Imaginatik
OCTOBER 13, 2015
Having its origin in the late 90's programmers meetings, the term Hackathons comes from the integration of the concepts marathon and hacker. In mobile apps, video games, and web development, a lot of progress was made with this tool. Pretty faithful to its origins, Hackathons are equally, in the innovation ecosystem, a rapid team alignment tool in an ideas marathon to build new stuff.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 13, 2015
We all are caught up in handling and understanding different management tools. The numbers are accelerating, and if anything it's adding more confusion to the pile we already have. So let’s see if we can help here, step back a little from your favourite tool and look at this just a little more deeply. How do we pick through all the tools, let alone keep up with all the new ones emerging?
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Jeffrey Phillips
OCTOBER 16, 2015
I've had this kind of Venn Diagram rattling around in my head for a while, because the question keeps coming up over and over. Why can't corporations innovate like entrepreneurs? And, conversely, what do corporations have that sustain them and that entrepreneurs want to copy? If we could document and understand both the overlapping characteristics and the differences, then perhaps we could illustrate what they can do for each other, and what that could mean for innovation.
Paul Hobcraft
OCTOBER 14, 2015
I recently wrote a post “ Finding knowledge and research to help you learn and adapt ”. On reflection I should have replaced the word “research” with “time”…… time to help you learn and adapt. Finding time is a real struggle and going that extra mile to read thought leadership views, long often drawn out reports or academic papers can be a step too far, I know but I can’t help myself, it is part of my job and certainly for me, many are really worth the read in a positive end result of new learni
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.
Imaginatik
OCTOBER 15, 2015
Working for more than two decades helping companies develop sustainable practices of innovation, Imaginatik has profound experience in achieving successful results through engaging programs. We use eight different tools for different purposes , both to achieve breakthrough innovations or incremental innovation. For those companies beginning their innovation path and more focused on the improvement of their processes and portfolio of products and services, we suggest squeezing the whole potential
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 12, 2015
What do the Playboy Magazine’s beginnings, Swarovski’s Stardust collection, and a select range of Apple Stoers – not stores, the typo is deliberate - in Kūnmíng, China have in common? They have all found their glory in some more or less accepted form of innovation by copying/imitation.
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Matthew May
OCTOBER 16, 2015
Every once in a while you get an unexpected gift from out of nowhere. I was the lucky recipient of such a gift: a beautiful 1-page visual summary of The Laws of Subtraction by Todd Clarke. It speaks for itself. I like it for several reasons, not the least of which is Todd’s mad ability. I like 1-page stuff. Maybe it’s the Toyota A3 influence, but I figure if you can’t your thinking on one page, you haven’t really done your thinking.
Exago
OCTOBER 13, 2015
The post Looking to give innovation a new corporate boost? You’re not the only one. appeared first on www.exago.com.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 14, 2015
Pitching is a very essential skill that to a great extent determines the success of an entrepreneur. Reality is such that you might have the best business idea, but if you don’t manage to sell it (right), it will remain to be just an idea. Why so? Because pitching is a skill that not everybody has, but everyone can master.
Digital Tonto
OCTOBER 11, 2015
We should be developing people to thrive on the challenges that create opportunities for heroism. Instead, we condition them to be more easily managed and fit into a system. Related posts: How To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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.
BrainZooming
OCTOBER 15, 2015
You start writing blog posts , stick with it nearly every day , repeat that for nearly eight years, and suddenly, you have two thousand blog posts. At least that’s what has happened with the Brainzooming blog! Today, based on the post counter in WordPress, is our two thousandth blog. MM, 2K, 2000. The blog started on the Blogger platform in November 2007 after seeing Jessica Myers (who was at Garmin Industries at the time) speak at a conference about being able to start a blog for free in
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 15, 2015
It's innovate or die, and this new reality leaves all companies focused on Winning the War for Innovation. This quest to win the war for innovation has led many companies to begin hiring Chief Innovation Officers (CINO), or Innovation Managers, VP's of Innovation, or Innovation Directors. But many companies have done so in haste.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 16, 2015
I have just returned from the most recent HYPE Regional Innovation Managers Forum hosted by Fujitsu Services in the beautiful City of London and my head is still abuzz with what I’ve seen & heard. In addition to learning that Queen Elizabeth II is now the UK's longest reigning monarch , the true highlight of my day was watching the corporate innovation professionals in the room let their guards down, open up the discussion and share their most dreaded obstacles in the pursuit of effective id
Digital Tonto
OCTOBER 14, 2015
It's become clear that the status quo is untenable, we all need to ask ourselves some hard questions and continually come up with better answers. Related posts: 4 Essential Questions to Ask About. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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.
BrainZooming
OCTOBER 16, 2015
Talking with various colleagues, clients, and potential clients recently, each discussion included a reference to innovation expertise. “You’re the expert in innovation, what do you think?”. That started me thinking, “Am I an expert?”. Who exactly IS an innovation expert? And WHAT is an innovation expert? I don’t know for sure, but here’s the first in a series of articles to explore the question.
Planview
OCTOBER 15, 2015
What do Bruce Wayne, George Lucas, and the team at Polaris industries have in common? They’ve all conceptualized cutting-edge, one-of-a-kind vehicles built for power and speed, featuring elegant aerodynamic properties and the latest in automobile innovation. But only Spigit customer Polaris has crowdsourcing to thank for the unique design of the Slingshot, their recently-released three-wheel motorcycle that’s been compared to every superhero transport in the books.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Whenever we try to create anything, whether it be a new business innovation, or we simply bake a cake, we always need to select an approach in achieving this. Unlike a cake which has a recipe, set of ingredients with a mostly predictable outcome, creating a new product, service or business model comes with many layers of uncertainty and an outcome that is not only unclear but also subject to change.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 10, 2015
These days, the future comes at us faster than ever before. We live in an age of accelerating returns, in which technological advancement moves at an exponential rate. In ten years, no industry will look like it does now. In twenty years many, if not most, of today’s jobs will be completely obsolete.
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Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge
BrainZooming
OCTOBER 13, 2015
We haven’t talked about stealing (or copying) ideas as a creative strategy for some time. There’s a fun example, however, of what might be considered a double idea steal in the marketplace via Snickers wrappers. Translated into a creative strategy formula, it’s an example of “Lead, Copy (1 and 2), Swerve, Integrate, Go.” Here’s how this creative strategy formula plays out between two well-known consumer brands.
Planview
OCTOBER 12, 2015
“We want top-line growth and to protect our bottom-line, and I need your ideas on how to make that happen!”. Crowdsourcing innovation works best when the crowd knows exactly what issue they’re trying to address. Although the statement above is a fictitious one, it’s not far away from what’s often said — or shouted — in boardrooms across the globe.
Mills-Scofield
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Everyone says we must be data-driven. I have trouble with that phrase, as discussed before. Too often, we're making decisions based on the data presented.as is. We're not asking the hard questions behind the data. When I was at Bell Labs , we used to ask, "How much did you pay for that data?" You can get data to say whatever you wanted depending on how it is presented and calculated, on what you show and what you don't.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 14, 2015
Companies are organizing in a hurry to take the lead on digital transformation, and are putting up a Chief Digital Officer to take responsability. What are the main tasks and issues of the CDO to guide the company to the digital realm?
Speaker: Jamie Eagan
As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of
BrainZooming
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Googling “innovation and failure” yielded these top five stories: Creating An Innovation Culture: Accepting Failure is Necessary. Baba Shiv: Why Failure Drives Innovation. Failure is the Mother of Innovation. Why most innovations are great big failures. Why Failure Is the Foundation of Innovation. It’s evident that when it comes to innovation and failure , we LOVE IT!
Norbert Bol
OCTOBER 10, 2015
In the December issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology there is an interesting article (Noppers et al., 2015) about how we adopt sustainable new products and services that can help mitigate environmental problems. Many governments and environmental interest groups encourage the adoption of these sustainable innovations, but these innovations will only become mainstream if individual consumers are interested in adopting these innovations.
Stephen Shapiro
OCTOBER 14, 2015
What too few companies understand is that, increasingly, expectations are set across industries, not merely within the industry. So many companies are raising the bar for service that the cost of entry becomes more based on the customer’s overall experience, not just experience among a tightly defined set of competitors.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 11, 2015
Technology disrupts markets. I agree with that. However, when I need to decide whether to focus on a market (like Christensen does) or focus on the technology, I will focus on the technology every day of the week, and twice on Tuesday.
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BrainZooming
OCTOBER 14, 2015
If it’s Wednesday, it must be Chicago. I’m in Chicago today at the request of my wonderful friend, Denny Grim to speak at the Raising the Bar Symposium for the Traffic Club of Chicago. It’s always wonderful to have another opportunity to return to my transportation and logistics roots. I’ll be presenting on social media super models , followed by a VERY QUICK creative thinking exercises for sales presentation.
Innovation in Practice
OCTOBER 12, 2015
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX). BD's focus on innovation has provided a framework to integrate the business, make acquisitions and coordinate actions vertically, from the top through operating levels of the company.
Gijs Van Wulfen
OCTOBER 13, 2015
You are not able to stand still in this fast paced business environment, but most of the time innovation fails. Innovation process-expert Robert Cooper shows that of every seven new product/service projects, about four enter development, 1.5 are launched, and only one succeeds. Innovation is so difficult to master, indeed. I love to share with you five reasons why innovation goes wrong and give you ten ways to reduce your failure rate of innovation.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 10, 2015
Keeping up with every new buzz and innovation is undoubtedly whiplash-inducing. But look away and you’ll be left behind. Are you going to be a mere spectator or will you drive innovation in your company?
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