Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 22, 2016

Within our ‘business as usual’ attitudes, there actually lies the seeds of destruction. Today there is a relentless pace; we are facing stagnation in many maturing markets if we don’t evolve. Yet we actually subvert the future to prolong the life of the existing. We need to frame our innovation needs differently for exploring and exploiting innovation across different time horizons to move beyond the usual.

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Digital Tonto

AUGUST 21, 2016

In a world connected by digital technology, power no longer lies at the top of hierarchies, but at the center of networks. Related posts: Leaders Must Do More Than Inspire—We Must Shape Networks. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 24, 2016

As discussed in the new innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation , one of the biggest reasons why the actual implementation of innovation can become such a formidable if not insurmountable process is because of people-related issues. A key element to successfully implementing innovation is finding and keeping the right people.

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Destination Innovation

AUGUST 21, 2016

The simplest way to categorize innovation is into two types – incremental and radical. Incremental innovation is an improvement in an existing thing (e.g. product, process or service). Radical innovation is finding an entirely new way of doing something. For example if you had been making spectacles in the 1950s then plastic lenses instead of glass lenses would have been an incremental innovation.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 22, 2016

Within our ‘business as usual’ attitudes, there actually lies the seeds of destruction. Today there is a relentless pace; we are facing stagnation in many maturing markets if we don’t evolve. Yet we actually subvert the future to prolong the life of the existing. We need to frame our innovation needs differently for exploring and exploiting innovation across different time horizons to move beyond the usual.

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Imaginatik

AUGUST 25, 2016

The word Innovation looms large in the word cloud of the American business lexicon. It is routinely found in vision statements, motivational posters, corporate lobbies and, more recently, on business cards and LinkedIn profiles. There is no doubt that many businesses and business leaders have recognized the importance of innovation as an organizational competency.

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Digital Tonto

AUGUST 24, 2016

One thing is clear. Robots will become an increasingly important part of the economy and will drive productivity for decades to come. Related posts: Are Robots Really the Problem? The 3 Big. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Betterific

AUGUST 22, 2016

In this installment of brainstorming with an innovator , we invite Laurie Steiner , who won our wireless innovation competition. I love doing these series, because we get to learn more about our members – what gets them going, why they do what they do, and how they come up with such creative ideas. Laurie is not just a great ideator, but an amazing human being who gives so much of herself.

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Innocentive

AUGUST 24, 2016

Starting as a brainwave in 1998, InnoCentive spent three years being scoped, explored and tested whilst within the walls of pharmaceutical company, Eli Lilly. InnoCentive became an official entity in 2001 and during the intervening fifteen years has posted over 2,000 Challenges and awarded nearly $20million. To mark our 15 th birthday we look back at notable successes, celebrate the impact Challenges have made, and most importantly acknowledge our excellent Solvers whose ground-breaking ideas ha

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 23, 2016

What if you are a person that freezes up when you think you need to come up with or implement a creative idea ? What if even having someone TELL YOU that there are no wrong ideas doesn’t free you up to start sharing ideas in a group? What if your fear of being wrong is so great that you can’t even start implementing creative ideas that are just for you for fear you’ll goof something up?

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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.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 24, 2016

Here is a wake-up call about traditional media: Bad news sells, but good news does not. The so-called negativity bias that surrounds us on a daily basis plays a major part in our often cynical view of the future. As humans, we have been hardwired to respond quickly to negative words or potential threats. The introduction of 24-hour news channels with rolling stories of misery to keep viewers watching can take its toll on even the most positive individual.

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Board of Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2016

In the recent years, I probably discussed thousands of business assumptions with +100 corporate startup teams. In these discussions, I tend to focus on helping them to discover the most critical assumptions. They always have limited time. What should they do next when we evaluate their innovation project? We will typically sort all assumptions in 4 big categories: 1.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 23, 2016

What began as a simple idea to earn some extra income and help out travelers from out-of-town eventually took off globally. AirBnB started in 2007 and is valued now at over $ 25 billion. There are at least 3 important lessons learned from its troublesome start. Here's their story.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 25, 2016

We wrote recently about lowering the stakes for sharing creative ideas. Right after that article, The Brainzooming Group facilitated a small innovation strategy workshop with a client. We discussed the approach for the client’s upcoming thirty-person new process innovation strategy workshop. The question emerged of how much prior thinking to share with the newly involved participants.

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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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Mike Shipulski

AUGUST 24, 2016

One of the biggest mistakes I know is to get too little done by trying to do too much. In high school we got too comfortable with partial credit. Start the problem the right way, make a few little mistakes and don’t actually finish the problem – 50% credit. With product development, and other real life projects, there’s no partial credit. A project that’s 90% done is worth nothing.

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 22, 2016

Before you launch your innovation campaign, you want to set up key performance indicators or KPIs for short. Key performance indicators help you keep track of your overall strategy and your individual innovation programs. They alert you when it’s time to intervene and take action to get things back on track. Without KPIs, you’re flying blind, so to speak, and you run the risk of falling short of your overall goal.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 26, 2016

As discussed in the new innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation, one of the biggest reasons why the actual implementation of innovation can become such a formidable if not insurmountable process is because of people-related issues. A key element to successfully implementing innovation is finding and keeping the right people.

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IdeaConnection

AUGUST 26, 2016

Freudenberg Performance Materials, a manufacturer of technical textiles is looking for external input to help it develop products for next generation materials and products. Scientists, students, developers, organizations and any other interested parties are being invited to take part in the Next-Generation Nonwovens open innovation competition. And if you’re the winner, you will receive Freudenberg’s help to realize your startup.

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Venture2

AUGUST 25, 2016

October 16-19, 2016 (Atlanta, GA) – As part of PDMA’s 2016 Annual Conference, Michael Docherty will provide a keynote address on corporations and startups co-creating the future and how we need each other now more than ever. Link. The post Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) Annual Conference appeared first on Venture2 Inc.

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Betterific

AUGUST 24, 2016

It’s not everyday that you get to collaborate with the preeminent source for exponential thinking on an innovation challenge. We’re really excited to announce our newest innovation competition centered around hacking civic engagement. We’re working with Deloitte’s crowdsourcing practice, Pixel , and Singularity University. In a first for Betterific, we are also partnering with TopCoder to develop the best ideas that are submitted through the competition.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 24, 2016

Many organizations have failed to focus on the experiences of their most important competitive advantage: employees. It’s now time to talk about the employee experience (EX). That’s why I’ve founded eX Summit, a space to debate the importance and impact of the employee experience. Our first event eX Indy will take place on September 22 in Indianapolis.

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Innovation Leader

AUGUST 23, 2016

Patrick Bass, CEO of ThyssenKrupp North America, shares his vision of the future of R&D which includes customers, academics, and data from IOT products.

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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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Venture2

AUGUST 25, 2016

Nov 16, 2016 (South Bend IN) – Michael Docherty will present a luncheon keynote at this unique event for front-line innovators, organized by The University of Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business. Sponsors and speakers from Cisco, Pfizer, Exelon, Allstate and others. Register here. The post Notre Dame Innovation Practitioner Conference appeared first on Venture2 Inc.

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Information Playground

AUGUST 22, 2016

In a world where information is viewed as an asset on equal footing with other assets (e.g. people, automobiles, cash, etc), what is the ideal platform for tracking, capturing, and measuring data's value? As Wikibon analyst George Gilbert pointed out in our interview with Doug Laney last month, treating data as an asset is difficult because.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 22, 2016

Overcoming the 'way we do things' is a key ingredient to successful innovation, but it's one that few organizatiosn do well. This article looks at how you can successfully overcome the past to help you craft the future.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 20, 2016

1. "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." -- Goethe. 2. "Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller. 3. "It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult." -- Seneca. 4.

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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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Venture2

AUGUST 25, 2016

November 16-18, 2016 (San Francisco, CA) – The Intrapreneurship Conference focuses on inspiring and educating corporate innovators on how they can bring entrepreneurship to the corporate context. Michael Docherty will be delivering a workshop entitled “The Hybrid Innovation Engine: Building Transformative Capabilities Within Mature Companies” For more information, click here.

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Svava

AUGUST 25, 2016

Everyone wants it but not everyone is ready to embrace it.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 23, 2016

Mike Irvine is the leader of Ricoh’s European Technology Centre. His team is responsible for bridging the gap between Customers business needs and the Ricoh engineering and development teams. I met with Mike at Barcelona Innovation summit, and was impressed by the presentation he delivered on customer driven innovation, and how Ricoh unfolds various ways to involve customers in its product roadmap.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2016

If you're on the prowl for inspiring quotes you can use for work, your book, speech, website, news report, blog, proposal, kidnap letter, or time capsule, look no further. What follows are 21 universal topics -- everything from Possibility to Failure to Change. Change. Possibility. Beginning. Vision. Communication. Innovation. Intuition. Peace. Time.

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