Stephen Shapiro

JANUARY 3, 2019

Innovation 71

Innovation 71

HYPE Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

Imagine getting your ears chopped off for being innovative. Back in the 17th century, innovators were considered troublemaking disruptors of peace – and there was a price to pay for that. Fortunately, things have changed! Nowadays, it's not only our bosses who want us to be innovative and move the organization forward, but it's also ourselves. How can we change and improve things in a way no one has done within our organization?

Innovation Programs 150

Innovation Programs Innovation Trends Change 150

IdeaScale

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is, believe it or not, a picture of a financial revolution. The financial sector is often seen as stodgy and slow to innovate, but the arrival of financial tech, or fintech for short, has forced change management and innovation strategy to the forefront. What trends in innovation will affect finance in 2019? Here’s a look at what’s ahead.

Trends 113

Trends Big Data Crowdsourcing Data 113

BrainZooming

JANUARY 3, 2019

Were you bombarded with emails in the last week all about coming up with your special focus word, personal exploration, or individual success plan for the new year? EVERYONE seemed to be on the same program based on our anxiety about hitting the ground running with the simplest way to focus our attention throughout the year. One email even offered an automated word-of-the-year generator, just in case you are unable to imagine a word to shape the next 12 months.

Creative Thinking 100

Creative Thinking Creativity Strategic Thinking Exercises 100

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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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2019

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2018 was our seventh full year of operations. To celebrate we’ve pulled together the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2018 from our archive of nearly 7,500 innovation-related articles from more than 400 contributing authors.

Innovation 100

Innovation Tools Marketing Entrepreneurship 100

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

In today’s fast-moving business landscape, the ability to commercialize products quickly and efficiently is imperative. Companies that successfully bring new products to market rapidly, benefit from having a leg up on their competition while diminishing the negative effects of shrinking product life cycles. However, moving a product from lab to market is a process that in itself could use re-invention.

Product Development 75

Product Development LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Marketing 75

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2019

In Mindset, psychologist Carol Dweck argues, based on decades of research, that how we see ourselves is a major factor in what we can achieve. Whether it is children in school or executives in a boardroom, the mindset people adopt has a significant influence on how they perform. Yet what she doesn’t say is that.

Learning 69

Learning Leadership Innovation 69

InnovationManagement

JANUARY 3, 2019

Industry-disrupting innovation only occurs every so often, and very rarely in steady and sustainable growth cycles. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of these disruptors, and it’s highly versatile. From picking the next song on Spotify and predicting favorable stock trades, to robot assisted surgery and disease diagnosis, AI is taking every sector by storm.

Artificial Inteligence 68

Artificial Inteligence Change Disruption Industry 68

Innovation Leader

JANUARY 3, 2019

Our list of sites for "big company" innovation in the Bay Area looks at the region though the lens of public companies investing in R&D, innovation, or corporate venture capital.

Innovation 51

Innovation Company 51

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

As we discussed previously, Prototyping is an inherent part of Design Thinking. At MJV’s Innovation Workshops, better known as the DT Experience, multidisciplinary groups have the opportunity to create prototypes in several different formats: paper schemes, storyboards, mockups, role-playing, among others. Creating these representation models allows you to demonstrate how a product or service should work in practice and validate hypotheses with the users.

Design Thinking 40

Design Thinking Design Software Ideation 40

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.

Data

Innovation Leader

JANUARY 3, 2019

In our "Building Idea Challenges that Work" conference call, Kate O'Keeffe, founder of Cisco's Hyper Innovation Living Lab (CHILL), shares how she built a 48-hour bootcamp with impact.

Conference 40

Conference Innovation 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

To meet this need for innovation in processes, we present a full path to analyze problems and implement new actions. The combinatorial approach to Business Intelligence with Design Thinking achieves an unprecedented level of comprehension of corporate realities, and it does so in a concrete way, incorporating the subjective factors of the human relationships involved.

Design Thinking 40

Design Thinking Design Case Study Analysis 40

Acuvate

JANUARY 3, 2019

In today’s competitive world, it’s no secret that organizations struggle to come up with competent and innovative solutions to facilitate growth and stay ahead in the game. One of the best ways of improving service, product or efficiency parameters is to tap into the effective intelligence of your employees. Employees are the front runners in driving any specific initiatives of the organization.

Idea Management 40

Idea Management Software Management Crowdsourcing 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

The more detailed you are, the better. Buyer personas provide tremendous structure and insight for your company. A detailed buyer persona will help you determine where to focus your time, guide product development, and allow for alignment across the organization. As a result, you will be able to attract the most valuable visitors, leads, and customers to your business.

Product Development 40

Product Development Marketing Company Strategy 40

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.

Artificial Inteligence

Wellspring

JANUARY 3, 2019

For most organizations, the R&D pipeline represents the aspirations and goals of the company. As such, it is typically the sole source of future product developments and potential innovation, as most organizations do not fully realize the potential of external innovation to complement their research efforts. Given this reality, pipeline management is a crucial organizational process that needs to be managed, measured, and optimized in order to generate consistent returns.

Management 40

Management Product Development Company Innovation 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

The act of handling this enormous amount of data is called Data Mining. In today’s post, we will show the different ways to apply data mining to your company’s strategic planning. After all, what company doesn’t deal with data? Before anything: what is Data Mining? Data Mining is a term linked to computing and it means, quite literally, the act of mining data.

Data 40

Data Strategy Strategy Technical Review 40

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

JANUARY 3, 2019

The human genome is made up of a genetic code containing hundreds of thousands of base pairs eventually leading to the creation of a human being with a brain powered by billions of neurons. On the surface the math would seem to be off. Human beings shouldn’t exist. A mathematical impossibility as there simply isn’t enough genetic code to explain the complexity of the end result.

Design 32

Design Project 32

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

The Lean Method is vital to increasing productivity and delivering better value to the final customer. This model defines and works with different types of waste and is adaptable for diverse business models. Find out how to avoid the 8 types of waste identified by the Lean Method below. Defects and Rework. Defects and errors are major sources of waste in businesses, since they lead to rework.

LEAN 40

LEAN Company How To Meeting 40

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.

Data

Michael Roberto

JANUARY 3, 2019

Learn about my secret to great eggplant parmigiana, my teaching philosophy, and a bit about my research on creativity too in this episode of the Video Jungle Podcast from Animus Studios. I enjoyed the banter with former student (Bryant alum) Justin Andrews and his colleagues. Click here to listen.

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Video Creativity Learning 20

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

Having a space designated for innovation can also bring gains to company culture and internal communications, since it is a hub that will be disseminating the knowledge acquired from each project and thus spreading innovation culture. An innovation lab requirements. Before getting into technicalities, we must ponder one thing: if the lab will be built for people, what do human beings need it to be like?

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Company How To Project 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

The act of handling this enormous amount of data is called Data Mining. In today’s post, we will show the different ways to apply data mining to your company’s strategic planning. After all, what company doesn’t deal with data? Before anything: what is Data Mining? Data Mining is a term linked to computing and it means, quite literally, the act of mining data.

Data 40

Data Strategy Strategy Software Review 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

As we discussed previously, Prototyping is an inherent part of Design Thinking. At MJV’s Innovation Workshops, better known as the DT Experience, multidisciplinary groups have the opportunity to create prototypes in several different formats: paper schemes, storyboards, mockups, role-playing, among others. Creating these representation models allows you to demonstrate how a product or service should work in practice and validate hypotheses with the users.

Design Thinking 40

Design Thinking Design Software Ideation 40

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

The change of culture made within the company, coupled with the correct application of this approach has the power to generate a greater impact on the delivery of value through technology, leading to the success of the enterprise. According to some of the principles, in order to obtain the best results, it is necessary to: Engage with corporate leaders, managers, and the user community; Have professionals who work well in teams and are committed to continually improving the quality and cost-effe

Agile 40

Agile Software Developers Software Development Software 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

Its implementation adds value and transforms the company through simple and efficient processes. Created by Toyota, Lean Methodology is able to reduce waste through techniques such as the creation and development of products alongside the consumer, identifying who the customer is and what he needs, while shaping the product that will be designed. In order to implement Lean techniques in your business, you need to keep the following principles in mind: Value.

LEAN 40

LEAN Study Meeting Company 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

To meet this need for innovation in processes, we present a full path to analyze problems and implement new actions. The combinatorial approach to Business Intelligence with Design Thinking achieves an unprecedented level of comprehension of corporate realities, and it does so in a concrete way, incorporating the subjective factors of the human relationships involved.

Design Thinking 40

Design Thinking Design Case Study Analysis 40

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

The more detailed you are, the better. Buyer personas provide tremendous structure and insight for your company. A detailed buyer persona will help you determine where to focus your time, guide product development, and allow for alignment across the organization. As a result, you will be able to attract the most valuable visitors, leads, and customers to your business.

Product Development 40

Product Development Marketing Company Strategy 40

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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