Tue.May 31, 2022

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Five Keys to Leading Creative Teams Successfully

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from David Burkus Creativity is a team sport. It’s been that way for a long time. But the level of teamwork required to solve problems and find innovation has increased over the last decade and even century.

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Groupthink

Idea to Value

Have you ever been in a group discussion, where it seems like a decision was made that nobody actually thought was ideal? You might have just witnessed a psychological bias known as groupthink. Groupthink occurs when a group of people need to make a decision, and due to the pressure of not creating conflict between the group members and a desire for harmony, come to an irrational or dysfunctional decision.

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Maintain and extend or create something new - where do you want to be?

Jeffrey Phillips

One of my favorite questions when I work with software teams is this: given a choice, would you rather work on existing systems in a support and maintenance role, or would you rather work on developing or implementing new systems with new technology? The answers are always the same. About 30% of the group I'll survey is comfortable with the existing systems and code and is happy extending it and maintaining it.

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Micromanaging higher ed won’t help students

Christensen Institute

Education wonks in Washington have once again worked themselves in a tizzy trying to micromanage how colleges and universities serve students. Rather than waste time trying to create universal rules and regulations to govern how universities should operate and what contracts they may or may not enter into, regulators should instead focus on actually helping students.

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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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7 Ways to Innovate Like a Farmer For Sustaining Innovation

PlanBox Innovation

This article originally appeared on Forbes. Farmers are resilient folks with a long history of innovation. The slightest fluctuation in the environment can drastically alter the nature of their work, such that anything can happen at any time. To overcome such uncertainty, creativity and adaptivity are requisites, which is a key lesson for anyone playing a critical role in innovation management.

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The “Fake News Crisis” and 4 Ways to Combat It

Faisal Hoque

Fake news in its varied forms is costing the global economy some $78 billion a year.

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IoT for Logistics: Leveraging Data-driven decisions for Predictive and preventive Fleet Maintenance, Optimizing life cycle, and Ensuring Workforce Safety

Acuvate

oT is a game-changing technology driving Industry 4.0 with last-mile connectivity and offering continuous and real-time data on static and moving assets and infrastructure. Logistics and fleet management is one such domain where these advantages influence most. Seamless functioning of your logistics value chain calls for continuous and real-time operations monitoring, from safe warehousing and supply chain to smooth transportation management.

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5 Steps To Highly Effective Strategic Planning In Higher Education (FREE template)

Cascade Strategy

A crystal clear strategic plan can be the big difference between becoming the leading university… VERSUS ending up at the bottom. You know - where you struggle to attract students, the right staff members or even funds to support your institution.

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yet2 Insights: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Yet2

While the term “artificial intelligence” itself may be new, ever since humankind started building devices that could move on their own, we’ve imagined the facsimile of life. Early examples of conceptual automata date back to Ancient Greece. Hephaestus, the god of invention and technology created the bronze guardian, Talos , and Pandora, who was sent to earth by the gods to infiltrate humanity and sew evil.