the dreaded passwords. . 53% of us forget crucial passwords mor

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Comment on The Innovation Minute #2: Differentiation by Shahla Khan

Stephen Shapiro

Love your 1 minute videos. I also have your book on my nightstand, big admirer of your style of challenging the status quo. Congrats for the new start and I wish you all the best.

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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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Magnus Penker Appointed as Speaker at The Global Drucker Forum, 2016

Innovation 360 Group

We at Innovation 360 Group are very proud to announce that Magnus Penker, CEO and one of the founders of our company, has been appointed as a speaker at the most important forum for global entrepreneurship – The Global Peter Ducker Forum in Vienna. This year’s theme will be “The Entrepreneurial Society” and renowned personalities from the business world such as Alexander Osterwalder, Steve Blank, Clayton Christensen and Philip Kotler will attend this year’s edition of the Forum.

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Magnus Penker Appointed as Speaker at The Global Drucker Forum, 2016

Innovation 360

We at Innovation 360 Group are very proud to announce that Magnus Penker, CEO and one of the founders of our company, has been appointed as a speaker at the most important forum for global entrepreneurship – The Global Peter Ducker Forum in Vienna. This year’s theme will be “The Entrepreneurial Society” and renowned personalities from the business world such as Alexander Osterwalder, Steve Blank, Clayton Christensen and Philip Kotler will attend this year’s edition of the Forum.

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The Chief Innovation Mascot

Mike Shipulski

I don’t believe the role of Chief Innovation Officer has a place in today’s organizations. Today, it should be about doing the right new work to create value. That work, I believe, should be done within the organization as a whole or within dedicated teams within the organization. That work, I believe, cannot be done by the Chief Innovation Officer because the organizational capability and capacity under their direct control is hollow.

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Innovation Sighting: "Sweaty" Billboards That Fight the Zika Virus

Innovation in Practice

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Zika virus is a global emergency. To fight it, humans have to find a way to kill the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. . Two marketing agencies in Brazil have designed a novel way to do just that. They call it The Mosquito Killer Billboard. It's a great example of the Task Unification Technique , one of five in the innovation method called Systematic Inventive Thinking.

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Why Tata Communications Sends Employees to Silicon Valley

Innovation Leader

Alex Pelletier of $3 billion Tata Communications, part of India’s Tata Group, discusses why his team sends employees to Silicon Valley for “an immersion week.

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Facebook’s Surge, Apple’s Slide and Chipotle’s Stall – It’s All About Growth

Adam Hartung

Growth fixes a multitude of sins. If you grow revenues enough (you don’t even need profits, as Amazon has proven) investors will look past a lot of things. With revenue growth high enough, companies can offer employees free meals and massages. Executives and senior managers can fly around in private jets. Companies can build colossal buildings as testaments to their brand, or pay to have thier names on public buildings.

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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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Comment on Introducing the Innovation Minute by Sumner Erickson

Stephen Shapiro

Awesome! Love your wonderful work! Listening For Success has been transformative in my life! Thanks! Blessings!

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Top 3 reasons to Launch an Idea Hunt

Svava

Launch your own Idea Hunt.

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Is Market Share a Useful Metric?

Michael Roberto

In a short article for Sloan Management Review , Neil T. Bendle and Charan K. Bagga argue that managers should be cautious about using market share as a key metric for their businesses. I concur wholeheartedly with their concerns about using market share as a primary objective. I believe that efforts to grow market share often cause managers to pursue misguided strategies that ultimately undermine competitive advantage and damage long-run profitability.

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Top 3 reasons to Launch an Idea Hunt

Svava

Launch your own Idea Hunt.

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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.