Sun.Sep 13, 2020

article thumbnail

Why We Need To Ask Stupid Questions

Digital Tonto

We often overlook the value of simple questions, because we think intelligence has something to do with ability to recite rote facts. Yet intellect is not about knowing all the answers, but in asking. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

article thumbnail

EZ Innovation 1 – Welcome to the Innovator’s era

Inspiring Next

After a keynote lecture on Purposeful Innovation in 2019, a very graceful executive walked up to me, introduced herself as Cleo, the CEO of a services company, and asked, “Do I need to hire a Chief Innovation Officer?” My response was, “Only if you want to grow! … If you want to wait and watch,… Read More » EZ Innovation 1 – Welcome to the Innovator’s era.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

#1,923 – COVID-19 Seaweed Treatment

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I hate seaweed. Hate it dangling over my body while I try to swim in the ocean. Hate it as a food source. Presumably, I’m not alone in this assessment. But soon we may all have a reason to love seaweed: its ability to protect us against COVID-19. As Fast Company puts it: “Remdesivir was the first major pharmaceutical breakthrough of the coronavirus pandemic: Research has found it’s able to help some patients recover faster from severe cases of the illness and may make it more likely

Study 61
article thumbnail

Party For Results, Not Rank

helloFUTURE

Looking to make your business more innovative? Stop celebrating promotions. The corporate world is an interesting place. For the longest time, it was mired in a hierarchical structure, with workers reporting to managers, reporting to directors, reporting to vice-presidents reporting to presidents (or the C-Suite). Is it still relevant, or a vestige of a previous… The post Party For Results, Not Rank appeared first on hellofuture.

Report 52
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

008: Fixedness: Your Main Barrier to Creative Thinking

Innovation in Practice

Every day, you face at least one situation where a creative idea would come in handy. But there are just times when you feel like nothing comes out of you. . So what diminishes your creative spark? It’s actually not because you don’t want to be creative, or you don’t need to be. . What blocks creativity is this condition called fixedness.

article thumbnail

5 Minutes to a Good Idea

Collectivecamp

At our recent 48 Hour Lean Startup workshop I helped guide an optometrist with no idea what he wanted to work on to a gamechanging concept in under 5 minutes.

LEAN 52

More Trending

article thumbnail

Stop Breaking Awkward Silences

Collectivecamp

Rushing to fill awkward silences is a recipe for disaster when it comes to our brainstorming and innovation efforts.

article thumbnail

#1,922 – Flintstones Car

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Like everyone else I assumed that in the future we’d have flying cars just like on The Jetsons. I never would have thought that instead, the car of the future would be more like The Flintstones , one that we power ourselves. And yet here we are. On the verge of getting a bike powered car while flying cars have yet to take off. As Fast Company puts it: “Biking to your job is great until it rains and you show up soaked to work.

Design 48
article thumbnail

AL SIRAAT COLLEGE: Team Leadership Training Testimonials

Idea Champions

What follows is a sampling of testimonials from some of the 33 graduates of Idea Champions' Team Leadership Training , delivered to Al Siraat College, in Epping, Australia in 2020. SHORT AND SWEET. "This is the best professional training I have ever done in my life. I wish I'd done it many years ago, so I could have incorporated its excellent ideas and practices earlier in my professional and personal life." -- Wayne Semmens.

article thumbnail

Startup Acquisition 101 for Large Organisations

Collectivecamp

Explore the challenges organisations face in acquiring startups and how to deal with them.

How To 52
article thumbnail

From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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.

article thumbnail

#1,925 – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

This is a blog about hope. About the future and all the amazing things we have in store for us. About all of the transcendent technologies and scintillating science that will shape our world in the years to come. But I’m afraid that it’s getting harder and harder to put on a brave face and continue to make hyperbolic claims of greatness night after night.

Trends 55