Mon.May 13, 2019

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Change Management: Combating Resistance and Driving Adoption Through Innovation

Innovation Excellence

A strong change management program requires more than a strong change management plan. It requires a plan that transforms change management into an ongoing priority for your organization. As I’ve stated in the other change management articles on LaunchStreet, change management should be more than just a point-in-time exercise. To be successful it should be.

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The art of innovation, helping cities and governments to make strategic choices, by Pierre-Alexandre Balland

Rapid Innovation in digital time

What is the Art of Innovation? Pierre-Alexandre Balland, visiting professor at MIT Media Lab presents his strategic tool for cities and governments.

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#1,497 – Blue Moon, Jeff Bezos, and the Future of Space

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Back on July 15, 2017 Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, was in Cape Canerval , Florida at the Kennedy Space Center to receive the first ever Buzz Aldrin Space Innovation Award. Afterwards he made several attention grabbing remarks about his future plans. According to Futurism : “Amongst his statements was an assertion that humans should terraform the Moon.

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What Happens if You Try Taking Risk & Dealing With Uncertainty?

Mills-Scofield

Yuna Hur & Elaine Cheung - Versions of a Retail Pop-Up, Spring 2018. I’m honored to host a blog by one of my amazing mentees, Yuna Hur ‘18. Last year, as a senior, it was time to push academic limits 1 last time before graduating. This is her story about why it’s so important to take risk … because you never know what can happen! Thank you, Yuna!!

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Empowering Retail Associates to Enhance the Customer Experience

Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity? This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.

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What’s Next for Steve Blank and the Lean Startup?

Innovation Excellence

In 1999, the day before his eighth startup went public, Steve Blank decided to retire at the age of 45. With time to reflect, he sat in a ski lodge and began to write a memoir with a “lessons learned” section at the end of each chapter. “In hindsight, it was a catharsis of moving.

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How to Become Your Own Hero

Tullio Siragusa

How to Become Your Own Hero. Heroes can play a role in the development of your character from a tender age. We tend to look up to heroes as supreme examples of the greatness that is inherently possible in human beings. Heroes influence and shape the lives of everyone they touch. Sometimes a hero can be one of your own family members, such as a virtuous parent or sibling.

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Business Model Evolution Using the Portfolio Map

Strategyzer Innovation

We have been developing our Business Model Portfolio Map for our new book, The Invincible Company. Like all of our tools, we have found that the Portfolio Map is a great storytelling tool. It can be used to show the evolution of a company’s business model over its lifecycle by measuring risk vs return. In the image below, we outline a company’s journey from start-up to established company by combining Clay Christensen ’s explanations of the lifecycle of a Business Model with our Portfolio Map.

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How to Become Your Own Hero

Tullio Siragusa

How to Become Your Own Hero. Heroes can play a role in the development of your character from a tender age. We tend to look up to heroes as supreme examples of the greatness that is inherently possible in human beings. Heroes influence and shape the lives of everyone they touch. Sometimes a hero can be one of your own family members, such as a virtuous parent or sibling.

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Innovating in a Hierarchical Environment

InnovationManagement

Announcing the IdeaScale Nation podcast, where you'll be able to hear stories from innovators in government, the enterprise and beyond. The post Innovating in a Hierarchical Environment appeared first on Innovation Management.

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Exponential Growth: the technological evolution dictating new business models

mjvinnovation

At first it seems very difficult to make grow a business significantly. It’s not what the Exponential Growth concept stands for. We will talk about this throughout this article. Read on to understand what Exponential Growth is, how you can use technology to scale your business at exponential rates and more! Exponential Growth: Understand the concept.

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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Should Innovation Audits Be Mandatory? | Collective Campus

Collectivecamp

The average company lifespan continues to drop. In the mid 20th century the average company lifespan was more than 60 years and this stands at just 15 years today. This is expected to fall further to 10 years by the year 2025.

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5 Simple Steps for Finding the Right Business Idea

Viima

When I was first considering to become an entrepreneur some six years ago, I had lots of different business ideas.

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#1,498 – Superionic Ice

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

We all learned in school that there are three phase of water: solid, liquid, and gas. However, that may not be entirely true. As it turns out there be another, more exotic, phase of water and it may be extremely abundant throughout the Universe. As Wired reports, “The findings, published this week in Nature, confirm the existence of “superionic ice,” a new phase of water with bizarre properties.

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#1,499 – Molecular Surgery

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

The other day I wrote about molecular coffee, java made without the use of any coffee beans. A feat accomplished by reverse engineering how coffee tastes to come up with an alternative that winds up tasting exactly the same albeit with different ingredients. Similarly, we may one day have molecular surgery, non-invasive procedures that don’t involve any incisions, cutting, or scarring, with the desired results being achieved via a process that reshapes tissue to make it more malleable.

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Unlocking the Secret to Product Team Success: Data, Empathy, and a Whole Lot of Communication

Speaker: Donna Shaw - Senior Product Manager & Eric Frierson - Director of Innovation for Public and School Libraries

Successful product management is more than building a product: you’re also building a team. Working with cross-functional teams can appear chaotic, especially if your goals differ! It can be challenging to figure out how to communicate with team members and stakeholders. However, with some forethought and insights, you can build a successful product management team—one that collaborates to create a product that truly delights your customers.