Mon.May 09, 2016

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Short animated film “The Present” which won over 50 awards

Idea to Value

This short, heartwarming animated feature was previously shown at over 180 film festivals and took home over 50 awards. Based on a comic strip , this short film was the graduation project from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Amazingly, it was produced by just 10 people.

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Best Of The Bonn Forum: Robert Neuhard On “New School” Crowdsourcing

HYPE Innovation

As you’ve probably seen & heard by now, John Bessant’s talk on learning the new innovation game wasn’t the only intellectual delight (+ conversation starter) at this year’s Innovation Managers Forum in Bonn. Robert (Bob) Neuhard, Executive Director for Operational Strategic Initiatives at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), delivered an equally rich & entertaining presentation on “new school” crowdsourcing or “Leveraging Collective Genius to Deliver Innovations that Advance S

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#welovestartups: Oracle startups program by Dominique van Deth

Rapid Innovation in digital time

Currently looking after Oracle France corporate responsibility, Dominique van Deth always thought that companies could have a significant impact on Society. For 5 years, Dominique has been managing startups programs, and he launched in 2014 a structured program to engage volunteers in helping startup grow. I met him at Les Hacktivateurs afterwork, and he kindly accepted to tell us more about Oracle startups program.

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Creating Value is the Future of Work

Be-novative

We are living the days of innovation. Every day paradigms are shifted, new technologies arise and the old ways disappear. Information spreads fast, and powerful movements reach millions of people in just a matter of hours. Sticking to the old ways can literally mean an end to a company. The way we perceive the world around us is shaped differently each day.

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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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Growth Through Adjacent Markets

Innovation in Practice

Adjacent markets are a great source of sales growth if you can spot them and if you have the right skills to go after them. Let’s look at how you do it. First, let’s understand what we mean by an adjacent market. It’s often confused with the term ‘white space opportunity.’ By adjacent, I mean markets that are close in proximity to what you already do or where you do it.

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Why Some Movements Succeed And Others Fail

Innovation Excellence

On September 17, 2011, Occupy Wall Street took over Zuccotti Park, in the heart of the financial district in Lower Manhattan. Declaring, “We are the 99%,” they captured the attention of the nation. Within a few months, however, the park was cleared and the protesters went home, achieving little, if anything.

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Designers as Innovators: A Report from the 2016 AIGA Awards!

Innovation Excellence

Lou Killiffer reports from, and share the distinguished profiles of, this year's AIGA Award Winners.

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14 Ways to Get Breakthrough Ideas

Idea Champions

There's a lot of talk these days about the importance of innovation. All CEOs worth their low salt lunch want it. And they want it, of course, now. What sparks innovation? People. What sparks people? Inspired ideas that meet a need -- whether expressed or unexpressed -- ideas with enough mojo to rally sustained support. Is there anything a person can do -- beyond caffeine, corporate pep talks, or astrology readings -- to quicken the appearance of breakthrough ideas?

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A Conference Call in Real Life

Michael Roberto

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Superman, The Klu Klux Klan & Disruptive Innovation

Rmukesh Gupta

I recently stumbled upon a short film which chronicled how one single individual ( Stetson Kennedy ) went under cover and fought and plotted the demise of the Klu Klux Klan. You can watch the entire video below. You can also read the book Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate. How Superman Defeated the KKK by CrimeInc2.

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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.