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What Consensus Means For Driving Innovation
Game-Changer
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Why do organizations fail? There are many reasons, mostly because they become irrelevant by failing to evolve and adapt to a changing world.
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A New Role For Humans: Prepping Data So AI Can Learn To Do Our Jobs
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DECEMBER 6, 2018
The Next Economy will be driven by 10 key emerging technologies , underpinned by artificial intelligence.
Stan Lee: 3 Lessons To Unlock Your Inner Visionary
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NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Illustration by Christian Laborin. We lost a great one! Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, The Hulk, Fantastic 4, X-Men and other super-heroes died yesterday. He leaves a legacy of inspiration behind that will keep inspiring many more generations.
The Emotion Philosophy Behind Emotion AI
Game-Changer
OCTOBER 31, 2018
After working for a year on emotion AI, I can confirm that human emotions are complex; we don’t really understand them. And training a computing system to recognize them as a human does is even more difficult.
11 Proven Ways to Turn Your Culture into a Culture of Innovation
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Learn the 11 proven strategies that you can implement quickly to get every employee innovating and contributing to the growth of your company.
3 Conditions Necessary To Trust Your Intuition
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DECEMBER 4, 2018
I’m very instinctive, have avoided many problems when I’ve followed my gut; and gotten into unnecessary ones when I’ve ignored it. Sound familiar? All of us make intuitive-based decisions, and most of the time our intuition is wrong.
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Innovation Dies When Fear Rules
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NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Whenever I get asked by executives about how their companies can innovate they expect me to respond with a prescriptive 3 to 5 point checklist of things that will solve all of their problems. Instead, I respond with a question: what are you doing to impede it?
4 Mistakes To Avoid When Hiring Innovators
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OCTOBER 17, 2018
I’ve talked at length about how companies aiming to attract innovators to their organization shoot themselves in the foot , because the culture they have doesn’t embrace innovation. Still, let’s ask: How do you hire innovators?
The 15 Enemies of Innovation
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JANUARY 4, 2018
When I put my consultant hat on I have a very easy way to detect whether or not your company is committed to innovation, and whether or not it will: the way you lead and prioritize. My examination has nothing to do with capability, but with leadership.
Start With The User In Mind When Integrating New Technology Into A Process
Game-Changer
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Companies with a restricted view of innovation can miss opportunities to create new value for customers and themselves. The restriction is their perspective on innovation, like believing that technology by itself is innovation; it’s not.
6 Ways to Build a Successful Innovation Program
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Learn how forward-thinking leaders use crowdsourcing to impact their company’s bottom line through methods such as creating a culture of innovation.
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We Need To Think About Failure Differently To Drive Innovation
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AUGUST 18, 2017
Yesterday I gave a talk to Foxconn employees and Directors about culture and how it drives innovation. A good way to frame culture is like this: what you reward and what you punish.
Shake Shack’s Innovation Kitchen Lets Customers Try Secret Dishes Before They Hit The Menu
Game-Changer
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Quick, get a pen and write this down in your “to remember” notebook: There is no innovation without experimentation. Organizations that understand this principle create an evolutionary advantage that enables them to disrupt themselves.
Air Jordan: How Nike Created A Brand That Drives Culture
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NOVEMBER 29, 2018
According to Nike Inc.’s ’s fourth-quarter 2018 earnings release on June 28, the company reported that Jordan brand revenue was down 8% to $2.86 billion this year versus $3.1 billion in the same period last year. Some argue that Jordan Brand’s popularity is waning.
Eat The Bug: Do What Others Can’t Or Won’t Do
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NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Every organizations lives and dies by its strategy. What makes a good strategy? T he best strategies are simple and answer 5 fundamental questions : who, what, where, how and why. Still, developing a strategy is hard.
Spigit's 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Report
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A rigorous analysis of how the world’s largest brands – representing 21 different industry verticals – leverage their innovation programs to solve problems and surface opportunities, and the key role crowdsourcing plays in their success.
Don’t Be That Person That Promises To Open Doors And Doesn’t Follow Through
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NOVEMBER 27, 2018
There are many reasons why entrepreneurial ecosystems like Silicon Valley and others thrive while others don’t. One of those reasons is the act of paying it forward.
Innovation is The Opposite of What We’re Pretending The Word Means
Game-Changer
MAY 3, 2017
Every once in a while someone says or writes something that is worth sharing. I want to introduce you to Tom Goodwin, who wrote a great piece called Why you probably don’t want innovation. His point is that everyone wants innovation without knowing what it means; which I agree with.
When Expertise Kills Innovation
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JULY 24, 2018
Expertise is valuable. To be successful, you want to be seen as an expert. Being an experts validates your worth, and provides a sense of certainty. In terms of innovation, expertise leads to incrementalism; or sustaining innovation.
The Future Belongs To The Radically Curious
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
This is the challenge we’re facing in the Next Economy : how do we train people for jobs that are yet to exist? The catalyst for this question is the threat and opportunity of automation , driven by algorithms and robots that will dominate the workforce; people need digital skills.
Quantifying a Culture of Innovation
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A rigorous, quantitative analysis of corporate innovation cultures – the most comprehensive study on this topic ever.
The 3 P’s: Putting Innovation Into Practice
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AUGUST 7, 2018
In the innovation space, too much focus is placed on methods, not enough on mindset. Tools are the methodologies, mindset is the habits. One of my colleagues recently told me he’s learned about mentality, not processes, in the time he’s spent working with me. He’s right!
People Walk Away When You Waste Their Time and Talent
Game-Changer
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Miserable, undervalued, overlooked, not living up to my potential, taken for granted. These and other words are used by people who’s employeer doesn’t let them be the best version of themselves at work. Last week I met two very talented guys with high technical chops.
Shift Your Mindset to Think Exponentially
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AUGUST 3, 2017
We’re living in exponential times, the Big 5 tech companies – Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook – occupy the top 6 spots of the most valuable companies in the world, thus driving the Next Economy. It’s safe to say that we live in a world dominated by technology.
Is it better to solve problems in isolation or by collaborating with others?
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AUGUST 21, 2018
I’ve always believed that the best way to brainstorm is a hybrid of thinking by ourselves and then sharing that with a group to build on each other’s ideas; as opposed to brainstorming with a group from the start.
Data From 3.5 Million Employees Shows How Innovation Really Works
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Analysis of how 3.5 million employees using Spigit ideate proves innovation is a science, and can be measured.
Ignore Culture At Your Own Peril
Game-Changer
OCTOBER 2, 2018
When I was 3 – 4 years old my love for Disney started. I had seen the movies but everything changed the moment I set foot in Disneyland. I still get excited even though I’ve been to Disneyland a bunch of times.
Video Games Should Be Used at Schools and Universities To Enhance Learning
Game-Changer
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
There is debate about what the future of education looks like and how we’ll get there. What isn’t debatable is the number of challenges we face in the Next Economy; primarily reskilling.
How Does Playing Video Games *Actually* Affect Your Brain And Well-Being?
Game-Changer
OCTOBER 29, 2018
In my 11 years blogging here I may have written about my love for video games 3 to 5 times. Using those posts to highlight ways that game developers and designers push the boundaries of immersion. When my mom bought me the Nintendo entertainment system my life changed.
6 Characteristics You Must Cultivate To Unlearn
Game-Changer
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Many leaders rely too heavily on past achievements, practices, and ways of thinking to drive positive results today, but they often need to unlearn those behaviors before they can take a step forward; this is the essence of innovation.
5 Product Traps - And Better Paths
Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group
Is your agile team overloaded with feature requests, with no time for discovery? Do your roadmaps read like impossible wish lists? Well, you’re not alone. It may seem impossible now, but what if we said that with a few changes, you could be meeting deadlines with the ability to predict progress with accuracy, be happy with your progress against the roadmap, and be making time for near-continuous discovery? Johanna Rothman has seen this all too often across many different organizations. She will take us through five common traps that agile product teams fall into – and likely you are in several of those traps right now. And good news - she has ways to avoid them!
The Early Adopter Challenge: Everyone is Afraid of Being First
Game-Changer
OCTOBER 9, 2018
The Next Economy will be driven by 10 key emerging technologies. All of these technologies are in the news 24/7. Yet, most organizations and governments are behind the technology curve. They’re either slow adopters or stagnant.
Misfit Manifesto: What Rebels Want From Their Boss
Game-Changer
APRIL 20, 2017
How do you lead and manage for innovation? Not all cultures where innovation thrives look the same, but they all have things in common. One of them is they all unleash their black sheep ; the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers. . How do you do that? You have to understand what drives them.
Don’t Judge An Innovator By Their Job Title
Game-Changer
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Guess what? Last week’s post on hiring mistakes organizations make when hiring innovators hit a nerve. Many people chimed in, discussions happened afterwards and I added a couple more ideas to the original list.
Experimentation Is Not Free
Game-Changer
OCTOBER 23, 2018
All it takes is one. But you have to pick the right one. One of the big challenges of every entrepreneur is getting that first client, because it means validation; that first client is and should be an early adopter (check out my post on what early adopters look like ).
What Users Want: How and Why to Build Knowledge into Your Product
Speaker: Nils Davis, Principal, NPD Associates
Usage data allows PMs, the product team, and the whole organization to make better decisions. Good usage intelligence gives you the ability to be smarter, more active, more decisive, nimbler, and to minimize risk. But what if you don't have that data - such as before you have users? Or, what if the right decision seems to fly in the face of the data you have? Or, what if your product offers more than just the standard features? To get deeper into these questions, Nils Davis asks, "What is the most interesting thing about Instagram?" (Because who doesn't like a product that Facebook paid $1 billion for when it had fewer than 50 employees and no revenue?) Nils will use the example of Instagram’s Filters to talk about how putting prebuilt knowledge in your product can change the way your product is used for the better - putting you in the company of most market-leading products. Finally, he’ll tie it all together by explaining how the way you interpret and use usage data can impact the way your tell your product’s story, and ultimately, how your users use your product.
How Do You Ensure Your Culture Keeps Driving Innovation?
Game-Changer
AUGUST 17, 2018
Organizations don’t resemble their early years as they become successful and establish themselves. They shift from playing to win to a playing not to lose mindset.
How Do You Never Stop Learning?
Game-Changer
JUNE 26, 2018
The Next Economy will be driven by 10 key technologies. Underpinning all of them is artificial intelligence. Though people believe that truly intelligent computing already exists, it’s not true. Rather, current techniques such as machine and deep learning give us automation; not intelligence.
What Could Happen in a World That’s 4 Degrees Warmer
Game-Changer
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Last week the U.N. released a report with not so surprising news: Earth has 12 years to avert climate change catastrophe. This isn’t surprising because it’s been widely talked about and reported for decades, and we’re feeling it; but here we are not taking it seriously.
Build For Real: LEGO Has Topped Itself With A Real-Size Driveable Bugatti Chiron
Game-Changer
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
I love LEGO and supercars! From the department of “WOW” here’s something that will blow your mind. LEGO is well-known for building life-size objects of anything they can imagine. But I think they’ve topped themselves with a life-size driveable version of the Bugatti Chiron!
Using Data and Messaging to Drive Product Activation
Speaker: Ruben Ugarte, Founder, Practico Analytics
Onboarding users is filled with possibilities and challenges. Not only are you showing the user how to use your product, but it's also a chance to connect with them and understand their needs. Of course, it’s crucial to have a good onboarding experience to drive your activation metrics. Quality onboarding is the first step towards turning a newly acquired user into a repeat user. If you're looking to optimize your onboarding to improve your activation metrics, this webinar is for you. Ruben Ugarte will be focusing on how to improve all aspects of onboarding experiences by understanding how your current onboarding process is stacking up, and giving you the tools to prioritize what to try changing. With improved onboarding, you'll see less drop-off and a happier user experience.
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