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Strategic foresight: learning from Steve Jobs

Norbert Bol

This discipline includes all activities related to forecasting, scenario analysis, action planning and decision making about strategy. Paul Ricoeur developed a theory about narrative and time (see figure 1) to explain how we can build a coherent stories learning from the past, the present and the future. Have a great day! Norbert Bol.

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7 Top Business Intelligence Trends to Watch for in 2019 and Beyond

Acuvate

Here are some BI trends that we believe will have a great impact in 2019 and beyond. #1 A study conducted by Gartner predicts that by the end of 2019, analytics output from self-service BI software will surpass the analytics output of data scientists. The past few years have seen BI systems go through different evolutions.

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The NFL Draft: Are Teams Getting Better at Selecting Talent?

Michael Roberto

quarterbacks per year in the period from 2000-2019. 50% of the quarterbacks picked in the first round from 2000-2019 made the Pro Bowl at least once. From 2000-2019, only 5 of the 56 quarterbacks chosen in the first round have won a Super Bowl (just 9%). What are the lessons from this analysis? That number rose to 2.8

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What Can Your Business Learn About Innovation from Shark Tank Ideas?

IdeaScale

Just appearing on the show is marketing so invaluable it can double, triple, or more a company’s revenue, according to an analysis by Inc. The Gato Cafe, for example, struck out hard, yet by 2019, there were 125 cat cafes around the world. Most of the companies in the above clip are still in business and even thriving.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

We'll examine the importance of UX and user-centric feature analysis, the adaptation of Agile Methodologies to the creative process, as well as a way to drive successful culture change for setting expectations and winning approvals with cross-functional stakeholders. May 9, 2019 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EDT, 7:00 PM BST

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What You Can Learn About Goal Setting from the Manhattan Project

Leapfrogging

The program was a massive undertaking, requiring the synchronized work of over 130,000 people and costing over $2 billion (more than $23 billion in 2019 dollars). After conducting the Critical Path Analysis, you will be able to select your Critical Path which will drive the most likely path to success. Still want to learn more?

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Social intelligence tools allow for deeper analysis of consumer behavior.

Brunner

Social intelligence is using machine learning to analyze social data, and it’s using that data to answer some of marketing’s toughest questions: What are my consumers talking about? That’s the benefit social intelligence provides: It allows for a deeper level of analysis and a more accurate interpretation of the available data, she added.