Acuvate

JANUARY 31, 2023

The future of Artificial Intelligence is a hotly debated topic, with countless predictions and speculations about its potential impact. With the rise of Generative AI and Adaptive AI, the field is rapidly evolving and advancing. At Acuvate, we have been using AI to revolutionize business processes. To gain a deeper understanding of what’s to come, we asked 20 of the top AI specialists globally this question: ‘What is your prediction for the materialization of AI in 2023?

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 31, 2023

When you think about smartphones, do you think of Simon? When I say fork, how many of you fearfully associate the utensil with the devil’s pitchfork? Better yet, when you think about vaccines do you assume you’re receiving that vaccine directly from someone else’s body? My guess is that most of you answered “No” for the above three questions, but when looking at the history of these three innovations –the smartphone, the fork, and the vaccine – all of these facts are very relevant to their diffu

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2023

BetterUp’s Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and the University of Pennsylvania’s Marty Seligman on finding new paths to good ideas.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 31, 2023

In April of 2022, the Christensen Institute and Bay View Analytics conducted a final series of surveys on the state of teaching and learning in K-12 schools across the country in the wake of the pandemic. After tracking pandemic-related education trends starting in 2020, these final surveys not only collected responses from teachers and administrators, but compared these responses to those from previous years in order to reveal the trends and patterns continuing as schools reopened, as well as t

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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.

Technology

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 31, 2023

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton “How are you doing? How are you handling all this?” It seems like 90% of conversations these days start with those two sentences. We ask out of genuine concern and also out of a need to commiserate, to share our experiences, and to find someone that understands.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2023

You never know when an opportunity will arise.

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Cris Beswick

JANUARY 31, 2023

Recently Hildegard Wortmann, Audi AGs member of the board of management responsible for Sales & Marketing, said that there is only a 50% chance that Audi will still exist in 10 years. As alarming as this might sound, her perspective is probably rooted in acknowledging that the company cannot adapt quickly to changing customer preferences. In other words, the speed of change in the market is higher than the speed at which the company can meet those changes, making it challenging to remain rel

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Kainexus

JANUARY 31, 2023

"Business transformation" is a phrase used to describe what happens when an organization fundamentally changes its operations. The goal of business transformation is to enhance operational and financial performance. Business transformation may occur at the organizational level or within a department or product group.

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Yet2

JANUARY 31, 2023

yet2 recently shared some insights on the hottest trend in scouting: Contract Manufacturing Organizations. Given yet2 ’s experience connecting clients to suitable CMOs, we thought it helpful to put together a nuts and bolts guide. What is a CMO? A Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) is an outsourced manufacturer who manufactures a product for a brand.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 31, 2023

Figuring out how to be creative when your creativity is blocked can depend on simply choosing appropriate creative thinking techniques to boost your creative inspiration.

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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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Carla Johnson

JANUARY 31, 2023

Updated January 31, 2023 In part 1 of the What Is Innovation? series, we talked about the difference between creativity and innovation. If creativity is the practice of bringing a new perspective and having it add value, innovation is the process of transforming that creativity into value. But even using the most creative tricks I know – like thinking inside.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 31, 2023

One significant key to asking productive questions that Brainzooming strongly recommends?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2023

A multi-year study following more than 370 low-wage families found that children’s developmental outcomes were significantly affected by their parents’ work lives.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2023

Because the role is poorly understood, CDOs need to show how they add value to their organizations.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2023

How can platform companies, like Airbnb, reduce bias online?

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