Wed.Aug 28, 2019

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Open Innovation Experiment Joins the Fight against Cancer

IdeaScale

Open innovation is giving doctors another tool to fight cancer. There is no computer more powerful or creative than the human mind, and coordinating dozens, hundreds, or thousands of them can draw forth amazing results. One of those results is helping save the lives of lung cancer patients by drawing on the experience of thousands of oncologists to build a powerful new tumor-hunting tool.

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VUCA is a matter of perspective

Jeffrey Phillips

VUCA is the new black. Suddenly everyone has realized that sometimes the economy or markets are volatile or uncertain. If I were older and cranky I'd blame this on the millennials, not because they are millennials but because they've never lived with a stock market that goes down. Volatility seems like something we've only just discovered. Not too many people seem to remember the stock market crash of 2008, but of course that was a decade ago.

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Key Essentials of Modern Business Intelligence

Acuvate

The Growing Importance of Data. The global big data market is forecasted to grow to about 103 billion U.S. dollars by the year 2027 – Statista. It’s quite evident that we currently live in a time where there is a constant influx of information. Data continuously flows from a plethora of internal and external channels including computer systems, networks, social media, mobile phones etc. and is growing at a rapid pace.

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How to Implement the Balanced Scorecard

Cascade Strategy

The Balanced Scorecard is one of the best known strategy frameworks ever created. It's been used by thousands of organizations since the 1980's, when it was originally devised by Robert Kaplan and David Norton. It's also one of the first things you'll learn about on a business or management degree. But despite its popularity, the Balanced Scorecard is often misrepresented or poorly implemented.

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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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Introducing our Innovation Glossary & Innovation Taboo Game

Board of Innovation

A couple of months ago, I joined a project team that wanted help building and testing a prototype. I said yes, and the first thing I did was ask them to describe their concept in one sentence. The result? This is a fully digital solution, leading to a fully automated process. It’s a far-reaching simplification […]. The post Introducing our Innovation Glossary & Innovation Taboo Game appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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How Giving a Thumbs-Up at Work Can Drive Up Productivity

Tembosocial

Most of us have gotten so used to clicking the little blue “thumbs-up” in Facebook or the little heart in Twitter that we don’t give it a second thought. It’s only when we start seeing repeated ads for oat milk or cricket bats that we realize something else is going on behind the scenes. Social media platforms have found a way to match the things we “like” with the things that advertisers are selling - even when the relationship isn’t completely obvious.

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Strategy Deployment Tips for 2020

Kainexus

It may seem early to start thinking about the strategic plan for 2020 , but the kids are back in school, and pumpkin spice is on the shelves, so it is time to start at least planning for the plan. Our clients who have achieved their most lofty goals have done so by laying a strong foundation upon which the strategy and related tactics can be built. Here are some of the things they've found that work.

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Auto Insurance Industry: Disruptor or Disrupted?

Daniel Burrus

Today, we have fully electric vehicles with AI-enabled semi-autonomous features, as well as fully autonomous vehicle applications. But how has this affected auto insurance premiums, and will those changes deter you from buying a specific “vehicle of the future”? Presently, most vehicles still put you in the driver’s seat and in control, leaving your insurance unaffected.

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Business Storytelling Training Workshop

InnovationTraining.org

Storytelling for Business Leaders. Storytelling has become a powerful approach for leadership, innovation, and design thinking. A business storytelling training workshop can help us to learn this craft and develop our communication skills. Stories can be a “superpower” that can help us to have more positive effects in our work with others.

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12 Future-focused Podcasts That Will Spark Your Next Innovation Idea

Innovation Walk

Top five, top ten, top 100. Everyone is looking for the best conduit of information. But is this a myth? Originally, I had planned to share only the top five innovation podcasts. After relentless listening and reading, dozens of ‘top’ lists one thing was clear, finding the best is an impossible task in a sea of amazing content. Instead, I offer you this.

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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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#1,545 – Hydrant

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

As an avid hiker I know all too well the dangers of dehydration. From debilitating headaches to catastrophic muscle cramps there are a myriad of problems awaiting you if don’t properly monitor your water intake. That’s why you can’t wait until you’re parched to quench your thirst. By that point it’s already too late. Instead you have to constantly drink water, even when you’re not thirsty, just to stay on top of your hydration.

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4 Clever Ways To Build Customer Loyalty

The Human Factor

contributed post –. Loyalty, in a market flooded with brands and products truly matters. In fact, if you can establish a loyal following, you stand a much better chance of being successful, even over the long term. Of course, a loyal following doesn’t just happen. Actually, you need to work pretty hard to build them. A topic that the post below will tell you all about.

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Leave Your Title at the Door and Remove the Door From It's Hinges

Idea Champions

When I co-founded my company in 1986, I had two business cards made. One said "President." The other said "Archduke." Whenever I gave clients a choice, they always wanted the Archduke card. In time, I gave all the Archduke cards away and never re-ordered them -- in a pitiful attempt, I think, to seem more professional. Fortunately, everything comes full circle.