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How Communities Are Leveraging Technology to Address Racial Equity

IdeaScale

Overview: Technology is allowing communities to both understand the scale and the nature of racial inequity in their midst. By improving access to technology, developing more effective technology, and using it to drive policy, they’re beginning to address long-standing racial issues. Is Technology Biased?

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The Risks of Sticking with Legacy Technology

Daniel Burrus

Legacy technology is like that old pair of jeans you wore as a teenager. Move that anecdote onto a larger stage and you have a fairly accurate picture of why many organizations hold on to legacy technology—tools that are long outdated: comfort. In a world of exponential change, legacy technology is trouble. Compliance penalties.

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Titans of Transformation: 5 Outstanding Examples of Innovation in Business

Qmarkets

In this article, we’ll explore five inspiring examples of innovation in business (both disruptive and incremental ), and what lessons they offer concerning survival on today’s uncertain corporate landscape. Philip Morris International (PMI) presents a prime example of this. custom text, personalization, etc).

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Elevate the Customer Experience with Idea Management Software

IdeaScale

This crucial process is helping companies improve customer experience while embracing new tools and technologies. For example, an organization leader may look to a specific department or team for ideas about a new initiative, but could receive more robust feedback by reaching out to different departments or even customers for new ideas.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Aruna Ravichandran, SVP & Chief Marketing and Customer Officer for Webex, Cisco

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

Aruna is an industry expert on SaaS marketing and enterprise technology with over 20 years of experience in building and marketing products in various markets such as IT Operations Management, Analytics, Cloud, Data Center and financial services companies. At Cisco, we believe that the office must be a magnet, not a mandate.

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What Makes Switzerland a Leader in Innovation?

IdeaScale

Switzerland is a global leader due to their level of scientific knowledge and their ability to launch technologies into consumables for the market. In the future, humankind is going to need other power technologies of high quality … Clean technologies and power production should become a part of this solution.”

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5 Takeaways from the 2016 Chief Innovation Officer Summit in New York

Planview

The recent 2016 Chief Innovation Officer Summit in New York saw no shortage of phenomenal topics, speakers, and discussions. Disruptive technologies like virtual and augmented reality. Related article: 6 Key Takeaways from the 2016 Chief Innovation Officer Summit. Financial services is a classic example of this.