Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 27, 2018

I always enjoy selected parts of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos and in this year’s #WEF18 agenda , it certainly had its good points. Overhaul though, I was a little disappointed, as it lacked the real leadership insights you come to expect, strong personalities did not seem to shine through this year from the speakers and panelists give.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 27, 2018

In 2014, Thomas Royen, a retired German statistician, solved a puzzle that had stumped mathematicians for decades. Called the Gaussian correlation inequality, it involves the probability of a random point lying in overlapping shapes and is one of those seemingly simple mathematical ideas that is devilishly hard to figure out. Yet the mathematics community was.

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Innovation 56

IdeaConnection

JANUARY 27, 2018

Curiosity, letting go and making uncertainty a friend are among the keys of innovation success. Inviting the unknown is essential for creativity yet too often fear, uncertainty, comfort, stability and familiarity get in the way. In The Wisdom of Not Knowing: Discovering a Life of Wonder by Embracing Uncertainty author, psychotherapist and speaker Estelle Frankel explores the challenges and exciting opportunities of embracing the unknown.

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Creativity Study Creative Process Learning 49

The Inovo Group

JANUARY 27, 2018

The natural tendency of companies that are trying to enter a new space is to ‘go to the experts’. After all, aren’t these the people with the knowledge that is required to understand the technologies, the markets, and the ecosystem the company is trying to learn? From an innovation perspective, however, it is the expert community that can put the blinders on.

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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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Innovation Leader

JANUARY 27, 2018

As part of our IL Live series, we spoke with Shannon Clute, Director of Business Development and Strategy at TCM, about the channel’s “bottom-up” innovation strategy.

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Culture of Innovation Culture Strategy Strategy 40

The Inovo Group

JANUARY 27, 2018

Many have speculated on the critical factors that make people good at innovation. A recent study called the Equality of Opportunity Project delved into the sources of innovation, creativity and invention. This article summarizes the results of that study and paints a troublesome picture but also provides an indication of what can be done to increase the overall innovative capacity of any society.

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The Inovo Group

JANUARY 27, 2018

With all of the various writings and talks about the future of AI and what it will do to work, one would be hard pressed to come up with a clear picture of a likely future. The doomsayers portray a world of massive unemployment and social disruption. The utopians paint the opposite picture of a world of abundance where everyone can fulfill their true desires and ambitions.

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