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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

I spoke to 11 of the world’s leading female innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. 15 experts share their innovation definition in order to answer the question of “What is innovation?” What is your definition of “innovation”?

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What is Creativity? The Definition, history and science of creativity

Idea to Value

What is the definition of creativity? What is the definition of Creativity? However, up until recently, most researchers seemed to be using their own definitions for what it meant to be creative. So in 2012, the Creativity Research Journal led by Dr Mark Runco set out the parameters for a standard definition of creativity.

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Building Consensus Around Difficult Strategic Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Making future-focused decisions in an uncertain world presents fundamental challenges for leaders. When we’re talking about the future, data is by definition incomplete, so we’re often relying on assumptions and personal beliefs.

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The art of “Back Casting” needs care

Paul Hobcraft

Backcasting is a planning method that starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect that specified future to the present. Backcasting involves establishing the description of a very definite and particular future situation. More on backcasting in the future!!

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Quantifying the Value of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

At its most basic definition, Industry 4.0 is built on the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which enables manufacturers to collect, analyze, and present real-time data and analytics in easy-to-understand and highly customizable formats. is a real-time approach to decision-making, enabled by integrated and reliable data.

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Why Hybrid Work Can Become Toxic

Harvard Business Review

Making matters more complicated, a hybrid environment by definition means that employees are experiencing their work in very different contexts — some face-to-face, others remote — and those may vary by the day. As a result, hybrid workspaces aren’t uniform; some people may experience a hybrid environment as toxic while others do not.

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Building the Innovation Business Case

Paul Hobcraft

The ‘ fit for purpose ‘ in strategic and innovation intent, definitions of success, the core values, sense of mission. In our view any initial innovation examination requires to explore four key ‘health’ indicators. What are the expectations and the environment you chose to compete in3.