June, 2014

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Creating Your Personal Mission Statement

Boxes and Arrows

'You’re weird. In a good way, but weird nonetheless. Weird in the sense that people outside of work likely have absolutely no clue what it is you do. Maybe many at work as well. For me, this weirdness manifests itself at parties. Inevitably, a new acquaintance asks me what I do. Beads of sweat form on my forehead. My eyes dart around, desperately seeking my far more articulate wife, Mary Jean.

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Bring customers into the idea review process

Hutch Carpenter

Say you’ve got some internal ideas at your company. Who takes a look at them? Assesses them to determine next steps for each idea? Figures out the value and difference the ideas can make? How about your own customers? I talk a lot about jobs-to-be-done here, and getting a firm grip on those to understand where innovation and product enhancement opportunities lie.

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How Constant Contact Blends Lean Startup & Design Thinking

Innovation Leader

Andy Miller, Chief Innovation Architect at the digital marketing company, shares slides and a video that offer a look at Constant Contact's approach to developing new offerings.

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Disruption, Innovation And The Necessity Of Creative/Engaged CollaborationDISRUPT | INNOVATE | LEAD

Linda Bernardi

The art of disruption and collaborative innovation is a very complex and often sensitive topic. In my line of work (as an innovator and disruptor), I am brought into medium and large enterprises with the explicit mission of breaking things to identify and collaborate on new areas of business. We hit many levels of resistance […].

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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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Making the Case for a Design-Led Transformation

Boxes and Arrows

'When you hear about problems in the healthcare space, the list can be long enough to require a prescription of its own. They can be concerns that we as individuals face. Coping with a disease or condition and understanding your care choices. Figuring out how to make decisions to improve your health and maintain a healthier life. Determining which insurance plan is best.

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Nancy Shea: Turning Your CEO into a Fully-Vested Partner

Innovation Leader

"You really have to be careful what you wish for when you talk about getting your CEO involved with innovation," says Nancy Shea of Kraft Foods, Ashland Inc., and World Kitchen.

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Kelly Services Exec on Creating Meaningful Revenue

Innovation Leader

Rolf Kleiner took on the Chief Innovation Officer role at Kelly Services at the start of 2012, after 20 years at the temporary staffing and consulting firm.

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Google Execs Explain How the Company Spurs Innovation

Innovation Leader

Google executives offer an inside look at how the company hires, why reasonable goals are not good enough, and how internal projects gain or lose momentum.

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eBay Innovation Vice President: ‘Evangelize Early & Often’

Innovation Leader

Steve Yankovich talks about how his team “graduates” its projects to business units, and why it’s so important to be able to kill low-potential projects.

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Inside Moen’s Prototype-Driven Product Development Strategy

Innovation Leader

Moen’s SVP of Global Strategic Development describes the customer-focused innovation process behind a new line of motion-sensitive faucets…

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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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Inside the Boston Ecosystem: Google, J&J & More

Innovation Leader

Our Field Study took place at Google Cambridge, Johnson & Johnson's Boston Innovation Center, Fidelity Investments, and Blade Network.

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How Autodesk “Looks to the Edge” for Emerging Trends

Innovation Leader

Autodesk’s Jon Pittman talks about 3D printing, synthetic biology, programmable matter, and other trends he’s tracking.

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How Publisher Pearson Gets Close to Education Startups

Innovation Leader

“Education is changing — there’s no denying that,” says Diana Stepner of Pearson plc.

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Soccer or Football, Anyone???DISRUPT | INNOVATE | LEAD

Linda Bernardi

Dear readers and friends, I promise many new blogs being planned as we speak and I will be publishing these in the weeks to come. But for now, it is time to talk about something else. Why? Well, because it is FIFA-season! This is the first year that my family and I have missed the […].

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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.