Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 29, 2014

'“Above all else show the data.”. –Edward Tufte. Survey responses. Product reviews. Keyword searches. Forums. As UX practitioners, we commonly scour troves of qualitative data for customer insight. But can we go faster than line-by-line analysis? Moreover, how can we provide semantic analysis to project stakeholders? Enter Wordle. If you haven’t played with it yet, Wordle is a free Java application that generates visual word clouds.

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Technology Created

APRIL 27, 2014

There’s a great scene in the movie Avalon where the young protagonist Michael (played by Elijah Wood) is in a classroom being taught the grammatical difference between the words “can” and “may.”. Teacher: “’Can’ is whether you’re capable of doing something. ‘May’ is asking for permission.”. Michael: raises his hand. Teacher: “Yes Michael?”. Michael: “Can I go to the bathroom?”.

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Innovation 360

APRIL 12, 2014

Innovation Strategy and Its Importance! An intervention strategy is believed to be incomplete if there is no detailed and thorough process of innovation strategy. There are lots of organizations that usually carry out a gap analysis to prioritize and identify change areas that include the content of innovation strategy, organization arrangements, learning plans and communication practices.

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 28, 2014

Brian King of Marriott takes you into “The Underground,” Marriott’s innovation lab, to see how rapid-prototyping works there, and offers lessons for replicating the process.

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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.

Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 22, 2014

'Forms are important—they’re the most common way to get information from our users. But just making wireframes of a form misses a big piece of the picture—what it’s like to interact with it. An HTML prototype of a form, on the other hand, can look and behave just like the real thing. In the first post , I showed you how to lay out a form and align the labels the way you want, using HTML and Foundation.

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Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 15, 2014

'As designers, we grapple every day with challenging projects. This of course is part of what keeps us coming back. Some challenges, although not directly related to project work, can still be looked at through a UX lens. In this case, I’m talking about a phenomenon you’re likely familiar with: company reorganization. If you’ve been through a reorg (that’s ‘reorganization’ in water cooler parlance), you’ve probably experienced your share of the whispers, closed-door meeti

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 29, 2014

GE's marketing chief Beth Comstock discussed the company's views on crowdsourcing, the Internet of things, the lean startup movement, and more. Quick bullets inside.

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 8, 2014

Chubb, Global Innovation VP Gerry Myers explains how the insurer created a "social layer" for innovation, to help weave innovation into employees' daily activity.

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Innovation 40

Innovation Leader

APRIL 22, 2014

How do you get new hires to contribute to a culture of innovation from Day One? Warwick Absolon of industrial giant AECOM shares a video the company produced.

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Video Culture of Innovation Culture Innovation 40

Innovation Leader

APRIL 16, 2014

Delphi Labs director John Absmeier explains how the automotive components giant is partnering, investing, and plugging into the Silicon Valley ecosystem…

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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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Innovation Leader

APRIL 18, 2014

Shannon Lucas explains how a small innovation team inside the telecom giant Vodafone has cultivated a global network of 40 innovation champions.

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Innovation 40

Innovation Leader

APRIL 2, 2014

Chief Innovation Officers, VPs of Innovation, Directors, and Innovation Managers explain how their bonuses are calculated, in their own words.

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 14, 2014

These dozen slide presentations offer insights into innovation strategy at organizations like NASA, Alaska Airlines, Nike, and Clorox.

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 2, 2014

What’s the average salary for a VP Innovation? What about Directors or Catalysts? Does company size or reporting structure impact pay?

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Survey Report Innovation Company 40

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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