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Creating a Dynamic Team Collaboration Culture

Leapfrogging

Imagine a workplace where folks actually work together —wild concept, right? Team collaboration culture is just that: a place where sharing ideas, supporting each other, and aiming for the same goals are the norm. Picture open chats, respect popping up all over, and teamwork turning solo tasks into group symphonies. Here, everyone pools their strengths, and guess what?

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What Price Success?

Destination Innovation

We are encouraged to strive for success and if we if achieve some level of success we are encouraged to try for even more. But great success often comes with a cost. Pressure, anxiety and depression can be the companions of attainment. Liam Payne took part in the TV show, Britain’s got Talent at the age of 14. He was chosen to join a freshly created boy band, One Direction, which went on to worldwide chart success and huge media focus.

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Moving from Open Innovation to Innovation Ecosystems

Paul Hobcraft

Building Innovation Ecosystems can tackle unique challenges How do we differentiate (traditional) approaches of Innovation to (evolving) Innovation Ecosystems? Is your innovation process closed only to you? Or have you gone to being more open in innovation with outside selected partners? Well we do need to move beyond both of these and start thinking and designing with Innovation Ecosystems.

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The Future of Education is Now: Preparing Schools for Tomorrow with Innovation Management Software

IdeaScale

Education is rapidly evolving, driven by technological advancements, changing student needs, and the demand for more personalized, flexible learning experiences. As the landscape shifts, schools must be proactive in preparing for the future.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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We Live In Dangerous, Confusing Times. Here’s How To Make Sense Of Them.

Digital Tonto

Western society tends toward reductionism. We focus on our own particular area of expertise, learning subtle nuances largely invisible to those outside the field. As a result, we tend to overvalue developments within our realm of knowledge, while that which lies outside our immediate attention often seems less relevant. Yet the reality is that everything is connected.

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Thrive Together: Cultivating Collaborative Corporate Culture

Leapfrogging

Hey, let’s face it: teamwork makes the dream work. If you’re running the show and want to turn that dream into reality, understanding why getting folks to work together is a game-changer is your first step. Why Teamwork is Your Best Friend In a world where everyone’s connected, getting your team to work together isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s everything, really.

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Is Your Career Heading in the Right Direction?

Harvard Business Review

In our busy lives, it’s hard to find enough time to pause and reflect. But if we never make the time, we may just end up running fast in the wrong direction — and this is especially true when it comes to our careers. That’s why, once a quarter, it’s useful to run through this three-step exercise, or do a “career detox.” The first step involves turning inward and asking yourself a series of reflective questions focused on whether you’re still happy with your current path.

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Innovation is Combination

Innovation Excellence

Silicon Valley’s Innovator’s Dilemma – The Atom, The Bit And The Gene GUEST POST from Greg Satell Over the past several decades, innovation has become largely synonymous with digital technology.

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The Future of Healthcare: Embracing Anticipatory Strategies to Drive Innovation and Patient Care

Daniel Burrus

As healthcare rapidly evolves, leaders must not only react to current challenges but also anticipate future disruptions and opportunities. This shift from reactive to anticipatory healthcare , is more than just a buzzword—it’s a vital strategy for improving patient outcomes, optimizing operations, and advancing innovation in a sector critical to global well-being.

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Empowerment Through Unity: The Path to Collaboration

Leapfrogging

If you want to boost your team’s mojo and see some real improvements, it’s all about getting the crew to work together. A solid team vibe leads to better results and keeps everyone feeling like they’re part of something bigger. Benefits of a Collaborative Team Culture Getting everyone on the same page ain’t just about good karma. It brings serious perks that can shake things up in your business.

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How To Select the Right Software for Innovation Management

Finding the right innovation management software is like picking a racing bike—it's essential to consider your unique needs rather than just flashy features. This oversight can stall your innovation efforts. Download now to explore key considerations for success!

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Redefining Business Models in the Age of AI: People, Purpose, and Profit

Tullio Siragusa

Redefining Business Models in the Age of AI: People, Purpose, and Profit As we stand on the precipice of unprecedented technological advancement, the future of business isn’t just being shaped by automation and AI — it’s being redefined by how we choose to integrate people, purpose, and profit into these evolving models. After listening to Xiaochen Zhang, founder of FinTech for Good, on The Bliss Business Podcast , it’s clear that we are entering a phase where AI will fundamentally reshape not o

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How to Use AI to Build Your Company’s Collective Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

When done right, AI can not only improve short-term productivity of organizations but can also increase their long-term performance by expanding the space of opportunities the organization considers by supporting learning, increasing intellectual diversity, and enhancing organizational culture. That is, it can increase the organization’s collective intelligence.

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Sometimes to Innovate You Must Do the Following

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski What it takes to do new work: Confidence to get it wrong and confidence to do it early and often. Purposeful misuse of worst practices in a way that makes them the right practices. Tolerance for not knowing what to do next and tolerance for those uncomfortable with that.

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Business Strategy How-to Guide: Develop, Implement, Evaluate

CMOE

In today’s perpetually shifting and disruptive business climate, having a formalized business strategy is essential for long-term success. A well-crafted strategy not only helps navigate challenges but also seizes opportunities for growth and innovation. In this comprehensive guide, CMOE delves into the multifaceted nature of business strategy, from its foundational principles to its practical implementation.

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How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy

Speaker: Paul Heller

Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro

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Nurturing a Collaborative Organizational Culture

Leapfrogging

Making your workplace a more team-friendly zone can boost the whole crew’s mojo and lead to some serious wins. Let’s take a dip into how this whole teamwork gig works and why it’s such a big deal for your game plan. What’s the Big Idea with a Collaborative Culture? A team-focused workplace gets everyone playing nice and chatting openly, with a heaping side of respect.

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Align Your Team and Culture for Growth

Innovators Alliance

Many of us have heard or even lamented that the “soft stuff is hard”; but what does this mean and what are the implications for organizations interested in growth? First off, admission is often a good first step. Yes, that soft stuff is indeed hard as heck for a couple of reasons: One: “soft” means intangible or even invisible which makes it hard to put your finger on, or quantify; Two: “soft” stuff is largely connected to people and culture dynamics The inconvenient truth is that the soft stuff

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Why Marketers Are Spending Less on Social Media

Harvard Business Review

A bi-annual poll of U.S. marketing leaders found that social media investments have declined to their lowest level in seven years. An analysis of poll data suggests that lack of strategy fit, weak returns, and new competition from retail media may help explain this dip. Researchers leverage their findings to offer suggestions to marketers on how to overcome past strategy misalignment in order to continue to benefit from social media’s immediacy and pervasiveness, including through the use of Gen

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Customer Service Makes You Money

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Necessity is the mother of invention. In 2003, Marton Anka, the founder of LogMeIn, now GoTo, spent three hours a day in Budapest crossing a bridge between Buda and Pest, the two halves of Hungary’s capital.

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Driving Responsible Innovation: How to Navigate AI Governance & Data Privacy

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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Three Skills We Need to Continue to Improve for Life

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise There are three things that we need to continue to work and improve as leaders, in order to continue to be an effective leader. These are fundamental in our evolution as a leader and true irrespective of where in the leadership ladder you are at. Believe What we believe have a significant impact on how and what we think is possible. The belief systems are usually sub-conscious in nature and most leaders are not aware of their own beliefs and how they affect our thinking and actions.

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Harmonizing Teams is Key to a Strong Collaborative Culture

Leapfrogging

A collaborative business culture is all about an environment where people and groups willingly share knowledge, bounce around ideas, and swap resources to hit shared targets. This vibe pushes open chats, respect all around, and a team effort in tackling issues. In this setup, folks feel like they’re making a mark with their own viewpoints and skills, which cranks up creativity and efficiency.

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Leveraging Industrial DevOps: Insights from Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman 

Planview

What if a simple shift in your operating model could lead to significantly higher returns and improved operating margins for cyber-physical systems? In the latest Mik + One podcast, Dr. Mik Kersten, Chief Technology Officer at Planview, sat down with Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman to discuss their groundbreaking work on Industrial DevOps and its potential to revolutionize the development of cyber-physical systems.

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Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Don’t Achieve Better Outcomes

Harvard Business Review

By 2026, global corporate spending on wellness programs is set to top $94.6 billion, yet anticipated improvements in well-being are not being realized, and, in fact, mental health needs are continuing to rise around the world. Drawing on a large body of recent research, the authors argue that well-being programs are failing, in part, because they focus on individual solutions rather than the broader systems that affect workers.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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How Leaders Make Employees Feel Respected

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from David Burkus Leadership is about relationships. And the cornerstone of just about every relationship is respect. When employees feel respected, they are more engaged, motivated, and productive. But many managers struggle to convey their respect to team members. Consequently, colleagues often experience a sense of being undervalued, disconnected, or even inferior.

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AI-Enhanced Technology Scouting – Customers

Qmarkets

Join us as we showcase the power of our new and improved Q-scout technology scouting software. With the launch of our AI-enhanced startup research, you can now easily manage a process to commercialize solutions and technologies from a network of over 500K startups from across the globe.

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New Trends in Functionalizing Food-Adjacencies: Unlocking Human Health Potential

Yet2

Words by yet2 CEO Tim Bernstein Functionalizing food is not a new idea. However, this year, yet2 is seeing a new cycle of innovation in latest ingredients and new food formats. The key to this new cycle of functionalizing food adjacencies, lies in developing food formats that not only enhance consumer health care delivery but also maintain sensory standards and compliance with regulatory standards.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation, ServiceNow, Best-Selling Author & Digital Futurist

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

At a Glance Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation, ServiceNow, Best-Selling Author & Digital Futurist Focus Areas : Digital Disruption, Innovation, Customer Experience, Future of Work Thinkers360 In-Depth Profile & Portfolio: Brian Solis Social Media: LinkedIn | X Books: Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future , Lifescale: Take control of distractions to live a more creative, productive and happy lif e.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Research: Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Have to Stress Workers Out

Harvard Business Review

Pay-for-performance (PFP) is considered one of the strongest tools to motivate employees, yet despite its popularity, it can sometimes create stress for workers that results in decreased performance, creativity, and engagement. New research suggests that how employees view their supervisor has a role in determining whether workers view PFP as a motivating challenge, leading them to achieve new heights, or a stressful threat that impacts their work.

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Humanizing Agility

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack Like many others, I invested time in isolation during the pandemic to engage in various online learning programs. As a highly credentialed coach to many global Agile and SCRUM leaders in major international and local organizations, I enrolled in an Agile coach certification program and enthusiastically attended all daily sessions.

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Best Practices for a Performance Improvement Discussion

CMOE

Even the most exceptional team members encounter challenges or plateaus in their performance from time to time. Recognizing this, it’s essential to approach such instances as opportunities for growth rather than setbacks or obstacles. Performance improvement discussions, when conducted thoughtfully, can foster trust, growth and development. Effective leadership necessitates the ability to conduct meaningful performance discussions.

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First Principles Based Leadership Requires First Order Learning

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise I read this post by John Hunter, which was originally published in 2014 but is still very relevant. In this blog, he shares one key insight from the work of Deming – managing (or leading) can’t be taught (prescriptive) and needs to be learnt (experiential). First Order Learning Vs Second Order Learning One needs to learn to lead by leading and to manage by managing.

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How to Master Product Portfolio Management

Pursuing product portfolio management excellence empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their offerings. This comprehensive guide unveils 10 essential keys that serve as the building blocks for success.