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When Building a Culture For Innovation, Form Follows Function

Cris Beswick

First, let’s unpack a Culture OF Innovation vs A Culture FOR Innovation. Innovation is not a monolithic entity that can be injected into an organisation’s cultural fabric. This definition risks making innovation an end unto itself rather than an output serving the organisation’s strategic interests.

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Maintain and extend or create something new - where do you want to be?

Jeffrey Phillips

When I was in software development, I always wanted to be working on the latest technology. Our corporate cultures have taught workers to value current, near term revenue and profits even when the medium term outlook is dire. There's almost always 20% who aren't sure.

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InnovationOps: the Next Evolution of Innovation Management

Innov8rs

In fact, they often may use the same label of “innovation” for completely different initiatives- without a clear definition of innovation and what it means for the organization, it’s fundamentally impossible to be successful. This also helps to cultivate a culture of continuous learning, and the agility that comes with it.

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Here comes the hypenated innovation offering

Jeffrey Phillips

This slight rant of mine was started when I saw a new software application talk about its ability to help its clients in agile lean innovation. Agile is a word adopted from software development, which is really just about stripping away a slow, steady development process replacing it with short "sprints" to complete a few features at a time.

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Key Technology Trends to Watch in 2023: From AI and 5G to Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity

Tullio Siragusa

These companies have invested heavily in research and development in these areas and have released several products and services that utilize AI and ML, such as Google’s TensorFlow and Amazon’s SageMaker. Companies that are leading the way in VR and AR include Oculus (owned by Facebook), HTC, Sony, Microsoft, and Magic Leap.

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Agile Sprint: how it brings efficiency to your business

mjvinnovation

Agile is, first and foremost, a philosophy that emerged from the Agile Manifesto when a small group of people gathered in 2001 to discuss their feelings about the traditional approach to managing software development projects. Diversity of culture, experience and expertise. Cultural change of the seed through delivery.

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Offshore Outsourcing: what is it, how does it work and what are its advantages?

mjvinnovation

Considering the difficulty of finding good talent in technology, outsourcing is becoming even more desirable, as it solves a number of problems – from reducing software development costs to the challenge of finding the necessary specialists. Culture also gains a lot of prominence.

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