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Rethinking Meetings and Conference: Don’t Automate, Innovate

Stephen Shapiro

Michael Hammer, the father of business process reengineering, wrote a seminal Harvard Business Review article titled “ Reengineering Work: Don’t Automate, Obliterate.”. Back then, companies would use software to automate bad processes, speeding up bad results. The conference industry is based around events.

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Innovation and creativity: the lasting competitive advantage

Jeffrey Phillips

During the conference where I spoke we had several other speakers who were futurists, including Matthew May. While I was in Dubai I was speaking with an executive of a firm that reviewed intellectual property. Innovation and creativity are the lasting competitive advantage, for individuals, for cultures and for businesses.

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Hackathon Survival Guide: What You Need To Know Going Into A Hackathon

hackerearth

There’s nothing quite like walking into a campus cafeteria, a large conference room, or endless halls stacked together for a weekend-long hackathon. Events like these are so important for developers, whether you are a beginner or an advanced software engineer, hackathons are the great equalizer and skill democratizer.

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The Future of Work: Thriving Through Remote Team Collaboration

Leapfrogging

Time Zone Differences: Global teams may struggle with scheduling and synchronizing due to different time zones. Communication Platforms Staying connected with your team is more than just a series of emails; it requires dynamic communication platforms that can support instant messaging, voice calls, video conferences, and file sharing.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

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

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The Future of Work: Thriving Through Remote Team Collaboration

Leapfrogging

Time Zone Differences: Global teams may struggle with scheduling and synchronizing due to different time zones. Communication Platforms Staying connected with your team is more than just a series of emails; it requires dynamic communication platforms that can support instant messaging, voice calls, video conferences, and file sharing.

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The Goal: Ignite Innovative Culture

eZassi

Ezassi is your partner in measurable and achievable business goals with the help of our innovation software and services. This recent article by Harvard Business Review highlights the different categories of innovative talent, and to effectively grow organizations must have all four types represented.

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