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Visibility Planning & Project Prioritization

Moves the Needle

Unlike Horizon Planning where projects are prioritized based on “level of innovation” and “time to ROI”, Visibility Planning is based on evidence. How to use Project Prioritization. One project per sticky note. If they can’t, the project is killed.

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Imaginatik and the Oil and Gas Technology Centre to Co-Present During Poster Session at the World Open Innovation Conference

Imaginatik

Imaginatik will be attending the 5th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC) in San Francisco, CA on December 13th and 14th. Our paper focuses on engaging new collaborators in new ways to drive sustainable outcomes. I think this highlights what is at the heart of Open Innovation – engaging the external world for the best results when dealing with particularly difficult problems such as capping underwater oil wells.

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An Executive’s Perspective on VSM: Best Practices for Moving from Project to Product

Planview

Shifting from project to product and implementing value stream management requires buy-in across the organization, including senior executives. How Their Project to Product Journey Began. Five years ago, Moss started leading the shift from Project to Product at HCSC.

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An Open Letter to Project Managers

Boxes and Arrows

Dear Project Managers, It has been a very enjoyable experience working with everyone over the last couple of months and sharing our ideas on UX design. The various discussions about user interface, product usability, and user engagement have been an enlightening experience for me as well, and it is very positive to see that everyone involved in the product thinks so highly about improving the user experience.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

nding new and better ways to serve customers well, which can confer a. Better employee engagement and cross-functional collaboration spawn better ideas. projects moving. right behavior, activities, and projects. How engaged are they and how much do these e?orts

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3 Tips To Engage Your Remote Working Employees

The Human Factor

If you have already made the switch to remote working, or it’s something you are considering for the future, you might be wondering just how to engage your remote working employees. Whether working on a group project or individually, they can still all feel like part of the team. . .

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Engaging C-level managers in co-creation from silo-thinking to group dynamics

Be-novative

So the most voted topic of our latest ‘Spark Creativity’ session was on: How to engage C-level managers to collaborate better and break the silos to create a more engaging workplace for employees?

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Top 10 Takeaways from Spigit’s Ignite 2018 Conference

Planview

Communication came up time and time again throughout the conference. This level of transparency is what keeps employees engaged and contributing on a frequent basis. It’s the people – the way they think, work, and collaborate – within this culture that enables Google to go beyond just being a search engine and tackle projects such making the Internet accessible for everyone, or building autonomous vehicles.

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Case Study: Regional SME Development Project Brings Innovation Lift to Manufacturing Hub

Innovation 360 Group

Acknowledging the need for pursuing deeper impact over a wider area, the Growkomp Regional Development Project was designed to develop the innovation capacities of 22 manufacturing companies in the Småland regionof Sweden over a two-year period. The EU funded-development project was launched in 2016 with 8.2 The project ran for 30 months, with the first half focused on assessment and strategy, and the second on implementation and value creation. The Situation.

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How Israel’s Oldest Bank Is Engaging Employees to Become a Leader in Banking Innovation

Qmarkets

Since deployment, the Bank has run ongoing idea challenges, engaging thousands of the bank's employees in online idea brainstorming to tackle a variety of the company's challenges. To support the launch, we initiated an extensive kick-off campaign, which included all sorts of engagement-boosters, internal communications and prizes, such as trips to professional conferences abroad. QM: How have you continued to engage users in your project since then?

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Trends in Innovation in the Chemical Industry

Yet2

In mid-May, yet2 sponsored the NPD and Innovation in the Chemical Industry conference , organized by the European Networking Group. A conference highlight was a presentation by yet2 client, Janssen PMP. Geoffrey de Chabot-Tramecourt, Janssen PMP, presenting at NPD and Innovation in the Chemical Industry Conference. de Chabot-Tramecourt also shared how Janssen collaborated with yet2 for a focused, efficient, and comprehensive open innovation project.

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Mirror, mirror

100%Open

So said Zoe Whitely yesterday, speaking at The Story conference about a powerful new portrait of Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald (below) and the impact it will surely have to inspire other little black girls in the future. The importance and role of mirrors was the explicit and implicit theme of most of the wonderful talks from the Story conference yesterday, now in it’s 9th year, which is lovingly curated by Matt Locke and the team at Storythings. You can’t be what you can’t see.

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How to Ensure that Your Next Conference Will Be a Big Success

Idea Champions

If you have a big conference coming up and want to make sure it is has major impact, Idea Champions can help. We design and facilitate conferences that make a big difference -- memorable events that are totally engaging, enjoyable, and radically increase the odds of your conference outcomes sustaining over time. Which is why our conference services begin with an in-depth conversation with you. LEARNING PLANS: Will there be chicken at your conference?

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Reimagining the Future of International Events

Business and Tech

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), traditionally used our annual conference to feature the latest innovations for events; experimenting and showcasing to its members what works and what doesn’t.

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Fix the Planet’s Results to Be Announced at SAP Next-Gen HQ in NYC

Innovation 360 Group

In mid-June, the leaders of Fix the Planet’s analysis team will present their findings jointly at a press conference in SAP Next-Gen’s new office in Manhattan. Not only is this the largest real-estate development project in the US, representing a more collaborative future, but also features the most ambitious application of Greentech construction techniques. Details are as follows: The press conference will run from 10 am to noon, Eastern Standard Time, on Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

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Technology Scouting Excellence 2017 Speaker Lineup

eZassi

Today we are excited to announce the speaker lineup for the Technology Scouting 2017 conference. The conference date is October 18 – 19, 2017 and will be held in Boston, MA. Christie Funk, Langley Project Manager for the Regional Economic Development Program. Jason Huff, Lead, Federal Science & Technology Engagement. Christie Funk, Langley Project Manager for the Regional Economic Development Program. Announcing Technology Scouting Excellence Speakers.

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IdeaScale’s Open Nation 2019 Set to Inspire Innovation

IdeaScale

The spotlight will be on creativity, communication, inspiration, and innovation leadership at Open Nation 2019, IdeaScale’s annual conference set for Oct. Harvard Business Review says some common ways of measuring innovation — outside of revenue production — include counting the number of ideas that were put forth and projects in the works and determining the scope of progress on these projects as well as their impact on the bottom line.

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The 3 Crucial Pieces of Effective Innovation

Econic

Weeks earlier I had told my mentor and friend, Bill Eckstrom , about the project I was working on to help professionals flip anxiety from a negative emotion into a positive ally in helping them perform at their best. As the date of the conference approached, however, I saw this as the perfect opportunity to prove the value of my tool and the value of the three essential pieces necessary for growth and innovation. . The date on my calendar was approaching and my fear was growing….

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Empower Operational Employees to Innovate

Gregg Fraley

Engaged support for strategic and tactical innovation initiatives developed by others. Idea campaigns can work, but only if it’s done with a focused question, and, that focus is connected to a mandated project. Credit this story to Min Basadur who told it a few years ago at the CPSI conference (CPSI is the annual Creative Problem Solving Institute). The Benefits of Innovation Training for Operational Employees. 85% of CEOs put Innovation as a Top Three priority.

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5 Pro Tips for Quickly Pivoting to a Virtual Employee Onboarding Process

ExactHire - Innovation

email, phone, Slack, text, video conference, project management tool comments). is this a project-related call or a virtual happy hour?). Protocol on whether to use one’s video camera on conference calls (is it preferred or required by various departments?).

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More on Learning Through Blogging: What Readers Think

Boxes and Arrows

And Brandon shared a great story of how Twittering at a conference (a form of live microblogging) improved his own learning experience. Our team asked the class to create Twitter accounts before the symposium and to experiment with tweeting their experiences, thoughts, and ideas at the conference. What happened was that we all entered a new community of tweeters and further engaged in the different sessions we were simultaneously attending!

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Why Sales and Marketing Need to Embrace an Elevated Consciousness: Going Beyond Targets and Revenue

Tullio Siragusa

Leaders can encourage their teams to volunteer their time and resources to support local charities and community projects. Encourage Continuous Learning Sales and marketing leaders can elevate their consciousness by encouraging their teams to engage in continuous learning.

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Key Takeaways from April’s Open Innovation Summit

IdeaScale

Just like any other scaling project, taking innovation company-wide can come with unexpected obstacles. Ideascale’s Jessica Day attended the conference and came away with a few key points to consider and how to apply them practically to your organization. Encourage your team to think of even the most disruptive technology as simply a tool that can be used to engage with challenges in new ways, and to ignore the hype.

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10 Popular Innovation Exercises to Try

InnovationTraining.org

It involves creating a diagram that shows the relationships between different ideas and can be used to generate new ideas or to plan projects. Contact us today if you’d like help creating a unique innovation workshop or conference.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Tom Raftery, Technology Evangelist, Podcast Host, Thought Leader & Influencer

Thinkers360

Throughout my career, I have been passionate about public speaking, content creation, social media engagement, and driving change through innovation. Engaging with podcast guests provides me with valuable insights and allows me to learn from their experiences and stories.

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The Goal: Ignite Innovative Culture

eZassi

Collaborate across disciplines and product lines while supporting change management and the human factors which ultimately increase the probability of success of the project. Who will take action to prioritize the project which will best grow our innovation portfolio? Take an inventory of the 4 Innovation Styles within your project teams and balance these types across the different departments of your business to be confident there is cognitive diversity for innovation.

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Innovative Innovation Meetings: Formats, Designs, and Examples

InnovationTraining.org

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. What activities can be used to boost participation and engagement?

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EcoEx21: 3 days to discover the ecosystem dedicated to digital transformation

One2Team

The program includes three days of conferences, networking, and e-learning, from November 16 to 18, 2021 , to highlight the collaboration, skills, and resources shared in this ecosystem. Facilitate engagement, develop expertise and build trust within an innovative ecosystem.

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Planview PSA: Building the Future of Connected Services

Planview

Engaging customers, while increasing system connectivity starts with our dedication to connect services. TSW Conference. Supporting engagement confidence by successfully delivering business outcomes for customers. Webinar: Is Your PSA Accelerating Project Maturity?

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Learning Experience Design (Top Questions and Answers about LXD)

InnovationTraining.org

Learning experience design is the process of creating educational or training programs that are engaging, effective, and efficient. How will they be engaging with the learning materials and resources? How will they be engaging with the learning materials and resources?

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Amir Atarodian

Innovation 360 Group

He has attended in international conferences as lecturer and has published articles in peer reviewed academic journals and conferences mainly in the field of innovation management. He has demonstrated a great potential of research abilities and has experience during past years with different projects in fields of business strategy development, Market research for Auto industry, Open innovation in Oil and Gas equipment industry.

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The EPIC International Summit: Does What it Says on the Tin

BrainZooming

I’ll be honest: my expectations were high for this innovation-focused conference , and I was doing my best to manage them. Far and away the finest conference I’ve ever attended, it was epic for several reasons. It all felt incredibly thoughtful, which is a surprising way to describe a conference. In the meantime, I’ll be sharing some of my takeaways from conference, here on the blog.

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5 Best Practices for Leading A Geographically Dispersed Team

CMOE

Remember, your actions and behavior will set the tone for the rest of the team, influencing how they collaborate and engage with one another. Differing time zones can make some calls or video conferences more or less convenient for some members of the group.

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Here’s Your Agile Track Recap from Accelerate

Planview

In case you missed it, Planview’s premier customer conference was bigger and better than ever this year! If you didn’t get to attend these engaging sessions, read on to get the scoop!

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Collaborating on Zoom Guide: Remotely Facilitate a Virtual Meeting or Workshop

InnovationTraining.org

Video conferencing software can help you lead engaging activities to collaborate virtually in real-time. Zoom may give you the technology you need to host your next event, workshop, or conference digitally. Lead Innovative Meetings and Workshops with Zoom.

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4 Unique Microsoft Teams Apps Use Cases for Organizations

Acuvate

Indeed, the platform is a go-to communication tool for enhancing the employee experience, helping the staff talk to colleagues, host video conferences, and exchange updates. Personalized dashboards, certificates, and leaderboards make learning more engaging and interactive for employees.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Samantha Kelly, Founder, Women’s Inspire Network

Thinkers360

I teach my clients how to use Twitter & LinkedIn effectively, create an online strategy, and successful social media campaigns that are engaging and add value. Currently, I’m busy working on organizing and promoting the WIN conference which is coming up on April 12th, 2023 in Cork.

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The Winning Formula for Financial Process Improvement – How TSYS is Defining the Future of Fintech

Qmarkets

In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at how TSYS launched their revolutionary Project WOW (War on Waste) – a ground-breaking process improvement methodology developed by management consulting firm Above + Beyond and powered by Qmarkets software. As a result of this project, TSYS was able to address employee pain points and inefficiencies, enhance corporate leadership strategies, increase savings, and implement lucrative new ideas.

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Best Sharing and Communication Tools

IdeaScale

Outlook even allows you to book conference rooms and track RSVPs directly through the app. CampaignMonitor helps you create remarkable emails so you can share your message while keeping your customers engaged. Your company can create sites for each department and project so you can track your team’s progress and share ideas, files and resources efficiently and effectively. Users can “pin” a post when they see an interesting idea or project.

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Managing Expectations in Innovation Management: Part II

IdeaScale

One of the most effective ways to engage the crowd is to demonstrate commitment to turning their ideas into real value and impact. Last week we focused on engaging stakeholders and experts early and often. Engage your stakeholders and experts to decide on the parts of your existing programs that are set in stone, and the areas that are open for fresh ideas. Top ideas are featured in a conference or workshop.

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Design Thinking New Ways of Learning & Working

InnovationTraining.org

We took this on as a design thinking project and used a Miro online whiteboard. Many are trying to figure out new ways of communicating and facilitating their work with in-person events and conferences being canceled.

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Ahmed H Daoud

Innovation 360 Group

With innovation experiences ranging from the American Midwest to the Middle East and Eastern Europe and having led projects spanning advanced wearables in the Bay Area and ground-breaking government initiates in the Persian Gulf all while managing interdisciplinary teams across time-zones and cultural difference, Ahmed is equipped with exceptional cross-functional as well as cross-cultural insights and competencies. Based in Dubai, UAE & Minneapolis, MN, USA. Background.

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UX Researcher: A User’s Manual

Boxes and Arrows

Initiating new projects in an effort to constantly expand their interests and skills. When meeting with project staff from a recent client, don’t assume your researcher isn’t engaged if she is quiet. The fact that someone else has explored questions similar to those of a project you’re asking your researcher to tackle helps shape their thinking on how to move forward, using existing resources to their fullest potential. Attending conferences and workshops.