Wed.Feb 01, 2023

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Implement Anticipatory Solutions Instead of Reactive Responses

Daniel Burrus

In years past, many businesses have succeeded with an agile, reactive approach to business where they respond to climate, competition, and social circumstances in an “after the fact” way. This focus was predominantly on responding to disruptions as they came in, putting out fires to solve issues. As many businesses have perfected this approach, a new leadership model is now needed to stay ahead of the competition.

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Fears of those unknowns

Paul Hobcraft

The fear of the unknowns explodes upon those not ready When the established order begins to creak and dismantle, seemingly in front of our eyes, those fears of the unknown can kick in, especially if you have been used to managing in an established (slowly) evolving way for most, if not all, of your business life. We seem confronted with rapid change, and it is primarily within the business world related to technology and market uncertainty that is driving this.

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ChatGPT on Business Innovation Ecosystems

Ecosystems4Innovating

Discussing with ChatGPT about Business Innovation Ecosystems, their value and progress

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Is the innovation (really) disruptive? These 6 questions can reveal the answer.

Christensen Institute

Open the business section of a major newspaper or watch “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and you’re likely to find something, someone, or some new tech being called disruptive. The term Disruptive Innovation has become virtually ubiquitous from Wall Street to Silicon Valley…and even Hollywood. Consequently, it’s also one of the most misunderstood and misapplied terms in the business lexicon.

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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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For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost

Harvard Business Review

New research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing.

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Kickstarting Change and Innovation in Uncertain Times

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack In our last article, we described why innovation is transformational, and why, at this moment in time, it is more important than ever to innovate.

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Leveraging Hindsight and Foresight for Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia Innovation is essential for businesses to stay competitive in today’s ever-changing economy. To stay ahead of the competition, businesses need to be able to anticipate the future and plan accordingly. To do this, they must leverage both hindsight and foresight in their innovation processes.

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How to Work with a Workaholic Colleague

Harvard Business Review

You don’t have to follow their lead. Here’s how to set boundaries.

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The Law of the Loaf

Rmukesh Gupta

One of the responsibilities of leaders is to organise our people and create contexts within which they operate. This context has a significant impact on the results that the teams can achieve. One way we put in place these contexts is through the culture we operate under (intentionally or unintentionally). And this decides how we interact with each other – as one entity moving toward the goal or as individuals working on each our own goals.

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Beware the Transition from an Iconic CEO

Harvard Business Review

Disney, Starbucks, GE, and others have stumbled painfully when it comes to CEO succession.

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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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Culture Jolt #29 - Grow ecosystems, not silos

Values Centered Innovation

Welcome to our Conscious Innovator ® process! Are you ready for a new, insight-provoking “Jolt” … something designed to “rearrange your molecules” as it elicits your unique, innovative potential in life and work? Jolts wake us up. They spur new self-awareness, new capabilities and values, and new actions. Paradoxically, we don’t learn from each Jolt – rather, each Jolt “learns us” !

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6 Tips On How To Build The Perfect B2B Sales Funnel

Collectivecamp

The journey of a consumer from signing up to conversion accounts for success for any business. Products, content, and design are key components that entice a user. However, once we break down the process from enticing a user to making them a consumer, we realize there are many more steps. These steps, cumulatively, form a sales funnel. It guides to-be-consumers from signing up to buying a product/service.

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24 Ideas When You Need Great New Concepts

BrainZooming

Do you ever feel that the odds are stacked against you in trying to come up with a great new idea that stands out because every great idea has already been imagined?

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Expo Live's Latest Cohort Opens Applications For Climate-Related Solutions Ahead Of The UAE's COP28 Hosting Duties

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Applications for the program began on February 1, 2023, and will remain open until March 1, 2023.

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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.