Jeffrey Phillips
MARCH 20, 2015
I'm about to leave for a well-deserved vacation, but I wanted to leave you, gentle readers, with a parting shot to contemplate before I go. The idea I'd like you to contemplate until my return is that we are all making innovation far too complicated, and we need to stop dressing up the activity with lots of talking points and stop working ourselves and our management into a tizzy about commitments and investments.
Leapfrogging
MARCH 16, 2015
It’s true! Drawing aliens may be the secret to creativity and innovation. University researchers, Galinsky and Maddux, discovered that people who have lived abroad have the most successful negotiations – reaching deals where shared interests were included in the solutions.This is an interesting finding in itself, but their incredible research didn’t stop there.
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Norbert Bol
MARCH 14, 2015
The scientific journal Organizational Dynamics is preparing a special issue about “The leadership imperative for sustainability and corporate social responsibility” In other words what is the responsibility for sustainability of business leaders? Most business leaders describe their responsibility in terms of economic-, social- and ecological performance.
Improvides
MARCH 20, 2015
In the past month, I was interviewed by CMSWire, a leading online magazine, around my views on helping companies improve their innovation capabilities. Their particular question: How can companies innovate faster than their competitors? Click here to read the article on CMSWire. My primary insight in the article is that if you empower your people to […].
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.
Bill Fischer
MARCH 19, 2015
By Abhijit Bhaduri and Bill Fischer Changing mindsets begins with you! The only mind you can be sure of changing is your own, and the only way that you can demonstrate this mindset change is through your behaviors. If you aspire for your organization to be faster, more innovative, less afraid [.
Innovation Leader
MARCH 18, 2015
Ford exec Jim Buczkowski discusses the strategy behind the expansion of the company’s Research & Innovation Center in Palo Alto, and shares several projects they’re working on.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
BPI Thought Leadership Commentary
MARCH 18, 2015
Is VUCA the end of strategy and leadership? In the current era of volatility, unpredictability, complexity and ambiguity, managers need to adapt the way to navigate. We’ve all been in meetings during which two parties were arguing about whether they should spend their time discussing strategy or focus on organizing immediate action. This kind of debate is likely to become more and more.
Bill Fischer
MARCH 19, 2015
By Abhijit Bhaduri and Bill Fischer Changing mindsets begins with you! The only mind you can be sure of changing is your own, and the only way that you can demonstrate this mindset change is through your behaviors. If you aspire for your organization to be faster, more innovative, less afraid [.
Innovation Leader
MARCH 16, 2015
Measuring innovation has come up in every interview, conversation, and Field Study. This report captures what we’ve learned so far — both what executives are tracking today, and what they’re still working to capture.
100%Open
MARCH 16, 2015
Who’d be a venture capitalist in 2015? In spite of the evergreen nature of BBC TV’s Dragon’s Den with its photogenic piles of cash it seems there are countervailing trends that are emerging in how start-ups and SMEs can access the funding they need to grow. Here we examine three alternative ways that are gaining ground. 1. Corporate Venturing.
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.
Innovation 360 Group
MARCH 15, 2015
David Roberts, former Special Agent and Singularity University faculty member, made an interesting example of possible disruption, when comparing the steady, linear improvement of how we experience reality, with the exponential improvements of VR systems, and tools. Reality is improved by better glasses, better prosthesis, and better smartphones helping us improve our daily lives.
Leapfrogging
MARCH 16, 2015
Researchers find people who have lived abroad have the most successful negotiations and solutions. . University researchers, Adam Galinsky and William Maddux, conducted a series of experiments that revealed some of the benefits of pushing past the boundaries of our existing mindsets. They looked at the differences between people who have lived in two or more countries versus those who have never lived outside their country of origin.
Innovation Leader
MARCH 16, 2015
Nicole Bell, Executive Director of the new Cambia Grove, discusses how and why her employer, Cambia Health Solutions, created the the facility.
Boxes and Arrows
MARCH 17, 2015
'Collecting data about design is easy in the digital world. We no longer have to conduct in-person experiments to track pedestrians’ behavior in an airport terminal or the movement of eyeballs across a page. New digital technologies allow us to easily measure almost anything, and apps, social media platforms, websites, and email programs come with built-in tools to track data.
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.
CorporateIntel
MARCH 18, 2015
As noted by the title, t his post is meant to announce the forthcoming release of my second book, Endless Encores. It will be published by The Story Plant on September 22, 2015 in hardcover and as an eBook. Since that is still several months off and I have at times already mentioned the book is coming, let me come back to that in a moment. I often get into the discussion of whether corporate mission statements matter.
Leapfrogging
MARCH 16, 2015
Researchers find people who have lived abroad have the most successful negotiations and solutions. . University researchers, Adam Galinsky and William Maddux, conducted a series of experiments that revealed some of the benefits of pushing past the boundaries of our existing mindsets. They looked at the differences between people who have lived in two or more countries versus those who have never lived outside their country of origin.
Steve Blank
MARCH 17, 2015
I’ve been working with Roberto, the Chief Innovation Officer of a diversified company I’ll call Sprocket Industries. I hadn’t heard from Roberto in awhile and when we caught up, it was clear his initial optimism had faded. I listened as Roberto listed the obstacles to the new innovation program at Sprocket, “We’ve created innovation teams in both the business units and in corporate.
100%Open
MARCH 19, 2015
As part of the European conference Advertising Week 2015 , 100%Open is running FutureVote with our friends The Advertising Association, The Ideas Foundation and News UK. With the general election around the corner we thought it would exciting and important to look at encouraging more young people to engage with politics. . Only 39% of the 18 to 24 demographic voted in the 2010 election.
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