Tue.Dec 15, 2020

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Here Are Five Examples of Creativity in the Workplace

IdeaScale

Creativity can be difficult to cultivate in the workplace. Some teams gain inspiration from seeing creative innovations from other companies. Creativity is more than painting a work of art or writing a best selling book. Thoughts, words, and actions are all forms of creativity. Creativity ranks number one in terms of business success. One study revealed … Continued.

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No thinking time left- help

Paul Hobcraft

Today most executives seem to be time-starved. They are constantly reacting to daily events, to fix focusing and fixing short-term performance. This applies to the top executive down to the most junior. The sheer difficulty of having most if not all of your colleagues working remotely is making it so much harder. How can you keep the engagement, how can you find an environment that is creative, stimulating and allows for innovation?

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Four reasons why corporate startups fail (and how yours can be succesful)

whataventure

Four reasons why corporate startups fail. (and how yours can be successful). Having a great idea is the first step to startup success, but that alone won’t ensure its success. Especially in the case of corporate startups and intrapreneurship teams, there is a set of specific challenges that make the success of their idea even more difficult. ( BONUS : Download our guide on how to successfully find your first paying customers ).

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Accelerating the Journey to HR 3.0: Key Insights from IBM’s 2020 Study

InnovationTraining.org

A high-level summary of IBM’s latest report on transformations in HR. More than two thirds of executives surveyed in IBM’s latest research report said that HR is ripe for disruption – and the time is now to make a move to fundamentally change the way organizations think about their human resources department. This 2020 report, titled “ Accelerating the Journey to HR 3.0 “, provided some compelling and interesting insights into disruptions that are already happening,

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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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Most Companies Don’t Have an Innovation Strategy. Here’s Why.

Wellspring

A few years ago, I was involved in a two-day boardroom session at a respected company – let’s call them Acme Corporation. They’d asked for help with their innovation strategy.

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How Innovation is Changing Marketing; Interview With Marketing Expert John Bertino

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Business is ever-changing, and so are the marketing strategies that drive business growth and success.

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What Makes Amazon’s Approach to Innovation Unique

Innovation Leader

Lots of leaders talk like Jeff Bezos. But few organizations know how to create a culture with the right enablers to behave like Amazon.

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Leader Standard Work: A Foundation for Improvement Culture

Kainexus

In some organizations, the leaders who are good at putting out fires are considered the best managers. But what if, instead of putting out fires, leaders had the luxury to spend time on fire prevention? What if, when the rare flame was spotted, every leader was skilled in identifying and correcting the root cause? These conditions are possible with an approach called Leader Standard Work.

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Trek Exec on Tackling a Bike Shortage and Early R&D

Innovation Leader

Chad Manuell, Director of Engineering at Trek Bicycle, discusses the surge in demand for bikes and how his team approaches early innovation.

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How to Engage People with Ideation and Challenge-based Learning

Be-novative

1st Training of the Be-novative Partner Hub The Be-novative Partner Ecosystem is a Hub of people and resources whose main goal is envisioning, accelerating, and scaling the success rate of both organizational and product-development, creating impactful projects and meaningful solutions locally or globally. We share knowledge, inspire people and actively co-create new methods.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with AI

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.

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Happy Holidays from Innovators Alliance!

Innovators Alliance

Time stood still when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, but innovators did not. Faced with unprecedented challenges, business leaders embraced the need for transformation. Out of the adversity, several opportunities arose that required innovation and out of the box thinking. The team at Innovators Alliance wants to acknowledge all our members for stepping up to the challenge and remaining optimistic about the future.

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How to Engage People with Ideation and Challenge-based Learning

Be-novative

1st Training of the Be-novative Partner Hub The Be-novative Partner Ecosystem is a Hub of people and resources whose main goal is envisioning, accelerating, and scaling the success rate of both organizational and product-development, creating impactful projects and meaningful solutions locally or globally. We share knowledge, inspire people and actively co-create new methods.

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Podcast E8: How Can We Create Luck?

Stephen Shapiro

Episode #8 of the Invisible Solutions podcast is now live. In this episode, I explore why some people are luckier than others – and how you can create luck. Contrary to what some experts say, luck is not just about hard work. It requires something else. I share a probabilistic model that explains why focusing on specific outcomes reduces the likelihood of success.

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Should I Cater to Others or Stay Authentic?

Michael Roberto

Source: pixy.org Imagine that you are headed to a job interview, pitching your business plan, or making a presentation to colleagues. Should you try to align your words and actions to the other party's preferences and interests? Or, should you simply remain authentic? In other words, is catering to others the right strategy if you wish to persuade and influence others?

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge