Fri.Aug 11, 2017

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Innovation Inspiration – Driving Sustainability at Ford, ESB, and Solvay

Qmarkets

Whether it’s air pollution, water pollution, or even climate change, the major sustainability issues facing the world and its citizens are topics that every business should feel a sense of ownership and responsibility towards resolving. And with global warming showing no signs of abating (last year was the hottest since 1880 according to data from NASA and NOAA, and this year is on track to be the hottest ever), companies have no time to spare in the all-consuming quest to develop innovative sol

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How hackathons can help you get started with blockchain

hackerearth

Grow into a major player in the global blockchain space with an innovative mindset. The concept of a digital economy has rewritten business models you’ve adopted so far. Over 90 percent of organizations want a digital transformation strategy, anticipating cost reduction, increased innovation, and business growth in the future. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about products, services, technology, culture, or data; everything revolves around delivering value to customers and thwarting competi

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Protecting Forests via Open Innovation

IdeaConnection

The internet and cheap air travel may well have made the world a smaller place, but there are still many uncharted areas, which we now know a little bit more about thanks to open innovation. A crowd has counted the planet’s drylands forests and in the process charted forests that have never previously been mapped. To help scientists map most of the world’s forests, computers automatically detect areas through satellite data.

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BMO Disproves Studies: Leverage the Intranet to Engage and Involve Employees in Innovation

Tembosocial

Many companies struggle to get employees excited about the corporate Intranet. Studies show that employees are reluctant to spend time following or contributing to the company portal—even though the same employees are active on external social media. If the company portal is such a tough sell, why does Julian Mills see the Intranet as a launch pad for employee engagement throughout the organization?

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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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Let Your Brain Take the Road Less Traveled

The Human Factor

Do you often find yourself doing the same things over and over and wondering why you get the same results every time? Contrary to the popular adage “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results,” it doesn’t mean you’ve lost your marbles. In fact, you’re probably doing exactly what the human brain evolved to do over the past two million years.

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How hackathons can help you get started with blockchain

hackerearth

Grow into a major player in the global blockchain space with an innovative mindset. The concept of a digital economy has rewritten business models you’ve adopted so far. Over 90 percent of organizations want a digital transformation strategy, anticipating cost reduction, increased innovation, and business growth in the future. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about products, services, technology, culture, or data; everything revolves around delivering value to customers and thwarting competi

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The Idiot Savant's Guide to Emergency Ideation Under Ridiculous Time Constraints

Idea Champions

OK. Here's the deal. You are a PR, Marketing, or Communications firm and one of your clients has just asked for the impossible. Again. They need killer ideas from you within the next 48 hours. Maybe sooner. Your team is scattered to the four winds, you have no time to run a brainstorm session, and your anxiety level is through the roof. What to do? Here's what to do: 1.

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Podcast #019 Kostya Kimlat – Methods vs Effects? How to be creative like a Magician

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk with professional magician Kostya Kimlat, recently a winner on the magic TV show Penn & Teller’s Fool Us. We talk about what constitutes originality and creativity in the art form of magic, what it takes to create your own tricks, and why customers always care more about the effect of what they experience compared to the method of how it was done.