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It Doesn’t Have to Be the Way It Is

Tim Kastelle

Innovation is subversive Are you happy with the way things are right now? Probably not, if you’re reading blog posts about innovation. There’s likely something bothering you. It might be something small, or large. If we’re not happy with the status quo, there’s only one thing that will change it – doing something differently.

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Why leaders with a clear vision connect innovation and strategic cost-cutting

Exago

A successful cost-cutting strategy is connected to an organisation’s capacity to evolve, to innovate, and to do it as whole. Companies can, in fact, keep innovating in ways that do not require high investments in new products’ research and development, and which can save substantial amounts of time and money. The post Why leaders with a clear vision connect innovation and strategic cost-cutting appeared first on Exago.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be the Way It Is

Tim Kastelle

Innovation is subversive Are you happy with the way things are right now? Probably not, if you’re reading blog posts about innovation. There’s likely something bothering you. It might be something small, or large. If we’re not happy with the status quo, there’s only one thing that will change it – doing something differently.

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The Shake Up Learning Members-Only Library! (FREE Downloads)

BrainZooming

The post The Shake Up Learning Members-Only Library! (FREE Downloads) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The FREE, Shake Up Learning Members-Only Library Has Arrived! New for 2018, the Shake Up Learning Members-Only Library of FREE Downloads ! I’ve been blogging since 2014, and I’ve always tried to create free and useful resources for educators.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be the Way It Is

Tim Kastelle

Innovation is subversive Are you happy with the way things are right now? Probably not, if you’re reading blog posts about innovation. There’s likely something bothering you. It might be something small, or large. If we’re not happy with the status quo, there’s only one thing that will change it – doing something differently.

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Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2017

Innovation Excellence

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley's Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2017 was our sixth full year of operations. To celebrate we've pulled together the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2017 from our archive of nearly 7,000 innovation-related articles from more than 400 contributing authors. Click the link if you missed.

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Vulnerable Leaders Inspire with Authenticity and Humanity

Innovation Excellence

Personal vulnerability is considered a liability for leaders. Conventional wisdom holds that it is difficult to lead or negotiate or make demands from a position of perceived weakness. In business, vulnerability is generally seen as weakness. Recent headlines scream for business to avoid vulnerability or suffer the consequences: “30% of Auto Parts Retailers’ Business Is Vulnerable […].

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Ceramics of Italy Launches 25th Anniversary Tile Competition

IdeaConnection

Ceramics of Italy announced the launch of the 2018 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition.

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Shaping Change – Trend Management in Practice

ITONICS

A study on the relevance and state of the art of trend management in corporations. In times of ever shorter product lifecycles and rapid technological progress, many companies are increasingly faced with the need of having to proactively respond to changes and/or anticipate such changes wherever possible. As heralds of change, trends are in particular identified, observed, assessed and analyzed.

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Nick Saban and the Power of Small Wins

Michael Roberto

One more blog post about goal setting as the new year begins! At this time of year, I always find it useful to reconsider Karl Weick's famous article about the power of small wins. He wrote the article back in the 1980s, and it still resonates so powerfully today. Here's an excerpt: A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance.

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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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How to Use Gamification in Mobile Apps: A Case Study

Boxes and Arrows

Gamification, or the addition of game-like elements to anything that isn’t a game, pops up all over the design world. In my last post for Boxes and Arrows , I focused specifically on gamification in mobile app onboarding. The moment when users first open your app is critical to the app’s success , and you can use gamification as a tool to get a new user through the learning curve.

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What do a pizza-delivery driver, a gynecologist, and an employment-law blog have in common?

100%Open

You were expecting a different start to 2018 at The Employer Handbook? “‘Black-hearted’ mum gets Pizza Hut employee fired for saucy joke written in box.” I adore that subheader. But, I can’t take credit for it. It comes from a UK tabloid. (We may have won the Revolutionary War, but the Brits still win the headline battles.

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Creating A Culture of Innovation Using Innovation Software

eZassi

As companies increasingly recognize the importance of innovation and disruptive solutions to remain competitive, the big question remains: where does innovation come from and how a culture of innovation be cultivated? While it might certainly seem like a big question with a complicated answer, for most companies the solution within reach more than they could have ever imagined.

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[INTERVIEW] Jonathon Karelse, NorthFind Partners Co-Founder and Partner

IdeaScale

There’s a lot of allure to the world of entrepreneurialism. The idea of being independent and following your own course is a big part of it, as much as the gratification of seeing your product or service take off with customers. It’s the kind of environment where people may think that concepts like business forecasting or change management are all well and good, but really the province of big businesses – not more fledgling organizations.

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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.