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Were we all upside down in 2022?

Paul Hobcraft

What an utterly strange year, 2022 has been. Technology that connects and combines people and intelligence offer a real path to manage with speed, scale and agility. The post Were we all upside down in 2022? Image adapted from Imaginary Forces for this post.

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16 Best Free Online Brainstorming Tools in 2022

IdeaScale

What are the best tools for brainstorming in 2022? A “like” button serves as an informal polling mechanism among teams, especially if you’re managing a big group. Remote and hybrid work are becoming the new norms.

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The need for Transformational Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Championing transformational innovation needs a compelling story or narrative to be built, told and retold so that over a given time, you convince and persuade management and your organization to see the value, the time and commitment and potential to moving towards this different value proposition.

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Phasing the Energy Transition by Technology and Horizon Management

Paul Hobcraft

The post Phasing the Energy Transition by Technology and Horizon Management first appeared on Paul4innovating Innovation Views. Applying the Three Horizon Methodology is an Evolutionary Perspective.

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Fuel the Engine of Product Growth with an Impeccable Framing Model

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst - President, Tyner Blain

Attend this webinar to learn a framing model of the key decisions that give a product a chance to succeed and fuel the engine of growth!

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How to Increase Employee Engagement and Productivity at Your Business

Qmarkets

Quiet quitters are a classic example of poorly engaged employees. Employee engagement refers to the extent to which a company’s staff are invested in their roles and in the success of the business as a whole. Highly engaged employees, on the other hand, are invested in their work.

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Success results from deeper engagement and more holistic thinking

Jeffrey Phillips

Time and engagement are the enemy, and only careful discernment and holistic thinking can solve these challenges

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Please, we need a different Innovation narrative

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation “fights” to attract resources, gain management attention or understand its difficulties in the time it takes, its potential risks and its need for a more ambitious and bold commitment of support. Often innovation activity frustrates senior management.

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Qmarkets recognized as Leader in the 2022 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Retail Innovation Management Platforms

Qmarkets

TEL-AVIV, April 26 th , 2022. Qmarkets was recently named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Innovation Management Platforms 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US47455321, April 2022).

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Building out our innovation ecosystem in design and thinking

Paul Hobcraft

To achieve this evolution and allow innovation to thrive and work, organizations need to become better equipped in supporting knowledge, data, insights and people in their data handling, management, analysis sharing and processing.

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The linkages of innovating purpose

Paul Hobcraft

I outlined in a post in May 2022, “ linking sense of innovating purpose “, my ten points of linkage need, and I want to build on this further here in some explanations for each of the linkages. The linkages of innovation purpose.

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Idea Board Software Accelerates Innovation & Engagement

Kainexus

Idea boards are a helpful visual management technique. Visual ManagementThey help keep improvement work front and center and make it easy for everyone to recognize progress. However, there are some pretty significant limits to the usefulness of physical idea boards hanging on a wall.

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New innovation approaches to counter the fear of Business Contagion

Paul Hobcraft

We are at the cusp or already into significant changes to how the world, society and we as individuals will manage or engage going into the future. These do not stand alone, they make up the new strength within the fabric of innovation management, hence my interwoven application.

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Establishing an innovative business platform adoption approach

Paul Hobcraft

The platform’s ability to offer multiple values will influence many of the client’s adoption decisions over the choices their business will engage with. Each of these needs a definitive engagement process by the business platform provider.

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Why do we need to change our thinking about innovation?

Paul Hobcraft

Beginning to engage with my own network of innovation experts. One major reference point here is Siemens Xcelerator, which only launched on 1st July 2022. The Innovation Ecosystem Cascading Effect.

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What impact does a Hybrid working model have on performance?

Idea to Value

And Elon Musk sent an email to all Tesla employees on 31 May 2022 sent by Musk to Tesla employees, saying: “Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean minimum) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla.

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An innovation framework that offers a formula for sustainable advantage

Paul Hobcraft

Connecting Knowledge Management with finding ongoing Business Value. A formula to build a framework for sustainable innovation. Here is my solution that I think is worth working through first to absorb it and its combination.

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How Women Can Overcome Barriers That Some Men Don’t Even See

Business and Tech

Laura Putnam Author, “Workplace Wellness That Works;” CEO, Motion Infusion; Creator, Managers on the Move. For example, I discussed how some people can take breaks to engage in well-being activities, while others cannot. Managers also need to be awakened to the key role they play.

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Most corporations don’t understand how much change is created by innovation. 

Paul Hobcraft

I will always recommend this three horizon framework to so much of our need to think about managing differently the today, the tomorrow and the future, they need to be thought through in very distinct ways. The Value of the Three Horizons of Seeing Beyond.

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Barriers to innovation, the cause and effect.

Paul Hobcraft

We do need to recognize innovation carries more risk and uncertainty and should have a much “higher share of voice” in the organization for constant awareness, engagement and being informed. The mechanism to manage time and pace in a highly dynamic, response way is often missing.

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The Hidden Epidemic of Sleep Deprivation

Business and Tech

Treatments like digital cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBTi) have been shown to be highly effective for many common sleep disorders, for example, but it is often difficult for people to even learn about eCBTi, much less engage with it.

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Qmarkets recognized as Leader in the 2022 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Retail Innovation Management Platforms

Qmarkets

TEL-AVIV, April 26 th , 2022. Qmarkets was recently named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Innovation Management Platforms 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US47455321, April 2022). According to an IDC press release (“ New IDC MarketScape Evaluates Worldwide Retail Innovation Management Platforms Specialty Software Providers “) the MarketScape report evaluates the capabilities and strategies of 10 global innovation management software providers.

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How To Increase Employee Engagement and Productivity at Your Business

Qmarkets

Quiet quitters are a classic example of poorly engaged employees. Employee engagement refers to the extent to which a company’s staff are invested in their roles and in the success of the business as a whole. Highly engaged employees, on the other hand, are invested in their work.

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Innovation requires a more dynamic systematic approach

Paul Hobcraft

The difficulty for many is that innovation is a complex process that has many intangibles within the total mix to manage. There are so many challenges in managing innovation. You must provide an adaptive organization to manage these and many more than the abovementioned areas.

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3 Experts Predict the Future of the Retail Technology Industry

Business and Tech

What does “smart retail” mean to you in 2022? SP: Providing consumer, merchandise, and supply chain data to every channel in near real-time is the biggest challenge to a seamless consumer experience and to managing profitability in an omnichannel environment.

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How to Increase Employee Engagement and Productivity at Your Business

Qmarkets

Quiet quitters are a classic example of poorly engaged employees. Employee engagement refers to the extent to which a company’s staff are invested in their roles and in the success of the business as a whole. Highly engaged employees, on the other hand, are invested in their work.

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Strategy and Innovation Management: The Innovators Dashboard

Innovators Alliance

We are thrilled to announce our new app for strategic planning and innovation management: the Innovators Dashboard, a proprietary, digital strategic planning and innovation tool developed for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. Advanced tools for detailed managing of company-wide innovation.

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Confronting Your Darwin Effect through Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Finally, what kinds of management responses can best deal with inertia to stimulate and redirect its “untapped” energy towards fresh innovation; t his is the inward-facing dilemma that needs to be addressed. Confronting Your Darwin Effect through innovation.

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Why a Caring Culture Is Essential for a Healthy Employee Experience

Business and Tech

Companies that create and nurture a culture of care have more engaged employees and reduced turnover. By putting well-being at the heart of the employee experience, Limeade reduces burnout and turnover while increasing well-being and engagement — ultimately elevating business performance.

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Experts Predict the Future of the Retail Technology Industry

Business and Tech

Lori Greiner Investor, ABC’s “Shark Tank” What does “smart retail” mean to you in 2022? A panel of retail experts share their insights on the future of retail technology, the challenges it poses, and how it can be utilized to improve the customer experience and boost profits.

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The Profitability of Well-Being: The New Corporate Priority

Business and Tech

This is evident in a recent report from MIT Sloan Management Review , which found more employees quitting their jobs to run away from toxic workplace culture. These changes are integral to boosting employee well-being, engagement, and, in turn, productivity.

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Acuvate’s 2022 Year In Review Bidding farewell to one of Acuvate’s best years yet

Acuvate

And our most significant achievements in 2022 have been aligned with this goal. Solving complex global issues in 2022 The last few years at Acuvate have been about building a solution-led mindset, building platforms and solutions with AI, data, IoT and other cutting-edge technologies.

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Bringing the Shopping Experience Into the Future

Business and Tech

Chan Liban is a former training and development manager at a global apparel, accessories and lifestyle brand and current senior customer success manager at Bigtincan , maker of an AI-powered Associate Empowerment Hub.

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Why Are Transformations So Hard to Manage?

Innovation Excellence

Three types exist, and each requires different change strategies, plans and degrees of employee engagement. GUEST POST from Drs. Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman Anderson Knowing which type of change your organization is undergoing is critical to your success.

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How to Develop a Culture That Puts Employees First

Business and Tech

While ensuring employees have a good experience at work, employers must go further and ensure their workers are engaged. Employee engagement surveys are a good start, but they are not enough on their own.

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The Importance of Prioritizing Employee Well-Being and Psychological Safety

Business and Tech

If you want to build a thriving organization, you need engaged employees, and one of the best ways to support the health of your employees and the growth of your company — especially as the pandemic continues — is by rolling out a wellness program.

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Bradley Leimer Shares His Tips for Financial Wellness

Business and Tech

On top of these apps to track your savings and spending, there are an increasing amount of financial technology — ‘fintech’— applications that can help manage your entire banking relationship. Bradley Leimer Co-Founder, Unconventional Ventures.

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Why Mental Health Benefits Are Key to Retaining Your Best Employees

Business and Tech

Turnover contagion” is an HR management concept that adds fuel to the resignation fire. In the midst of today’s “Great Resignation,” attracting and retaining talent has quickly become employers’ biggest challenge. Cynthia Castro Sweet, Ph.D. Senior Director of Clinical Research, Modern Health.

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The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Investing in Your Employees

Business and Tech

Eric Koslow, CTO and co-founder of Lattice, a workforce management company, has seen that dynamic firsthand. For example, Lattice is a great place to build in conversation starters between manager and employees in the weekly check-in report.”.

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Store Shelves Can’t Be Full When Staff Rosters Are Empty

Business and Tech

Retail robots manage inventory by scanning shelves to ensure products are in stock, in the proper location, and labeled with the correct price. One place where the human touch is still necessary is in management. Effective engagement helps employers retain and grow staff.

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The Future of Work: Architecting Tomorrow’s Digital Experiences

Business and Tech

Discussions over the water cooler and forged relationships between managers and employers provided honest, organic insights about what people were experiencing and what solutions would help them thrive.

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Cultivate Innovation by Managing with Empathy

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Douglas Ferguson Managing with empathy is a leader’s superpower. Empathy opens the door to increased innovation, collaboration, and engagement.

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The lost innovation pathway

Paul Hobcraft

It’s about leadership, organizational structure, knowledge management, corporate purpose and values, norms regarding collaboration, and strategic foresight processes. The economies of scale organization are hierarchical and control focused, as is the mindset of its managers.