Tue.Aug 11, 2020

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Why Innovation Requires a Different Set of Metrics

IdeaScale

Today’s business climate is uncertain. Disruption, exponential growth, and the technology landscape contribute to the need for constant innovation. Company leaders can no longer formulate a business model and rely on the five-year plan. Instead, organizations need change to thrive and grow. Factor innovation into the equation when figuring out how much value and benefits investments have … Continued.

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Kaizen Thinkers

Kainexus

The practice of Kaizen is not about a particular way of performing business operations or even a specific approach to process improvement. Instead, it is a way of thinking about business operations that can transform how you look at problems and open up new doors to innovation. Kaizen seeks to move operations nearer and nearer to perfection through incremental improvement.

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Digital Leaders at Kaiser and J&J on Staffing, Acceleration

Innovation Leader

Innovators from Kaiser Permanente and Johnson & Johnson discussed how the healthcare industry pivoted to respond to the pandemic.

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#1,852 – Social Media Distancing

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

This is going to sound a little bit counter intuitive, since I posted this to a social media site and you’re reading this on a social media site but… social media is bad for us and we shouldn’t use it as much as we do. In fact, in this era of social distancing it may be time to do some social media distancing as well; a conscious effort to put away our phones and end the countless hours of doom scrolling that we’re currently subjecting ourselves to so that we can clear our heads, reg

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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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Nearshore, Offshore, and Onshore: what is the difference between types of IT outsourcing?

mjvinnovation

It’s not the first time this happens. It certainly won’t be the last. We are between what is no longer and what is not yet. The model we used up until now is not capable of solving today’s challenges. But the new ecosystem is not yet ready. It is true that after the Digital Revolution, these transitions started to happening in much shorter intervals.

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The Ultimate Guide To Inspiring Confidence In Your Staff To Return To The Office

The Human Factor

If you have embraced flexible working for your staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, you might now be keen to welcome your team back into the office with the lockdown beginning to ease. While coronavirus remains a threat and it hasn’t disappeared, the economy has to begin moving once again. The easiest way to fire the economy after a hit is to get staff back into the office and working at full throttle.

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#1,851 – Morality Pills

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I’m losing faith in humanity. I really am. Sure, we’re capable of some pretty amazing feats. We put a man on the Moon and invented technological wonders like the tiny computer in your pocket that lets you navigate your world and the Large Hadron Collider that lets us explore the secrets of the Universe. But at the same time the vast majority of us are really not that evolved.