Wed.Oct 18, 2017

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Moving to a Digital World totally across your Business is highly challenging

Paul Hobcraft

Transformation is very hard at the best of times for all of us to undertake. Digital transformation forces us to work with mostly emerging, constantly evolving technologies, and then apply these in an integrated way into an existing business. This stretches our abilities significantly as we may unclear of the finished design for quite some time. We have to evolve it, as we go.

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Here’s Why Even Successful Companies Find It Hard To Innovate In New Markets

Digital Tonto

You have to be able to look beyond your current business and explore new horizons Related posts: Great Companies Don’t Adapt, They Prepare. How Great Media Companies Fail on the Internet. What. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Forget “yes but”, use “yes and” instead. 3 key lessons for (social) entrepreneurship

Board of Innovation

Let me start by introducing myself: I’m Anneleen, Design Thinking Lead at Board of Innovation. Throughout my professional career, I have repeatedly been asked: Isn’t Design Thinking just common sense? What is it that makes Design Thinking so different from other innovation approaches? I recently had the privilege to support NGO’s in setting up a social enterprise.

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Bad Innovation Systems Beat Good Innovators Every Time

Innovation Excellence

W. Edwards Deming once famously stated: A bad system will beat a good person every time. What was Deming trying to convey with this quote? It wasn’t an attempt to get people to give up trying because failure was certain. It was an attempt to get people to understand the importance of the system and.

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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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Future Of Work: Are You Ready To Lead?

Faisal Hoque

We’ve already got self-driving cars. So what’s next for intelligent innovation in the workplace?

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How Technology is Shaping Marketing in the Next Decade

Innovation Excellence

Ten years ago, social media was in its infancy. Nobody even heard of mobile marketing, content marketing or big data. The iPhone hadn’t even been launched yet. If you took a reasonably competent marketer from 2007 and transported her to today, much of what she knew about her job would be irrelevant. We’re at a.

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What is Your Career Strategy?

Innovation Excellence

I’ve taken up a new habit of asking successful people I know: What is your career strategy? I ask it casually, and in person, because I want to see their body language and get a sense of just how front-of-mind their answer might be. My discovery: when it comes to careers, most folks don’t have.

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Innovators Gather at MIT’s Media Lab for the 2017 Teach-In

Innovation Leader

Over 200 corporate innovators converged at the MIT Media Lab for our Teach-In event, where participants participated in 30+ sessions on innovation hot topics, lab tours, and more.

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Tips for Recognizing and Rewarding Your Remote Workforce

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

No matter what industry your business is in, when it comes to achieving top results, this can never happen unless your team is engaged, motivated, and committed. However, while many organizations have a focus on enhancing corporate culture and appreciating employees these days, with so many more remote workers than ever before, it can be easy for people who are not in the office to get left out.

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Future of Law with Tom Oliver from PwC

Idea Drop

We caught up with Tom Oliver from PwC and took a look at the future of the legal profession. If you enjoy this video, subscribe to our youtube channel and be the first one to find out about our future interviews with other global innovation thought leaders. Also in the series: Innovation Insights with Bruce Daisley from Twitter Innovation Insights with Roland Harwood from 100%Open Innovation Insights with David Fowler from PwC The post Future of Law with Tom Oliver from PwC appeared first on I

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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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See you at DTIM Europe 2017!

ITONICS

DTIM stands for Disruptive Technologies and Innovation Foresight Minds. ITONICS is a partner of this year’s DTIM Europe 2017 taking place from November 20-21 in Berlin. Playing an active role in technology and innovation management, technology foresight and screening, research & development and organizational change, the DTIM brings together all stakeholders within manufacturing industries and the production sphere.

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Scanning Your Environment

Michael Roberto

When organizations fall behind the competition, we often hear people describe how the enterprise had become increasingly insular in recent years. Managers focused on enhancing operational efficiency, and they fixated on internal processes and procedures. As a result, they did not recognize key trends and changes in the marketplace. They did not spend enough time learning about new types of competitors.

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The Remarkable Power of Trust.

Daniel Burrus

Anyone who has heard me speak or worked with me in a consulting capacity knows how much I talk about the transformational impact of technology and how it’s advancing at an exponentially faster rate than ever before. That’s certainly true. But there’s another theme I always address: All the technology in the world is secondary to good relationships between people.

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Walk My Mind - Listen to my "Walkcast"

Michael Roberto

Walk My Mind describes itself as an organization that "provides a platform that fosters walking, learning, listening and community." The company's website features "walkcasts" with educators and authors. The goal is to promote two healthy habits coming together (walking and learning). You can listen to my "walkcast" here. I discuss leadership, decision-making, and problem finding.

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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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Do You Know How to Identify and Nurture Innovation Talent?

IdeaScale

Many companies today are experiencing an accelerated pace of change. As the world around us changes, how do successful companies drive change internally? After all, most of your workforce was probably hired for their functional skills, such as sales, accounting or production. Now we find that a new set of skills is necessary, and many companies aren’t sure how to identify and cultivate these skills.

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To improve productivity, it’s time to set limits.

Mike Shipulski

The race for productivity is on. And to take productivity to the next level, set limits. To reduce the time wasted by email, limit the number of emails a person can send to ten emails per day. Also, eliminate the cc function. If you send a single email to ten people, you’re done for the day. This will radically reduce the time spent writing emails and reduce distraction as fewer emails will arrive.

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