Wed.Sep 12, 2018

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Are Digital Transformation and Innovation the Same Thing?

IdeaScale

Some companies have an innovation strategy. Some companies have a digital transformation strategy. Are these the same thing? The short answer is “no” but both efforts are important and here’s a brief explanation and an example of each of them. Innovation. Innovation is the introduction of any significant, positive change. This can be changes in public policy, small improvements to a company’s processes, totally new, disruptive product offerings, and more.

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4 Things You Need To Know About Big Data And Artificial Intelligence

Digital Tonto

The winners in the cognitive era will not be those who can reduce costs the fastest, but those who can unlock the most value over the long haul. Related posts: 4 Ways Every Business Needs To Use. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Try Nook and Cranny Strategic Thinking Exercises for a Huge Impact!

BrainZooming

Nook and cranny strategic thinking exercises. I’d never thought of this term previously. Yet, they are vital. They help groups (or an individual) efficiently explore many more opportunities and ideas than they otherwise might. The nook and cranny strategic thinking exercises term popped into my head during a Brainzooming client workshop. Three groups rotated through posters focused on their shared services organization’s internal branding.

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Leading The Rat Race: The Hurdles Of Innovation

InnovationManagement

Locked with the President of my country, Cyril Ramaphosa, in what was already a ‘do-not-disturb, bromance-in-progress’ kind of moment, he must have developed an on-the-spot inkling that our intimacy stands to grow by leaps and bounds if he were to somehow ask me what I do for a living. And in not so many words, I said what I say to just about anyone – from Long-Rich Sales Reps – to Twitter Bios – right up to C-Suite level, thick-necked folk: “I chase rats for a living.”.

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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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Let’s Get Real About Innovation Hurdles

Innovation Excellence

This is a brief case study for meaningful & constructive conversations about why things aren’t working within our innovation efforts. — Quick intro I’m passionate about helping people take their best ideas to market, and I’m fully aware that ideas can come from anyone or anywhere. But to get to market is often a complicated.

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Understanding Big Data to Improve Healthcare Delivery

IdeaConnection

The New Jersey Hospital Association in the USA has launched a data and informatics center that will use big data analytics techniques to identify and address gaps in healthcare for New Jersey’s citizens. The NJHA Center for Health Analytics, Research, and Transformation (CHART) will apply predictive modeling and analytics to reams of big data to better understand underlying problems and to help its staff and policy experts explore solutions. “So many of the problems we see in healthc

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Britney Spears, Oil Exploration and how to help your Company Innovate

IdeaConnection

Harold Hildebrand was a young musician and technical whiz who got a job with Exxon Mobil right out of university. Not long after that, he discovered a disruptive technology that could find oil by using sound. Traditionally, oil companies essentially wandered around, digging into the ground and crossing their fingers. Hildebrand found that if an explosive charge was set off underground, he could use a technique called autocorrelation to analyze the pitch of the returning sound waves to lead to

Company 45
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8 External Innovation Sources You should know

ITONICS

Back in time, companies relied mainly on their internal capabilities to generate innovative ideas and to transform these ideas into real products and services. However, nowadays many innovation leaders are increasingly focusing on “mixed” innovation strategies by combining internal innovation drivers and external partners and thus open up innovation to the outside world.

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Innovating in Physical & Digital Realms at Hasbro

Innovation Leader

In the decade since Hasbro Chairman and CEO Brian Goldner took charge, the company has begun to take a “digital-first” approach to everything it does.

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#1,372 – The Ocean Cleanup Project

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Everyone’s attention right now is focused on the Atlantic Ocean and rightfully so. Hurricane Florence is no joke. Larger than the state of North Carolina and wider than the difference from Boston to Philadelphia, this tremendously wet behemoth of a storm has a chance to be the most devastating domestic hurricane in recorded history. But over in the Pacific Ocean looms an even larger threat.

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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.

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8 External Sources of Innovation

ITONICS

Back in time, companies relied mainly on their internal capabilities to generate innovative ideas and to transform these ideas into real products and services. However, nowadays many innovation leaders are increasingly focusing on “mixed” innovation strategies by combining internal innovation drivers and external partners and thus open up innovation to the outside world.