Wed.Aug 09, 2017

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Flirting with ideas

HYPE Innovation

Vienna. 1926 and Slawa Duldig was looking forward to a pleasant Sunday walk in the gardens of the Kunst Historisches Museum, a favourite haunt. Except that the prospect on this May morning with its ominous looking clouds was not so inviting – and so to prepare for the likely showers she took a heavy umbrella with her. She captured her frustration in her notebook - ‘Why on earth must I carry this utterly clumsy thing?

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Harnessing Good Thoughts: Innovation Management as a Volunteer Opportunity

IdeaScale

THE DISHARMONIUS GOOD INTENTIONS OF STAKEHOLDERS. Every nonprofit has them, mountains of well-meaning good ideas from passionate supporters, true believers, and entitled stakeholders. There’s just so darn many of them. Ideas AND supporters. Ignoring one mean can means losing the other (people leave when they feel they aren’t being listened to), but nonprofits just don’t have the time to give every idea the consideration it deserves.

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Is It Time To Rethink The Scientific Method?

Digital Tonto

We can no longer think about the process of discovery in the traditional way. Related posts: How Even Small Businesses Can Access World Class Scientific Research. Marketers Need To Rethink The. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Agility and Anticipation, a Tale of Two Business Strategies 

Daniel Burrus

When the competition launches a new product, how do you react? Chances are, you act quickly and decisively to address the changing factors and conditions. In short, you use agility to change directions and head the competition off at the pass. But what if you could skip that pivot altogether? Think about some of the most powerful, most industry-disruptive products and services that have become well-known of late.

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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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Moving from Static to Dynamic

Mike Shipulski

At some point, what worked last time won’t work this time. It’s not if the business model will go belly-up, it’s when. There are two choices. We can bury our heads in the sands of the status quo, or we can proactively observe the world in a forward-looking way and continually reorient ourselves as we analyze and synthesize what we see. The world is dynamic, but we behave like it’s static.

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Why designers need systems thinking

The Inovo Group

Design thinking is big in the corporate world. Ever since Tim Brown wrote his seminal book ‘ The Art of Innovation ‘ in 2001, the role of design thinking in innovation has grown – and for good reason. The author of this article uses Tim Brown’s (one of IDEOs founders) definition: “Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.̶

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The Mutation of Research

The Inovo Group

Over the past decades research in the ‘soft sciences’ has resulted in a much deeper understanding of how people think and feel, how they are motivated and the causes of their behavior. This research is extensive, deep and rich. Yet it seems these days that anyone, no matter what their background and understanding of the sciences of the mind, can be on the frontlines of a company’s efforts to gain customer insight.

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Yellow Belt Grading – Washington DC

Innovation 360 Group

Focus on Organizational Development and tools for Innovation and Ideation. Accredited will have the right and possibility to sell Ideation360. Day 1: . Organisational Design, Implementation and Change. o Two Case studies – from analysis, design to implementing an innovation system. o Leadership for innovation in first, second and third horizon. o Linking Strategic Initiatives and Innovation: Methods, templates and cases. o Assessing complex organizations: Methods, templates and cases. o

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How Brainstorming Questions, Not Ideas, Sparks Creativity

The Inovo Group

We have all experienced brainstorming sessions. They are a staple of the corporate world as companies attempt to be creative and come up with new ideas and solve identified problems. But recently there has been a backlash against this ubiquitous technique that so often doesn’t result in the great new idea that we are all looking for. The author of this article puts forth the proposition that ‘question-storming’ – coming up with insightful questions about a specific subject – is often a more prod

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InnoSurvey™ accreditation – Washington D.C.

Innovation 360

Get accredited as an Innovation360 Group Licensed Practitioner and learn how to use the i360 approach : assessment of innovation capabilities with InnoSurveyâ„¢ and how to implement an innovation system in an organisation. InnoSurveyâ„¢ is the most comprehensive strategic tool for growth and innovation allowing you to assess innovation capabilities, strategy and culture.

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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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The Best Features of IP Docketing Software

Wellspring

Intellectual property management requires a disciplined and rigorous approach that ties up valuable staff time and attention. Fortunately, docketing software can help small teams to get more done by empowering IP counsels, paralegals, inventors, and technology managers work smarter. With intellectual property being the cornerstone of competitiveness in today's market, companies cannot afford to mismanage their IP assets.

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Medtronic’s Innovation Lab on Working with Business Units

Innovation Leader

The Applied Innovation Lab helps Medtronic evolve from being simply a maker of medical devices to one thinks more broadly about improving health and patient outcomes.

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Business Model Strategies & Tools for Disruptive Digital Innovation

Leapfrogging

Want Disruptive Digital Innovation? Here are 5 Business Model Strategies and Tools for Strategic Business Growth. At some point every industry and every organization will face disruption. From retailers like Blockbuster and Borders Books to tech giants like Nokia and Blackberry, seemingly untouchable brands have been caught off guard by rapidly changing business landscapes.

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Inside the ‘Near-Future Sensing Team’ at UNICEF

Innovation Leader

In 2007, Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi founded the UNICEF’s Innovation Unit. We spoke with Fabian about innovation at UNICEF and how the venture fund operates.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & 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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Brainstorm Training Reinvented

Idea Champions

We could tell you how awesome our brainstorm facilitation training is, but we're not sure you would believe us. So here's what one of our favorite clients has to say about it -- the fabulous folks from Mirrorball. And, if you don't believe them (since they are one of our favorite clients), how about these people ? "At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, Mitch Ditkoff's ability to quickly and effectively teach my colleagues and me how to facilitate brainstorming sessions changed the future of our bu

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Where Design Thinking Breaks Down—and How to Avoid It

Innovation Leader

Pfizer's Daniel Seewald discusses design thinking, and what you can do to use effective techniques to build an appropriate foundation for customer insight.