Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 2, 2016
This past weekend I had an extended period of re-reading about the effects of disruption that seems to be occurring across all points of business, our politics, our governments, it seems across our lives. I had been looking forward to a nice break up in the mountains of Switzerland, in a place near St.Moritz for five days of some walking, catching up with good friends over some great meals.
Idea to Value
MARCH 3, 2016
This whole music video was shot in actual zero gravity. No digital special effects. No wires. Just an unbelievable amount of coordination, imagination and creativity. And a lot of failed attempts before each shot worked out. If you’re wondering how they did it, it was shot in 28-second long clips on a parabolic flight of a specially-designed aeroplane, during which everyone inside the plane experiences the sensation of weightlessness.
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Exago
MARCH 3, 2016
At Exago, we’ve worked with extraordinary clients, such as Fleury, and others from pharmaceutical, banking, utilities and telecommunications industries – across four continents – to help them mobilise targeted communities to solve key business problems by learning from them and with them. The post The first of 3 key success factors of innovation management appeared first on www.exago.com.
Matthew May
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Over at LinkedIn and Medium, I’ve posted my chat with Michael Bungay Stanier, author of the new book, The Coaching Habit. Take a look! Click here for the Medium version. Click here for the LinkedIn version.
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.
Destination Innovation
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
Ingvar Feodor Kamprad was born in 1926 on a small farm in the Swedish province of Småland. He had an austere upbringing and the lessons he learnt in thrift stayed with him throughout his life. At the age of six the boy started a business selling matches to neighbours. He bought the matches in bulk and sold them in small inexpensive packs. He went on to sell seeds, pens, pencils and even fish in this way.
Idea to Value
MARCH 2, 2016
I speak with Gijs Van Wulfen, Linkedin innovation Influencer, on what it takes to execute innovation, and how to get your managers to listen to your ideas. There is a sad fact in the innovation community, which is that a lot of advice which companies get from many experts about innovation is nothing more than inspiration. By this I mean that it consists of either a speech or afternoon workshop in which a team is told how Apple has been successful, or how 3M manages their list of ideas, or how JF
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BrainZooming
MARCH 3, 2016
I retweeted a Brainzooming article on seven reasons to ask for forgiveness, not permission in launching a new strategy. Tara Rethore , CEO of M. Beacon Enterprises , a strategy development and execution consulting firm, replied that there needed to be a post on the seven best reasons to be forgiven, instead. It didn’t take long to jump on the offer and suggest that Tara guest write that article for us!
Board of Innovation
MARCH 3, 2016
Based on our experiences, we guide you through the six steps to turn new materials or technologies into first invoices. That experience grew when I joined a corporate startup in the paper industry (Symbio by Sappi). The idea was to launch plastic materials that were forest-based. At the time, our team had no market knowledge, no relevant network established in the marketplace, and no direct clients.
Idea to Value
MARCH 4, 2016
From its complex manufacturing process to its innovative two-stage opening mechanism, the humble aluminium can is a groundbreaking innovation. Real innovators look at the world around them with an ongoing sense of curiosity as to how things work. How they are created. And how they can be improved. In the excellent video above, Bill “Engineerguy” Hammack takes us through not only the manufacturing process of how one of the roughly 500 billion (!
Digital Tonto
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
It’s true that small, agile firms can move fast, but larger enterprises have the luxury of going slow. Related posts: The Myth Of The Moron CEO. Collaboration Is The New Competitive Advantage. A. [[ 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
MARCH 2, 2016
Many organizations are in the early stages of executing new strategies for this year. That is when you discover whether you have a solid, implementable plan or something that (maybe) looks good on paper, but doesn’t work well when you try to execute the strategy. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Helping Teams Execute Strategy. When it comes to helping teams execute strategy, we recommend leaders ask themselves these strategic thinking questions before convening the team to launch a new i
Stephen Shapiro
MARCH 2, 2016
Good article, Steve. I really like the counter-intuitive examples. It makes me wonder how many other “obvious” solutions are not. I seem to recall studies that revealed that the D.A.R.E. drug prevention problem increased students’ curiosity about drugs as well as their relative comfort level with them, thereby facilitating greater experimentation.
Innovation in Practice
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Innovation clusters require six key ingredients: skills, accommodating policy framework, infrastructure, low cost structures (in early stages), a good lifestyle offering and serendipity. Clusters are like the companies they host: they change over time, and their long term success depends on how well they adapt to the challenges of success, like congestion and increased rents.
Rmukesh Gupta
MARCH 4, 2016
In this episode, we host Alok Goyal, Partner at Stellaris Venture Partners and until recently, he was the Chief Operating Officer of SAP India Pvt. Ltd., a large global software company’s India subsidiary. Alok was also a strategy consultant (with McKinsey & Company in India and The McKenna Group in California, USA). Alok did his undergrad in Computer Science from IIT Delhi, a Masters in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from INSEAD, France.
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
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Eight years ago today, I published an article about personal leadership, asking the question, “What would you do with an extra day?” Well, here we are again, with an extra day for Leap Day. The inspiration for the original post was losing someone in our department, Lori Schade, to another company. I predicted at the time that it would not be the last time we worked together.
Stephen Shapiro
MARCH 2, 2016
Good article, Steve. I really like the counter-intuitive examples. It makes me wonder how many other “obvious” solutions are not. I seem to recall studies that revealed that the D.A.R.E. drug prevention problem increased students’ curiosity about drugs as well as their relative comfort level with them, thereby facilitating greater experimentation.
Norbert Bol
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Formulating a sustainability strategy can be a challenging task. Implementing the strategy in an organization is even a bigger challenge. Implementing a sustainability strategy is even very demanding if there is a clear vision of sustainability, the sustainability strategy is clearly formulated and there is considerable willingness to engage in further action on sustainability implementation.
Outside Innovation
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
To me, the most exciting initiative that's been triggered by President Obama’s focus on Precision Medicine is the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort program. Its goal is to recruit a cohort of 1 million people in the U.S., all of whom agree to share their health data, including their medical histories, their health records, and their genetic data, with researchers and clinicians.
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BrainZooming
MARCH 1, 2016
After a client meeting, I received the most humbling, wonderful pick-me-up email from a client that said nice things about what we do and suggested the value The Brainzooming Group is delivering is worth more than what we are charging for our services. At the conclusion of a recent strategic planning workshop , one of a client’s leaders came over and said, “I’m a skeptic about things like this, but you turned me into a proponent.
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Creativity and originality are thought to be one of the last traits that machines will be able to learn so as everyone asks which jobs are going to be replaced by machines is innovation the best job in the world?
Stephen Shapiro
MARCH 2, 2016
Oh that’s interesting about DARE. Increased awareness does not equal the desired result!
Mike Shipulski
MARCH 2, 2016
Do good work and people will notice. Do work to get noticed and people will notice that too. Try to do good work and you’ll get ahead. Try to get ahead and you won’t. If the work feels good while you’re doing it, it’s good work. If it doesn’t, it’s not. If you watch the clock while you work, that says nothing about the clock. When you surf the web at work, you’re not working.
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
MARCH 4, 2016
I presented a solo social media presentation at the February 2016 Social Media Strategies Summit in Las Vegas. For folks in and around (or willing to head to) Chicago, I’ll be presenting a workshop on creating fantastic content at the April 2016 Social Media Strategies Summit in the Windy City. These events are always treasure troves of great learning and networking with such varied and smart marketers from around the country.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 4, 2016
A new study looks at the role nations play in the global innovation ecosystem, and what marks good from bad Continue reading →
Stephen Shapiro
MARCH 2, 2016
Oh that’s interesting about DARE. Increased awareness does not equal the desired result!
Open Innovation EU
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
In today’s business environment, where startups play an increasingly important role and disruptions come from unexpected corners of the business arena, embracing external sources of knowledge as part of an open innovation strategy becomes crucial! Rotterdam School of Management launches a new programme focused on implementing such an open innovation strategy with a particular focus on the role of startups.
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Planview
MARCH 3, 2016
Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Steve Glaveski. “Move fast and break things.”. This was the mantra of Facebook in its early days, as is the case with most startups that subscribe to the iterative product development method popularized by the Lean Startup. However, a startup’s primary job is to discover new sustainable business models, unlike large organizations which are built to deliver existing business models that already make money.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 1, 2016
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut?
Stephen Shapiro
MARCH 2, 2016
Interesting post Stephen. And very timely. I’m stuck in a similar conundrum at the moment. Do you have any articles where you share your first time as a speaker story. My area is similar to yours, it includes design thinking and Im very interested to know how you got your start as a speaker. Looking at some of your videos, I get the feeling you’ve been in the industry for several years and the current market is changed but still.
BPI Thought Leadership Commentary
MARCH 4, 2016
PricewaterhouseCoopers has mounted a purpose “lens” onto its famous financial services mission – a bright beacon “to build trust in society and to solve important problems.” PwC's 19th Annual CEO Survey released in January 2016 shows that leading CEOs are increasingly leveraging the “why” question in their decision-making.
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