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Exago’s brand new 3.5 release is out, and it’s more flexible than ever

Exago

Exago’s 3.5 Idea Market release has arrived, offering a flexible workflow that fits your company’s reality and innovation programme. Answering clients’ identified needs, we continue the evolution path: 3.5 offers significant workflow options to meet your specific idea management process. The post Exago’s brand new 3.5 release is out, and it’s more flexible than ever appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Making innovation less difficult and less expensive

Jeffrey Phillips

I've made a simple drawing to illustrate what many of you already know. Too many people in the innovation arena are apt to talk about ideas, which are relatively easy to get, but fail to consider the effort involved to move from an idea stage to an innovation stage. I've often compared this to the amount of force it takes to get a rocket into orbit.

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Applying innovation thinking in different horizons

Paul Hobcraft

In the past few days, I have had some exchanges on twitter with Jairo H Venegas and Ralph-Christian Ohr on different thinking around the three horizon methodology. We share similar views on its value and partly how it can be applied. Ralph and I exchange constantly and occasionally meet up together. Actually, we need another meeting Ralph to catch up and explore these mutual innovation value points.

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Exploring the Intrapreneurial Way in Large Organizations

HYPE Innovation

Are we seeing a change in mentality within large organizations towards encouraging individuals to ‘break out and become more intrapreneurial within their part of the business?'. Is this tapping into the increasing desire to be part of creating something new, to grab back the engagement needed, that sense of identity and a growing sense of ownership?

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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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How Google Innovates

Digital Tonto

What makes Google special is the way it’s been able to integrate an entire portfolio of innovation strategies into a seamless whole. Related posts: Google’s (not so) Stupid Strategy. How Google. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Are you Open Minded? Three ways to overcome dangerous thinking habits.

Idea to Value

Tedx Talk given by Paul Sloane at the University of Brighton March 2016. Everyone thinks that they are open minded but we are all mental prisoners of our beliefs and assumptions. How can we break out of dangerous thinking routines and become really creative? This talk gives three practical ways to change your mindset and become a better problem solver.

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Idealize the Answer

Destination Innovation

When you are looking at a tricky problem try specifying the ideal answer in a world where there are no constraints. What would a perfect solution look like if we had unlimited resources to achieve it? In the book, Idealized Design [i] , Russell Ackoff, Magidson and Addison describe how Bell labs did just such a thing with the telephone. In the 1950s the VP of Bell labs challenged teams of engineers to design ‘the telephone system with which we would replace the existing system if we were free

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The Science Behind Bernie Sanders Failed Movement, Explained

Digital Tonto

Until your movement is able to attract the support of those who do not immediately agree with you, it’s nothing more than a protest. Related posts: What Marketers Can Learn From The Civil Rights. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Join our free webinar: The biggest breakthrough in creativity training of 2016

Idea to Value

Hi everyone, I have some very exciting news, which I’d like you to join me for in an exclusive free Webinar. Date: Thursday 23 June Time: 6:00 pm BST (UK Time) – free replays available to all registrants As you know, I put a lot of focus into finding out exactly how the brain generates ideas, […]. Originally published at Join our free webinar: The biggest breakthrough in creativity training of 2016.

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Exago’s brand new 3.5 release is out, and it’s more flexible than ever

Exago

Exago’s 3.5 Idea Market release has arrived, offering a flexible workflow that fits your company’s reality and innovation programme. Answering clients’ identified needs, we continue the evolution path: 3.5 offers significant workflow options to meet your specific idea management process. The post Exago’s brand new 3.5 release is out, and it’s more flexible than ever appeared first on www.exago.com.

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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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Enterprise lean startup experiment examples

Moves the Needle

Lean Experiment Techniques There are many techniques to consider when designing an effective lean startup experiment, so we decided to capture a few of our favorites below. Mix-and-match each example to create a powerful experimental learning vehicle for your next concept. Even better, see if you can recognize these lean startup experiment examples next time you’re using your favorite application or website.

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3 Small Things that will Increase Innovation in Your Company the Most

Innovation Excellence

Last month I delivered my "un-kill innovation" executive workshop to an executive team of a Fortune 500 technology company in Florida. It was a great experience all around, but at the end I was asked for the key takeaways, and I narrowed them down to the following.

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Why September 1752 skipped 11 days (or learning about how time works)

Idea to Value

Time. It’s our most precious resource, yet one we often waste the most. Yet have you ever thought about how exactly our idea of time came to be? What makes a day last 24 hours, and why this is the same for people across the world even if their days are different lengths throughout the […]. Originally published at Why September 1752 skipped 11 days (or learning about how time works).

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Consumers Driving Technological Change in the Financial Industry

Daniel Burrus

The financial services industry has been notoriously slow to adapt to the evolving technology landscape and its customers’ digital demands. In yet another twist to a modern tale, it was recently revealed that it was consumers who were leading yet another round of disruption in the banking and insurance sectors. A report by Fujitsu financial services showed that 39% of the UK residents it surveyed would consider leaving their providers if they do not offer up-to-date technology.

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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.

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Enterprise Lean Startup Experiment Examples

Moves the Needle

Lean Experiment Techniques. There are many techniques to consider when designing an effective lean startup experiment, so we decided to capture a few of our favorites below. Mix-and-match each example to create a powerful experimental learning vehicle for your next concept. Even better, see if you can recognize these lean startup experiment examples next time you’re using your favorite application or website.

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Learning innovation from haute cuisine chefs

Norbert Bol

How do we learn to innovate and become successful entrepreneurs? In the August 2016 edition of the Journal of Business Research there is an interesting article (Abecassis-Moedas, et al., 2016) that shows how top haute cuisine chefs innovate and are successful. Top haute cuisine chefs learn to innovate by vicarious learning. This is a type of social learning in which the individual learns through observation without directly. performing the behavior or experiencing the consequences.

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Innovation Strategy – 16 Ideas for Innovating with Fewer Resources eBook

BrainZooming

I was talking with an executive charged with implementing an innovation strategy for a new company initiative. While the business objectives and expectations are lofty, the budget available to fund the innovation strategy has disappeared. The company pulled the funding because of a soft business environment and quarterly earnings pressure. I suspect this isn’t the only such case out there like this right now.

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The Courage to Be an Innovator

Innovation in Practice

Dear Mr. Boyd, My Wharton interview was conducted in a group format in which we were asked to conceive a new conference to host at the business school. We went around the table, each candidate offering a different idea on which topic would most effectively engage students and faculty. The ideas reflected the respective backgrounds of each candidate - a "Big Data" conference from an IBM analytics practitioner, a "Health and Wellness" conference from a self-described 'yogi,' a "Healthcare

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

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

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You Can Innovate Anywhere – Even Insurance Companies!

Innovation Excellence

Recently I had the opportunity to have an insightful conversation with Mick Simonelli to talk about innovation challenges in the insurance industry. Mick is a dynamic thought leader on innovation in large organizations. Mick served as the senior innovation executive for USAA, and as a lead innovator within the Department of Defense, Today, Mick is an executive innovation practitioner with his work appearing on NPR, American Banker, Harvard Business Review, Workforce Magazine, Fast Company, and a

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The power of agile innovation

Wazoku

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Facebook, Intuit and Capital One. Just a few examples of high-profile market leaders that publicly attribute their ongoing innovation successes to their commitment to digital experimentation. These firms can expect their creatives to experiment freely and regularly. A few years ago, Google said that it ran between 3,000 and 5,000 experiments annually.

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Challenge.gov Reaches a Major Open Innovation Milestone

IdeaConnection

Challenge.gov, the online challenge platform administered by the US government has achieved a major open innovation milestone. This week, two agencies launched new competitions bringing the total number of challenges in its near 6-year history to across the 700 mark. The actual 700th challenge is Start a SUD Startup , organized by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

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How KBC Bank Used Crowdsourced Innovation to Create Massive Employee Engagement

Planview

Fact: great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time. Look inside your organization. How many employees do you have? 1,000? 10,000? Somewhere in your organization is an employee, maybe more than one, with an idea that can transform your business. Unfortunately, not enough companies enable or encourage their employees, in all departments, to share ideas.

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

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

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Behavioral Innovation: the need to pivot, why we don’t and what we can do

Innovation Excellence

When was the last time you seriously thought about your blue chip investments going broke? At what point will those shares be worth nothing? Although it may sound ridiculous, the question is serious because at the current rate of disruption, half of the Australian Stock Index S&P 500 will be replaced over the next 10 years. Where does that leave your investments?

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Drive the Three Innovation Horizons

Innovation 360 Group

For the moment, forget all the high profiled media stories about the danger of artificial intelligence (AI). These arguments are based on what AI might become , not on what it is doing now. Business leaders like Steve Wozniak have joined iconic scientists like Stephen Hawking in warning that even benevolent AI could rapidly become dangerous simply though inadequate concern for human safety.

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Drive the Three Innovation Horizons

Innovation 360

For the moment, forget all the high profiled media stories about the danger of artificial intelligence (AI). These arguments are based on what AI might become , not on what it is doing now. Business leaders like Steve Wozniak have joined iconic scientists like Stephen Hawking in warning that even benevolent AI could rapidly become dangerous simply though inadequate concern for human safety.

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Microsoft and Linked-In – Same Song, Different Key

Adam Hartung

Microsoft is buying Linked-In, and we should expect this to be a disaster. It is clear why Linked-in agreed to be purchased. As revenues have grown, gross margins have dropped precipitously, and the company is losing money. And LInked-in still receives 2/3 of its revenue from recruiting ads (the balance is almost wholly subscription fees,) unable to find a wider advertiser base to support growth.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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What Adaptive Technology is Teaching Us about Learning

Innovation Excellence

We may have moved on from PowerPoint presentations to apps, but the communication gap between software developers and learning experts persists.

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Innovation 360 Group - Untitled Article

Innovation 360 Group

For the moment, forget all the high profiled media stories about the danger of artificial intelligence (AI). These arguments are based on what AI might become , not on what it is doing now. Business leaders like Steve Wozniak have joined iconic scientists like Stephen Hawking in warning that even benevolent AI could rapidly become dangerous simply though inadequate concern for human safety.

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Advice from Cambia Health’s Chief Innovation Officer

Innovation Leader

Five years after starting the innovation team, Cambia Health Solutions' Mohan Nair shares what he learned about different innovators, including some you may want to avoid.

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When a Best Practice Is a Worst Practice

Idea Champions

I'm a collector of best practices. I like to find out what forward thinking individuals and organizations have done to accomplish extraordinary results. Sometimes I share these stories in my keynotes or workshops. Invariably, my stock rises when I tell these stories. People think I know stuff. They get giddy. They take notes. They think about how to adapt these best practices to their organization.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.