Tue.Jul 10, 2018

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You need a chief disruption officer, not a chief innovation officer

Jeffrey Phillips

In older times, when kings ruled countries with little input from their subjects, it was easy for the king to exhibit some hubris. After all, the king's family and retinue encouraged the idea of divine coronation - the sense that the king had his power from a divine source and that everything under his domain should pay homage to him. Given this power, it wasn't hard for kings to become a bit deaf to other ideas or suggestions, or the idea that he could be fallible.

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The Impact of Stress on Innovation

IdeaScale

Stress is something that affects all of us at some point in our lives. Although some amount of stress is unavoidable, businesses need to recognize the importance of creating as stress-free a working environment as possible in order to support innovation. After all, a stressed workforce can greatly impact innovation; causing employees to miss work and lack motivation when it comes to devising and implementing new ideas.

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Cars Don’t Have to Be Beige and Boring – Nobe 100

Braden Kelley

Estonia is known for pushing the boundaries as it tries to establish itself as a haven for innovation, and out of Estonia comes the latest in a string of interesting electric car projects.

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Three Steps to Help Prevent Employee Turnover

InnovationManagement

Keeping employees and avoiding turnover has never been easy. There is no difference based on the amount of employees. Whether it’s a few dozen or a few hundred, trying to maintain and upkeep employee happiness takes dedication, persistence, and one strong cup of coffee (maybe two or three cups, if we’re being honest).

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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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Delivering Pizza to the Homeless

Braden Kelley

Innovation can come from a number of different potential sources of inspiration and insight. The most typical source of course is understanding customer needs.

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10 Rules for Maintaining Energy and Enthusiasm for Anything | Collective Campus

Collectivecamp

So many entrepreneurs get excited when they start something but their investment and energy tapers off once that initial buzz wears off.

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New leadership capabilities for a disruptive world

ImagineNation

Whether you are a company that wants to attract top talent or an individual who is trying to land your dream job, or create a new business, it’s becoming clear that the future of work is both human and technology centred. For us humans to be effective, productive & innovative, in the Digital Age, we […]. The post New leadership capabilities for a disruptive world appeared first on Imaginenation.

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Innovation in the Balkans – Part I – Northern Croatia and Slovenia

Innovation Excellence

The region known as the Balkans, located in southeastern Europe, runs from the Southern Alps to the Greek peninsula and is surrounded by the Adriatic, Ionian, and Black Seas. The region is a crossroads of civilizations, with major influences from ancient Rome to the west, the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the north, the Greeks to the.

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Atul Ghai

Innovation 360 Group

Based in New Delhi, India & Singapore. Background: Senior leader with blend of strategic thinking and execution. Developed and delivered award winning global programs for operational excellence and services from start-up to billion dollars at Nokia and Motorola respectively. Managed global teams across multiple functions. Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, which is the highest level of expertise for a consultant, coach and master trainer for improving organization culture of problem

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Spigit’s New Partnership Unlocks 1 million+ Data Scientists, Programmers, and technology architects

Planview

Digital disruption has been making and breaking businesses since 2000. The fact is, every company is facing an increase in appetite from customers for better experiences and more convenience. And as newer technologies emerge, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, it leaves companies scrambling to figure out what it means for their businesses now and in the future.

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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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Rabih Sayegh

Innovation 360 Group

Based in Jeddah and Beirut. Background: 20 years of diversified experience as a Management Consultant and Business Executive. Rabih is experienced in planning and execution of solutions that help businesses transform and achieve objectives. With extensive experience in general management and thorough understanding of business functions, Rabih successfully led complex change initiatives and assumed management positions in several organizations and industries.

Project 40
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Are There Rules of Innovation Success?

Innocentive

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Dagmar Boettger

Innovation 360 Group

Based in Hong Kong, China. Background: Dagmar has worked in Strategic HR Management for BASF in Europe and Asia triggering mainly the question: how to translate strategic goals into people-related leadership concepts and HR policies. She therefore mainly worked in Learning and Development, Performance Management and in change management projects. She co-lead the transformation of a Shanghai based production joint venture to become one of the most innovative sights in China.

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Looking for Labor Market Inefficiencies

Michael Roberto

Miriam Gottfried and Laura Cooper have written an article in the Wall Street Journal this week about billionaire investor Robert Smith and his private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners. The article examines the company's secretive "formula" for evaluating investment opportunities and enhancing performance in portfolio companies. I was particularly struck by the fact that the company uses an intelligence test to evaluate job candidates.

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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.

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Great Example of Challenging Orthodoxies

Innovation Excellence

With a new Top Gun movie coming out soon, I thought this might be an appropriate share. It used to be in the early days of military aviation that a pilot’s head only served as some level of protection during a crash or a battle. Then with the introduction of radio communications an additional function.