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Sometimes, flat hierarchies can hurt innovation in Start-ups

Idea to Value

It is common to hear Start-ups talk about the desire to keep hierarchies “flat” This means they do not want multiple layers of management, bureaucracy and red tape getting in the way of people actually doing their most innovative work.

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Trust the Customers, Not the Experts

Destination Innovation

One of his course assignments in 1997 was to come up with a new design for luggage. After graduating he developed this idea and presented it to luggage companies who thought it was a toy. Similarly toy companies were not interested because they considered it to be luggage. He took out a £10,000 loan and started manufacture.

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The simple (and advanced) tools i use to run an online business on auto-pilot

Idea to Value

Considering I am constantly giving advice on the ways that companies can improve their innovativeness, and people can come up with new business models and business ideas based on their creativity. But with all types of innovations, it makes sense to start small, learn fast, and continue improving. Email automation.

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Podcast S7E154: Ralph-Christian Ohr – Dual innovation and scaling up Ventures

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast , we speak with Dr Ralph-Christian Ohr about ambidexterity, dual innovation and what it takes to scale up new ventures. Rather than there being a single best way to set up an ambidextrous organisation, it requires a set of key principles which all innovation teams and companies need to display.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Procrastination can (sometimes) make you more creative

Idea to Value

Who always seems to put off starting work on something and is easily distracted? The researchers wanted to see if there was a link between people delaying themselves starting work on a project, and that time being used to incubate ideas, resulting in output which was deemed to be more creative.

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Part of Leadership is to Create a Crisis

Destination Innovation

He started by saying, “I want to talk to you about worker safety.” He continued, “I intend to make Alcoa the safest company in America. Paul O’Neill took specific and visible actions to improve safety: Implemented a Zero-Injury Goal : O’Neill set an ambitious target of achieving zero workplace injuries.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Implementing Intelligent Document Processing Solutions: Why It Works

See how companies like yours are tackling some of today’s most common business problems using AI-assisted automation for document processing. Manually capturing, extracting, and processing data within documents is a costly and outdated practice that’s holding your company back.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.