Thu.Sep 27, 2018

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15 Great Quotes to Inspire Innovation

IdeaScale

All of our customers need to be inspired from time to time. That’s why it’s nice to hear from other innovators, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders about how to get creative and build the future. So we’ve gathered some of our favorites here and organized them into five sections that roughly align to the innovation process. Understand the Problem. “The best vision is insight.”. – Malcolm Forbes.

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How we built a feedback culture with tacos, burgers and sushi

Board of Innovation

Before joining Board of Innovation as a People & Culture Lead six months ago, I had already been working in the domain of ‘Human Resources’ for ten years. I found out, most people hate feedback at work. And why wouldn’t they? It’s often limited to the yearly, generally dreaded, performance reviews. And often, feedback is more. Continue reading.

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How To Win In The New Era Of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

IBM, to a large degree, invented the information technology industry. For the first half of the 20th century, it dominated the market for tabulating machines. Then digital computing posed new challenges and, by the 1950s it had begun to cede ground to UNIVAC, which led to Thomas Watson Jr’s $5 billion gamble to build the System 360.

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How we built a feedback culture with tacos, burgers and sushi

Board of Innovation

Before joining Board of Innovation as a People & Culture Lead six months ago, I had already been working in the domain of ‘Human Resources’ for ten years. I found out, most people hate feedback at work. And why wouldn’t they? It’s often limited to the yearly, generally dreaded, performance reviews. And often, feedback is more. Continue reading. The post How we built a feedback culture with tacos, burgers and sushi appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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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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Big Data, Automation and Cows Who Decide When they want to be Milked

Rmukesh Gupta

I came across this interesting read on Quartz.com. The post is about a farm in Iceland where the entire barn is automated. Here are some quotes from the article. When one of their cows wants to be milked, she walks to the center of the barn to one of the three self-milking Lely machines. She enters the machine—a gated, cow-size booth—and first has her teats inspected and cleaned.

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Webinar: 5 Steps to Becoming an Intelligent Organization

MSSBTI

5 Steps to Becoming an Intelligent Organization with Lu Hao, PhD and MSS Data Scientist. During this webinar, MSS Data Scientist Dr. Lu Hao will simplify the mystery surrounding Advanced Analytics and share how your organization can leverage Analytics to become an intelligent organization, driven by data and smart insights. Sign up for the upcoming hands-on workshop: 5 Steps to Becoming an Intelligent Organization Through Advanced Analytics.

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4 Radically Practical Strategies to Elicit Commitment & Accountability in Today’s Climate of Change and Disruption

MSSBTI

It is challenging to get people’s attention in this age of information overload. If the title of this article got your attention, it probably means you are experiencing the turbulent environment of overwhelm and change that many companies of all sizes are experiencing today. Do you ever feel like you are experiencing Class III, IV or V waves and you are paddling fast and hard to get through them on what you hope to be your sturdy river raft?

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3 Ways to Build a Credible Brand as a Startup

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Startup owners know very well how difficult it is to be taken seriously in the world of business. There are so many strong and experienced businesses out there, and most of them will be able to convince your potential customers of heading over to them instead. Image source. What you need in order to survive is a brand that is not just telling your story and making those customers fall head-over-heels in love with your startup – you need it to be strong and credible as w

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How Leaders Shape Team Creativity

Michael Roberto

Source: Pixabay I recently came across an interesting article by Lei Huang, Dina Krasikova, and Dong Liu. It's titled, "I can do it, so can you: The role of leader creative self-efficacy in facilitating follower creativity." They find that teams produce more creative work when leaders are highly confident in their own creative capabilities. Writing in the BPS Research Digest , Alex Fradera points out that this result is not necessarily what one might predict. the opposite could very well be true