Imaginatik

JULY 14, 2016

We believe innovation is a journey of learning over time. As organizations learn and grow, they naturally mature in their understanding and execution of innovation. A great place to begin is by thinking about the connection between innovation and strategy. Ask yourself these questions: Why are we engaging in innovation? What business objectives are we servicing through innovation?

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2016

The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival presents 10 Key Imperatives your business must take to achieve profitable business growth through innovation in today’s “innovate or die” business world. The recently published Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation builds upon these 10 Key Imperatives and then dives head-first into practical techniques to break down the most common barriers to innovation implementation.

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Strategos

JULY 14, 2016

As Pokémon Go smashes records, delights fans and scares parents across the mobile app world, we’re wondering why it took Nintendo so long to jump into the fray. Location aware games have been around for many years. Fans and investors have been begging Nintendo to unleash Mario & Luigi, Donkey Kong, Zelda, and Pokémon onto the omnipresent mobile phone platforms.

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2016

People often say that the best ideas should be discussed over a drink, so this is an opportunity not to be missed. I’m going to be holding a very special insight evening in early August in as part of event firm Funzing’s Inspiring Lectures series. In it, I’ll be talking about some of the most interesting insights we’ve recently learned about how creativity works and how it can be improved, with time for questions and answers at the end.

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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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Planview

JULY 14, 2016

Augmented and virtual reality technologies are here. While still arguably in their infancy, it won’t be long until the technologies reach a level of maturity where companies can’t ignore the value they can add to business processes and engagement. One industry that has truly begun to value this new wave of technology is manufacturing. In fact, over one-third of US manufacturers expect to adopt augmented and virtual reality technologies by 2018 according to PwC.

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2016

I was recently interviewed for another podcast series, this time hosted by James Taylor. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded video above or on his website. James is another creativity consultant from the UK, who focuses on helping predominantly people working in the Creative Industries, especially music. In addition to discussing the story of my transition from working as a programme management consultant to my current role helping people makes their ideas happen, we also touched on a

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Idea Champions

JULY 14, 2016

A father left 17 camels as an asset for his three sons. When the father passed away, his sons opened up the will. The Will of the father stated that the eldest son should receive half of 17 camels while the middle son should receive one third and the youngest son one ninth. As it was not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three sons began to fight with each other.

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Information Playground

JULY 14, 2016

Yesterday the MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality summit kicked off at MIT in Cambridge Massachusetts.  This is my first MIT CDO event and I arrived with the goal of understanding the CDO view of Data Value and how it overlaps with the Data Value research and workshops that Dr. Jim Short  (San Diego Supercomputer Center) and I have conducted over the past year and a half.

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2016

Werner Herzog is regarded as one of our greatest living film directors, and recently gave an intimate insight into his thought processes when creating some of his masterpieces. Although many people will know only his distinctive German accent from his many narration sequences, he is widely recognised as a visionary filmmaker, writer, author and actor, having created such masterpieces as Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, Little Dieter Needs to Fly and the upcoming Queen of the Desert.

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