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Innovation Management Data Trends from 2021: What Can We Learn About 2022?

InnovationManagement

Many people have said that 2021 was 2020 Part II, but IdeaScale looked at some of our system data (as we do every year) to see what we could learn, and there are a few key trends we think are different from 2020, and that we think bode well for a creative 2022.

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Why Unlearning Is At Least As Important As Learning

Digital Tonto

I had some experience selling national radio time in New York and thought I could teach the Poles who, after 50 years of communism, hadn’t had much opportunity to learn how a modern ad market functioned. We need to unlearn the past if we are to learn how to build a new future.

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16 Best Free Online Brainstorming Tools in 2022

IdeaScale

What are the best tools for brainstorming in 2022? Start with this excellent video by Sprouts, an online organization dedicated to learning, science, and ideation. A “like” button serves as an informal polling mechanism among teams, especially if you’re managing a big group.

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Scientific Management, Taylorism and how employees are prevented from innovating

Idea to Value

Today I want to highlight another great episode on a topic I learned a lot more about: Taylorism. It was the birth of a management theory, called scientific management or Taylorism.

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Why the Product Message Should Come From Product Management

Speaker: Jordan Bergtraum, Head of Product at Equip ID & Consultant

Join Jordan Bergtraum, Head of Product at Equip ID & Consultant, as he tells you why Product Management should create the initial Product message and how to create a compelling Product message!

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We All Need To Learn The Change Lifecycle

Digital Tonto

Middle managers complain that they are bursting with ideas, but can’t get the bosses to go along. There are natural laws that govern change and these laws can be learned and applied by anyone. But change has a lifecycle that we can learn to manage and exploit.

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L.I.V.E. (Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution): A new, more effective way to manage multiple innovation projects

Idea to Value

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. The problem with traditional project management techniques. Want to learn more?

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Learning From Mistakes Is What Separates Truly Revolutionary Leaders From Everyone Else

Digital Tonto

All Posts Management Leadership TransformationThere’s nothing quite like the rapture of an epiphany, that initial flash of insight which is still pure and innocent, before the harsh realities of the world muck it up with a bunch of inconvenient. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Top 5: How to plan your 2023 innovation activities and events for maximum success

Idea to Value

Hi there, With 2022 almost behind us, a lot of companies and teams are planning their next steps for 2023. This is especially true for venture and innovation teams, who let’s face it, many of whom had a very tough 2022.

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Phasing the Energy Transition by Technology and Horizon Management

Paul Hobcraft

Then you have the second voice, the voice of the entrepreneur or pioneer, the one eager to experiment, try out new things, wants to push further, explore and extend, accept some aspects will not work but keen to investigate, experiment and learn from these discoveries.

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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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A PM's Guide to Building a Culture of Product Innovation

Speaker: Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

Attend this webinar to benchmark your organization’s innovation potential and learn what it takes to create a culture of innovation!

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Plan the Unplanned. Ways to be Spontaneous at Work.

Destination Innovation

Encourage people to have a coffee or lunch with someone from another department – just to have a chat and learn what is happening elsewhere in the business. The group then shares their stories and learnings.

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Employers Making Strides To Improve Workplace Mental Health

Business and Tech

The mix of applications from health care to construction really shows organizations across the board are prioritizing employee wellbeing,” said Taylor Adams, director of workplace mental health at MHA and the one who developed and manages the Bell Seal program. “We

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Bring Newness to Corporate Learning with Gamification

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack I was first introduced to gamification upon meeting Mario Herger, in 2012, when he was a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs LLC, in Israel, as a participant in his two-day gamification workshop for Checkpoint Security Software.

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Stop Expecting People To Act Rationally! Here’s Why:

Digital Tonto

Related posts: 5 Things I Learned From Managing People. All Posts ManagementIn an earlier age, organizations were far more hierarchical. Power rested at the top. Information flowed up, orders went down, work got done and people got paid. Incentives seemed to work.

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Employers: Help Your Workers Reduce Stress With Financial Wellness Education

Business and Tech

A recent Mental Wealth survey by Laurel Road, KeyBank’s digital banking platform for healthcare and business professionals, found that 72% of Americans under the age of 40 — Millennials and Gen Z — say managing their finances is a strain on their mental health.

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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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Gemba Walks: The way to see what is actually happening in your business

Idea to Value

For many managers and leaders, it may have been a while since they actually experienced what it is like where the action happens. This is related to the similar concept of Management by Walking Around (MBWA). The most important reason to do the walk is to observe and learn.

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Why Smart People Are So Easily Fooled

Digital Tonto

One of the things that I’ve learned over the years is that it’s best to assume people are smart, hardworking and well intentioned. Of course, that’s not always true, but we don’t learn much from. [[ This is a content summary only. All Posts Management Cognitive Bias

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4 Ways Hucksters, Gurus And Consultants Fool Us (And Usually Themselves)

Digital Tonto

In Richard Feynman’s 1974 commencement speech at Cal-Tech, he recounted going to a new-age resort where people were learning reflexology. All Posts Management Cognitive Bias Experts Gurus

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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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Short and Sweet: A Deep Dive Into Concise Feedback Loops

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

In this webinar, "The Pragmatic Manager" Johanna Rothman will teach you why and how creating short feedback loops at all levels drives product innovation!

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Change Isn’t About Persuasion. It’s About Power

Digital Tonto

Unfortunately, few seem to learn this basic principle of change. That’s why effective change agents learn to leverage multiple sources of power. All Posts Management Change Power Transformation

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Why Your Idea Will Probably Fail To Survive Victory

Digital Tonto

If you fail to learn and apply them, don’t be surprised when you fail to survive victory. All Posts Management Change Leadership Movements Transformation

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Real Estate Sustainability Supply Chain Learning

Norbert Bol

Learning is therefore for every company in the supply chain an important part of the journey. As we discussed in the previous blog , a key element to learning is the strategy that participants in the supply chain pursue. June 2022). 2022).

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3 Mind-Blowing Things I Learned in Nebraska

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In the Before Times, we attended conferences to learn, make connections, and promote ourselves and our businesses. Then COVID hit, and conferences became virtual. Although that made them easier to attend, it also made them easier to skip.

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The Future of Product Management

Speaker: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Founder and CEO of The Product School

Whether you’re charting a career, seeking industry intel direct from the (crowd) source, or curious about the product-led trajectory, join the CEO of the Product School, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, for a close up on the future of product management.

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Leveraging The Power Of Story

Digital Tonto

We can all relate to a hero, identify with their struggle and then revel in their triumph or, as is sometimes the case, learn a. [[ This is a content summary only. All Posts Management Marketing Storytelling StrategyStories have the power to unite us because their themes are universal.

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Why Your Values Determine Your Ability To Compete

Digital Tonto

4 Things Business Leaders Can Learn About Transformation From Social And Political Movements. All Posts ManagementThe truth is that values are essential to how an enterprise honors its mission.

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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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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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Process, Product, and Profitability: Everything You Need to Know

Speaker: Michael Cardy - Red Hat Chief Strategist, Jason Tanner - CEO of Applied Frameworks, and Mike Mace - VP of Market Strategy at UserTesting

Join us to learn how companies mitigate risks through usability testing and real-time qualitative feedback from customers to efficiently launch and develop digital products.

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Digital Transformation Trends in Government for 2022

Acuvate

Government Digital Transformation Trends for 2022 – TX at the Core. Governments can now implement IoT sensors to manage traffic, parking and equipment failures. The post Digital Transformation Trends in Government for 2022 appeared first on Acuvate.

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What You See Is How You’ll Act

Digital Tonto

There Are Important Lessons We Should Learn From The War In Ukraine. All Posts Management Decision Making StrategyTake a moment to think about what the world must have looked like to J.P. Morgan a century ago, in 1922.

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Increasing Safety Through Energy Resilience

Business and Tech

Installing solar water heaters and efficient water management systems can help reduce energy costs. To learn more about emerging technology or for free materials about electrical safety that you can share throughout your community, visit esfi.org.

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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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The 2023 Supply Chain Crystal Ball: Challenges and Solutions

Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst

Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? In this webinar, you’ll gain actionable insights from Olivia Montgomery as she walks us through Capterra’s extensive research on how businesses - notably small and midsize businesses - are addressing supply chain challenges in 2023.

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Why Successful Innovation is a Marathon and Not a Sprint

IdeaScale

Innovation strategy should be built around the idea of industry-changing innovation taking years broken into smaller, more manageable goals. From there, break what you need to achieve each goal down into more manageable tasks at a specific pace: What needs to be bought, upgraded, or replaced?

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Why We’re Better Off Assuming People Are Competent And Hardworking

Digital Tonto

5 Things I Learned From Managing People. All Posts Management Leadership MythsWe all like to imagine ourselves as heroes in our own story. Unlike others, we are witnesses to our internal process and get to observe our logic develop.

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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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Small Business Expert Gene Marks’ Advice for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs

Business and Tech

For example, small business owners are using customer relationship management systems and email systems to keep their customers well informed of any future price increases or supply chain delivery issues.

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If You Build It, They Will Come: A Guide to Customer Onboarding

Speaker: Jamie Bernard, Sr. Product Director and Product Management Practice Lead at Nexient, an NTT Data Company

In this webinar, you will learn principles and practices to simplify your customers' onboarding experience