Wed.Aug 12, 2020

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How One Innovation Leader Grew His Team During COVID-19

Innovation Leader

One innovator from Stanley Black & Decker shares insights on how COVID-19 has impacted his innovation strategy in 2020 and how his team has managed to secure key wins during the pandemic.

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Socially Responsible Innovation Part One: For-Profit Companies

IdeaScale

Corporations have struggled with the balance between profit and the greater good since the beginning of capitalism. Some argue that corporations have no obligation to anyone other than their shareholders, while others argue that social impacts can limit the long-term viability of the corporation, making social responsibility a core tenant of corporate responsibility.

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Exago expands its partner network with Almaroma

Exago

Inclusivity, sustainability and collaboration are the foundations of Almaroma, the latest partner to join Exago’s growing global network. The post Exago expands its partner network with Almaroma appeared first on Exago.

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Taking The Guesswork Out of Innovation

Strategyzer Innovation

To manage an innovation portfolio and make the right investment decisions, you need metrics to measure progress of projects in your portfolio. But many organisations we work with fall into the trap of using execution metrics on innovation projects. We believe innovation needs its own metrics. In innovation, the main task is not to measure if you are on time and on budget, which are key metrics in an execution project.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Examples to create value in the circular economy (Cases)

Board of Innovation

Have a look at different ways to create value in the circular economy. The examples shown are based on our own client cases. The post Examples to create value in the circular economy (Cases) appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Remote Innovation – A Method to use over Zoom

InnovationManagement

Paul Sloane discusses ways to collaborate remotely over Zoom, drawing on inspiration from the musical duo The Postal Service, in this new article. The post Remote Innovation – A Method to use over Zoom appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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Jermaine Dupri Talks New Role With The Beet and a Lifetime of Entrepreneurial Inspirations

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The legendary hip-hop producer, mogul and dedicated vegan's new role as creative advisor for the plant-based-lifestyle platform is just the latest stop on his evolving journey.

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#1,854 – PrintPod

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

You may feel like the quarantine is stifling your creativity but that doesn’t have to be the case. For instance, you could cover a wall of your apartment with doodles like this artist recently did. Or you could pick up a PrintPod and start writing on any surface. Literally, any surface you can think of. Technabob sums it up best: “Normally, printers are designed to print on flat sheets of paper.

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How to Increase Productivity by 500% and Boost Innovation

Collectivecamp

Flow has been defined as a mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus.

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Playing Lean Expert Webinar – Does culture really eat strategy for breakfast?

Cris Beswick

Playing Lean Expert Webinar – Does culture really eat strategy for breakfast? And other musings with Cris Beswick. Cris Beswick is a serial entrepreneur turned strategic advisor, bestselling author & keynote speaker. Recognised globally as a thought leader on innovation strategy, leadership and culture, he’s helped some of the world’s most ambitious CEOs, companies and … Continued.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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#1,853 – AeroNabs

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

It seems like, at least here in America, that we’ve pretty much given up all hope of suppressing the coronavirus, resigned to the fact that we’re just going to have to wait until a vaccine is ready. But it could be months or maybe even years before we have a vaccine fully ready and even then there’s no guarantee that it will work for everybody 100% of the time.

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Employee Spotlight: Shelley Hershberger

Brunner

Meet Shelley Hershberger! With five years of service at Brunner, Hershberger is the Finance Operations Manager. She has diverse work experiences ranging from teenage McDonald’s years to WTAE. From Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Hershberger attended college at Seton Hill University and Saint Vincent College. Q: What were some of your high school hobbies?

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#1,855 – Emrod

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I’ve long been fascinated by Nikola Tesla and in particular his idea for wireless power towers called Tesla Towers that could beam electricity from one area to the next without the need for any wires. In my original book of ideas, that I started writing over 10 years ago, I even made a list of possible locations for Tesla Towers even if I did doubt whether or not the feat could ever be pulled off.

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What You Don’t Have

Mike Shipulski

If you have more features, I will beat you with fewer. If you have a broad product line, I will beat you with my singular product. If your solution is big, mine will beat you with small. If you sell across the globe, I will sell only in the most important market and beat you. If you sell to many customers, I will provide a better service to your best customer and beat you.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Modern Intranets Enable A Central Information Hub. Here’s How

Acuvate

Modern Intranets Enable A Central Information Hub. Here’s How. According to a report featured by the TechRepublic, an average employee switches between 35 job-critical applications more than 1,100 times every day. And an IDC report says that knowledge workers spend an average of 2.5 hours every week finding the information they need within their enterprises. […].

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Mergers and consolidations: concepts to embrace NOW

Focused Momentum

This article is part of our Strategic Thinking During a Pandemic series. Last week I was invited to participate in a panel on how to support the nonprofit sector through the pandemic. We have worked in both the nonprofit and commercial sectors since founding Focused Momentum in 1999, so I thought I had a reasonably good understanding of how to approach this topic.

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Social intelligence tools allow for deeper analysis of consumer behavior.

Brunner

Social listening is widely accepted in the world of business as a way for companies to connect with their target audience and find out what that audience thinks about a given product, campaign or initiative. It’s a process of watching hashtags, keywords and digital engagement to identify trending topics and monitor brand sentiment, and roughly 70% of local businesses use it to better understand their customer segments, according to a joint survey from the Atlanta Business Chronicle and marketin

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Why Don't My Employees Trust Me?

Michael Roberto

Sourrce: Pixabay Cara Brennan Allamano, senior vice president at Udemy, recently shared results from her firm's survey of 1,000 workers across the country. She published the findings in Fast Company : 63% believe their employers are using the COVID-19 pandemic and economic uncertainty as an excuse to trim down their organizations 61% believe their employers are using workplace downsizing during the pandemic to transition to a more automated workforce 52% believe their employers are leaning towar

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.