Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 9, 2021
The growing fears are that we are falling behind the need to meet the Energy Transition required goals to the World has agreed to by 2050, set to meet the Paris Climate Agreement. The climate is about to get really difficult to predict. We are facing some of the natural consequences of our present inability not to reduce greenhouse gases at the rate they are required.
IdeaScale
JUNE 9, 2021
Overview: The value of crowdsourcing is that you can find ideas in the most unusual of places. These five, in particular, might surprise you and offer guidance for your crowdsourcing strategy. The Solar-Powered Wheelchair. Alper Sirvan, a Turkish man with cerebral palsy, was severely limited by the battery in his wheelchair. For World Cerebral Palsy Day in 2013, he asked for a wheelchair that either had an extended range or could run indefinitely.
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Jeffrey Phillips
JUNE 9, 2021
I'm often asked how many people should be employed in innovation work in larger organizations. As if there is a magic number! For those of you who remember the Hitch hiker's guide to the Galaxy , the actual number is 42. Of course, with that and a towel, you can accomplish almost anything. It's a joke only Hitch hiker fans will appreciate. But the question about staffing for growth, new products and innovation is an important and interesting question.
InnovationManagement
JUNE 9, 2021
The Six Week Innovation Challenge is becoming the method of choice in corporates. And it's not only innovators who love the sprint - leaders embrace it just as much. The post SWICH – The Six Week Innovation Challenge appeared first on InnovationManagement.
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.
Daniel Burrus
JUNE 9, 2021
While many have solely thought of Bitcoin when the term “cryptocurrency” is referenced, today it is the system they are built on that is disrupting many entities in the financial industry and beyond. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency are programmed on a system called blockchain. This system facilitates a peer-to-peer transaction network that operates directly between users without an intermediary.
Cascade Strategy
JUNE 9, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic forced employees all across the globe to move from office buildings filled with coworkers to makeshift home workspaces populated with children, pets, and their partners.
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Yet2
JUNE 9, 2021
yet2 recently sat down with senior Open Innovation leaders at Unilever, Mondel?z, PepsiCo, and Colgate-Palmolive to discuss how these organizations leverage Open Innovation Portals as part of an overall innovation strategy. The panelists discussed unexpected ROIs of having an Open Innovation Portal, beyond receiving interesting technology submissions, including using the portal to increase visibility around critical innovation challenges, the benefits of third-party filtering, and an alternative
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 9, 2021
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Michael Roberto
JUNE 9, 2021
Source: Wikimedia Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks has a great column in The Atlantic this week. The essay is titled, "Don't Approach Life Like a Picky Eater." Brooks writes: Openness to a wide variety of life experiences, from visiting interesting places to considering unusual political views, brings happiness. “Only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn’t exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible,” Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in his Letters to a Young Poet, “will himself soun
The Human Factor
JUNE 9, 2021
image source. Modern business is inseparable from technology. Even the most traditional ‘offline’ industries need staff with digital skills, while traditionally ‘online’ industries need to be more on the ball than ever when it comes to technology. Therefore, if your business isn’t tech-savvy, you’ll find it difficult to grow and succeed in today’s climate.
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.
Michael Roberto
JUNE 9, 2021
For those working on syllabi for the fall, here is a list of some of the case studies I've published over the past ten years. I'm glad to answer questions about any of this material. Boeing 737 MAX: Company Culture and Product Failure : Case study about the decision-making failures that led to two 737 MAX crashes, and the culture that contributed to those poor decisions by company managers.
The Human Factor
JUNE 9, 2021
If one of your employees is injured or falls ill, it’s important that you support them in any way that you can. That means being flexible with them and giving them the time that they need to recover. . When they are eventually ready to return to work, the transition can be very difficult, especially if they have been out of work for a long time. There may be lasting effects that bring new challenges with them too, and it’s important that you help as much as you can.
Idea to Value
JUNE 9, 2021
When do you have your best ideas: Right at the beginning of creative work, or later on when you are exhausted? Interesting new research sheds a light on how you might be wrong about your own creative process. Brian J. Lucas and Loran F. Nordgren wanted to study at what point people expected to be their most creative, and when they actually produced their most creative work.
The Human Factor
JUNE 9, 2021
The appearance of your business premises is vital to the overall performance of your business. The property must look stylish and welcoming if you wish to attract more clients. Your business premises must also reflect your business operations with integrity and professionalism. That is why checking your business property should be one of the investments you make for your business if you wish to make maximum profits.
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.
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 9, 2021
The growing fears are that we are falling behind the need to meet the Energy Transition required goals to the World has agreed to by 2050, set to meet the Paris Climate Agreement. The climate is about to get really difficult to predict. We are facing some of the natural consequences of our present inability not to reduce greenhouse gases at the rate they are required.
The Human Factor
JUNE 9, 2021
Image Credit. It’s no secret that Covid-19 has shaken up life for many businesses. Such an unprecedented event was always going to have an impact, and many countries are going to be recovering for a long time before they can consider themselves truly open again. Of course, though, you can’t let things like this slow down your business. Instead, you need to find ways to turn this sort of issue around, giving you the chance to take advantage of the new business landscape that has been created by m
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 9, 2021
The growing fears are that we are falling behind the need to meet the Energy Transition required goals to the World has agreed to by 2050, set to meet the Paris Climate Agreement. The climate is about to get really difficult to predict. We are facing some of the natural consequences of our present inability not to reduce greenhouse gases at the rate they are required.
The Human Factor
JUNE 9, 2021
pixabay. The past several months have given us all a life lesson. Prepare for the unexpected. Every business owner was hit by complete surprise, by the pandemic. The world shut down, nobody knew how severe the impact would be on businesses needing to rapidly change how they operate. Even though it was not your fault, at the end of the day you are responsible for your business surviving a tumultuous time.
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Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge
Qmarkets
JUNE 9, 2021
Partnership enables Qmarkets customers to access HeroX’s 2M+ globally connected problem solvers and allows HeroX challenge sponsors to leverage the back-end idea incubation features of the Qmarkets platform. Tel-Aviv, Israel — June 10, 2021 – Qmarkets, the award-winning supplier of innovation management software , has today announced its partnership with HeroX , the world’s leading platform for crowdsourced idea competitions.
Qmarkets
JUNE 9, 2021
Partnership enables Qmarkets customers to access HeroX’s 2M+ globally connected problem solvers and allows HeroX challenge sponsors to leverage the back-end idea incubation features of the Qmarkets platform. Qmarkets adds capability to plug into the HeroX Global Innovator Crowd Tel-Aviv, Israel — June 10, 2021 – Qmarkets, the award-winning supplier of innovation management software , has today announced its partnership with HeroX , the world’s leading platform for crowdsourced idea competi
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