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Getting Machine Learning Projects from Idea to Execution

Harvard Business Review

Machine learning might be the world’s most important general-purpose technology, but it’s notoriously difficult to launch. Outside of Big Tech and a handful of other leading companies, machine learning initiatives routinely fail to deploy, never realizing value. What’s missing?

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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

Innovation theater happens when companies and executive talk up innovation but fail to do anything. No, today I want to talk about the differences and problems when companies focus on innovation as a discrete project, versus what they really need, innovation as a competency or capability.

Project 209
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5 Valuable Innovation Lessons Companies can Learn from Google

IdeaScale

Is there a company that more perfectly defines modern life than Google? What was once a tiny search engine company is now one of the vastest corporations on the planet, offering information about everything from how to get to a new city to the best places to eat when you get there to its history in one handy package.

Learning 133
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Innovation Project Governance Do's & Don'ts

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Despite its importance, innovation project governance is often handled ineffectively, slowing down rather than driving innovation. Innovation project governance is a decision-making discipline where organizational leaders decide which ideas to pursue, how to allocate the innovation budget, and how to assign resources.

Project 80
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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.". Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late.

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Listening, Learning and Leading: Digital Transformation Expert Debra Aizikovitz

Planview

To learn more about what it’s like to be part of the Evolve Advisory Services team, we turn to Debra Aizikovitz , who serves as digital transformation practice lead. I talk with customers and learn about their organizations and what challenges they’re facing to become best in class. I literally love what I do.

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7 Website Lessons Learned from Switching to ‘Headless’ CMS

Brunner

Most importantly for me, the brand refresh meant we needed a new company website. As Brunner’s chief digital officer, I’m responsible for our agency’s site as well as the many web redesign projects we do for all types of clients. Cross-functional collaboration is essential for a successful website project.

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The Definitive Guide to Embedded Analytics

But many companies fail to achieve this goal because they struggle to provide the reporting and analytics users have come to expect. It will show you what embedded analytics are and how they can help your company. Every application provider has the same goals: to help their users work more efficiently, and to drive user adoption.

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Business Models Changing the Landscape of Growth and Innovation

Speaker: Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President, Innovationedge

Companies these days cannot afford to stand still! Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President of Innovationedge and a visionary business leader, will share best practices of companies who are defining and implementing new business models. These models are used to create new pathways to value and deliver growth in today’s business climate.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process. Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival?