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Tony Hsieh – The Remarkable Cultural Innovator at Zappos

Destination Innovation

In 2013 it became a holacracy without job titles, where employees could self-organize. New hires spend their first few weeks manning phones in the call centre learning how to respond to customer needs. He organized a major re-development and revitalization project for the dilapidated downtown area of Las Vegas.

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16 New Things I’m Thankful For (2013 Edition)

CorporateIntel

I learn a lot from these mutts, and they don’t much complain when I read dialogue to them. 8) Good Men Project is at record traffic levels and building a tremendous community. 14) I am working on my next writing project with one of the most talented editor/publishers a fellow could ever hope to welcome into his life.

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USA Falling Behind in Innovation

Gregg Fraley

Infrastructure and Education Project Idea: Learn, Build, Innovate USA. Learn, Build, Innovate USA is an idea for a national project. As the long term project happens, the USA will improve in innovation capacity , while creating jobs, skilled people, and a new America. The Solution is a Mash-Up National Project.

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Press Release – Bubble PPM achieves ISO 27001 certification

Bubblegroup

Bubble, a leading provider of cloud-based Project and Portfolio Management Software, today announced that it has received the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 security certification (ISO 27001), one of the most widely recognized and internationally accepted information security standards. Cambridge, UK | 9 th January 2018. This is surprising.

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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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U.S. Army Announces New Digital Transformation Strategy

IdeaScale

Reform, defined by the Army as “optimized and mission-aligned digital investments providing greater value,” is seen as changing how things are done to reflect lessons learned in the private sector. With IT, this presents a particular challenge as eight years can be an eternity.

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Awesome Innovation Infographic To Double Your Effectiveness

Gijs Van Wulfen

And Stage-Gate Guru Robert Cooper shows that of every seven new product/service projects, about four enter development, 1.5 The innovation methodology is called FORTH – an acronym found in the first letter of each of the 5 steps: Full Steam Ahead, Observe & Learn, Raise Ideas, Test Ideas and Homecoming.