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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Many of us who work in the consulting and strategy space often talk about the difficulties in understanding and more importantly, changing a corporate culture. Typically, we are talking about moving a culture from its current set of values that has sustained the business, to a culture that helps the company compete in a new reality that may be different or more competitive or operate in a slightly adjacent market.

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Unlock Your Inner Genius: 10 Creative Problem-Solving Techniques You Need to Try Today

IdeaScale

Creative problem-solving techniques are essential skills that can help you overcome difficult challenges and find innovative solutions to complex problems. Whether you're struggling with a personal or professional problem, there are several techniques you can use to unlock your inner genius and tap into your creative problem-solving abilities.

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There Is No Formula For Success. We Need To Prepare For Luck.

Digital Tonto

The French writer Albert Camus believed our existence was absurd. He compared the human condition to Sisyphus, the mythical Greek king condemned to roll a boulder uphill, only to see it roll back down, for eternity. Incredibly, Camus imagines Sisyphus, returning to his labors at the foot of the mountain, as happy, having found meaning in his task. That is the nature of existential rebellion, to find meaning for yourself in a universe that provides none.

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Is Your Company’s Data Ready for Generative AI?

Harvard Business Review

While CDOs and data leaders are excited about generative AI, they have much work to do to get ready for it. A recent survey of 334 CDOs and data leaders — and a series of interviews with these executives — reveals that companies have not yet created new data strategies or begun to manage their data in the ways necessary to make generative AI work for them.

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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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Why More Women Are Needed in Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Every once in a while I get a comment from an audience member after a keynote speech or from someone who read my book, Mapping Innovation, about why so few women are included.

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Aligning product development and manufacturing | Sopheon

Sopheon

It’s a simple but common truth: teams that don’t collaborate and communicate won’t consistently innovate. Innovation at scale requires open channels of dialogue to ensure speed and accuracy, but that can’t happen when teams work in silos — especially when it’s between product development and manufacturing. These two teams are integral to product success, and they must leverage each other's expertise and perspectives, which can negatively impact innovation and problem-solving capabilities.

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When Attending Industry Events, Avoid These Legal Risks

Harvard Business Review

There are plenty of good reasons to attend industry conferences, trade fairs, and other events, but they also present opportunities for the accidental disclosure of sensitive company information or other actions that run afoul of fair-competition regulations. Through their work executive coaching leaders in emerging and traditional technology ecosystems and working with organizations on ethics and compliance challenges, the authors have uncovered several strategies to equip your team to attend i

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Five Ways to Make People Feel Heard

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from David Burkus One of the most common complaints among disengaged employees is about not feeling heard, not being seen or recognized for what they do, who they are and what they are experiencing. As a leader, a lot of this frustration may stem from you.

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Developing an Early Warning System for Your Innovation Pipeline

ITONICS

Identifying opportunities and risks is crucial at the beginning of the innovation lifecycle, shaping strategy and guiding where to invest resources and how to navigate the development of solutions. However, this process is not confined to the initial stages but is integral throughout the entire innovation lifecycle. It serves as a mechanism for continual validation, ensuring that ideas and projects in your pipeline remain relevant and aligned with market needs and potential hazards.

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Helping You Breathe EZ

Yet2

Tight deadlines, siloed information, and demanding stakeholders: it’s all enough to make you hold your breath. In the fast-paced world of innovation, every moment counts. Wasting time meandering through a slog of contract paperwork and meetings gets in the way of making tangible progress. Luckily for you, yet2 is here to help you breathe easy with our EZ-Button service featuring fast turnarounds with first results in 5 days.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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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To Accelerate Growth, Analyze Your Company Like an Investor

Harvard Business Review

Private equity (PE) firms have a proven approach to identify areas for revenue growth, value creation, and cost reduction: due diligence. But companies rarely use this same approach in the execution of their own growth strategy. This is a missed opportunity. The same due diligence skills and tools can be found in most large companies, but they are usually siloed in the corporate development team — the folks who handle M&A, who rarely have a chance to apply their expertise to a company’s ongoing

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Innovation is Effectal

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Dennis Stauffer We all learned quite early in life that the world around us works according to cause and effect. That things move in predictable ways. There are reasons why things happen and our actions have consequences. Scientists call this determinism, and most would argue that it governs the universe.

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Games People Play

Rmukesh Gupta

French Anthropologist Roger Caillois categorized games into four classes—Agon (competition), Alea (chance), Ilinx (consciousness altering), and Mimicry (alternate reality)—that, according to the content's author, are instrumental for leaders to create intentional, memorable experiences. The application of these games in leadership aims to encourage desired behaviors, mark special moments, foster deep connections, and engender a competitive spirit, ultimately differentiating exceptional leaders w

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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

Every successful company has one thing in common: a deep-seated commitment to innovation. It’s the secret sauce that has transformed startups into tech giants and turned traditional businesses into market leaders. Innovation isn’t just about the next big idea; it’s a multifaceted strategy that businesses employ to navigate through the twists and turns of today’s dynamic markets.

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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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Research: How Different Fields Are Using GenAI to Redefine Roles

Harvard Business Review

The interactive, conversational, analytical, and generative features of GenAI offer support for creativity, problem-solving, and processing and digestion of large bodies of information. Therefore, these features can act as cognitive resources for knowledge workers. Moreover, the capabilities of GenAI can mitigate various hindrances to effective performance that knowledge workers may encounter in their jobs, including time pressure, gaps in knowledge and skills, and negative feelings (such as bor

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Challenging the Assumption of the Status Quo

Innovation Excellence

(A Lesson Learned from Yogurt) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In September 2006, I moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, on a temporary assignment with BCG. As one does when arriving somewhere for an extended period, I went to the grocery store to stock my kitchen.

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What Does It Mean to Be PIVOTAL?

Stephen Shapiro

We live in uncertain times. It’s hard to know what to do next. But in a world of chaos, we need stability, predictability, and certainty. Although the future is unknown, our past gives clues as to what we can and should keep doing. It provides insights on where to focus to get the greatest results. Instead of pivoting and spinning, now is the time to be pivotal.

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The Case for Welcoming an Outside Perspective

BrainZooming

It’s easy, particularly after a significant passage of time, to not even realize what’s going on around you. When you are so deeply immersed in an environment that you lose any comparative reference, one thing becomes imperative. You need an outside perspective to help you fully understand your reality and possibilities.

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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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How Pixar Fosters a Culture of Vulnerability at Work

Harvard Business Review

In an era where the boundary between work and personal life is increasingly blurred, navigating personal story sharing demands a nuanced approach. For workers, sharing the personal remains essential to their well-being and success, but requires an intentional and strategic approach. The way forward for leaders involves dismantling workplace paradigms that penalize some individuals for sharing with vulnerability.

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How to Track and Report R&D KPIs Using ITONICS

ITONICS

Traditional methods of tracking R&D KPIs, such as spreadsheets or standalone software, are often cumbersome, time-consuming, and prone to errors. These methods lack real-time visibility, making it difficult for stakeholders to make informed decisions promptly.

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It’s Not About Being Tough, It’s About Growth: Giving Useful Feedback

CMOE

We’ve all heard the phrase “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” but that’s just simply not true. Words can and do hurt, especially when someone criticizes something you’ve created or a talent that you’ve worked hard to develop and view as a personal strength, like the skills required in your role. There is often a negative perception of feedback because it’s commonly used to discuss something that was done wrong or a mistake that was made.

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ICL – Case Study

Qmarkets

Discover the incredible story of ICL's BIG Internal Innovation Accelerator, powered by Qmarkets idea management software, that is generating hundreds of thousands of dollars of operating income per year for the global leader in the minerals industry. Find out how they set up their program and get 8 key takeaways that will help you to replicate their success at your own organization.

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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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Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Program with Real Impact

Harvard Business Review

Exploring the critical role of experimentation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), research on four multinational companies reveals a stark difference in CSR effectiveness. Successful companies integrate an experimental approach, constantly adapting their CSR practices based on local feedback and knowledge. This strategy fosters genuine community engagement and responsive initiatives, as seen in a mining company’s impactful HIV/AIDS program.

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Unleashing Growth: Navigating Retail Success with Continuous Improvement

Kainexus

Staying ahead of the curve is paramount to success in the ever-evolving retail landscape. With consumer preferences, market trends, and technology constantly shifting, retailers must adapt and innovate continuously to remain competitive. This is where the concept of continuous improvement becomes invaluable. By fostering a culture of constant improvement, retail organizations can not only meet the changing demands of consumers but also drive operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, a

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Building Tomorrow: Dubai's Museum Of The Future And Visa Have Embarked On A Mission To Create Thriving Communities

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The partnership supports Dubai's and the global community's acceleration towards readiness for the future, demonstrating the museum and Visa's joint commitment to showcasing game changing technologies and concepts.

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Paradox of Devotion and Detachment

Faisal Hoque

"In the balance of devotion and detachment, let me be open to infinite possibilities.

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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.

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Why Some Companies Grow Amid Uncertainty — and Others Don’t

Harvard Business Review

A survey of 3,000 global executives suggests that it’s not strategic thinking that sets them apart. It’s their inclination to move quickly.

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What Is Creative Potential and How to Transform It Into Business Outcomes

Carla Johnson

March 26, 2024 Imagine walking into a room filled with the brightest minds, each one bouncing ideas off the other. You bathe in the energy of possibilities! That’s the power of creative potential. It’s the blend of imagination, problem-solving, and innovation that lives inside of all of us.

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Eliminate the Bosses? Organizational Transformation or Corporate Fad?

Michael Roberto

Source: [link] The Wall Street Journal's Chip Cutter has written about the transformation underway at Bayer, led by its new CEO, Bill Anderson. The article is titled, "One CEO’s Radical Fix for Corporate Troubles: Purge the Bosses." The 160-year-old company has struggled mightily in recent years, particularly after a problematic acquisition of Monsanto.

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Is Crypto Cleaning Up Its Act?

Harvard Business Review

This article argues that markets in crypto-assets such as Bitcoin are maturing. This is partly due to firmer regulation and a greater willingness of crypto-asset creators to accept existing regulation. But there is also evidence that innovative moves by crypto-asset issuers to create new vehicles for investment in crypto-assets have improved price efficiency and market liquidity, making investment in crypto-assets safer for investors.

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib