Mon.Nov 09, 2020

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Connecting innovating value comes from Ecosystem thinking

Paul Hobcraft

Ecosystems can offer so much connecting value out there to ‘form’ around. We are witnessing a very radical change, driven by technology, increasingly disrupting and breaking down past traditional boundaries, partly built to defend positions so as to achieve economic scale. There is a new economic logic to build even greater scale, it involves greater complexity, yet its value proposition is to strive towards offer greater customer experience and satisfaction, where the solutions are valued highl

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3 Innovation Strategies for Solving 'Impossible' Problems

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Innovative ideas start with looking at obstacles causing real harm.

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What is a Virtual Innovation Lab?

InnovationManagement

The Virginia Department of Transportation created their own Virtual Innovation Lab, where they collaborate to solve problems related to remote work, engineering topics, safety, and more with the help of their entire distributed workforce. Learn more in this December 15th webinar! The post What is a Virtual Innovation Lab? appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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Gary Vaynerchuk Launches A New Kind of Consulting Service

Entrepreneur - Innovation

VaynerMedia is now offering a playbook for connecting with Gen Z.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Converse CEO on Building the Brand of the Future

Innovation Leader

As part of our recent Impact conference, Scott Uzzell, CEO of Converse, discussed the brand’s relationship with popular culture, its collaborations, and more.

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Managing Change During Times of Uncertainty

Tullio Siragusa

Managing Change During Times of Uncertainty. Unplanned circumstances this year have drastically altered our personal and professional life. The changes that we have gone through so far in 2020 have left us overwhelmed. Some of us have lost loved ones while others have lost their livelihood. We are perpetually living in fear of the unknown. There is hardly anyone who hasn’t been affected by changes and uncertainty this year.

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Design Thinking for Schools

InnovationTraining.org

An exploration of resources and advice for design thinking in education. Design thinking is a unique learning and problem solving mindset that we highly recommend to innovation-minded organizations and businesses. The approach can be applied to nearly every industry and discipline, making it a useful tool when brainstorming solutions to challenges and testing them in action.

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Remembrance 2020 – Get involved from home

100%Open

It’s being reported in many newspapers that the Royal British Legion may be down on their usual collections this year because of the Covid19. 100%Open is doing more than its usual amount of thinking about the relationship between UK Defence and British Society this November. Your participation in our crowd will help the MOD transform their recruitment of UK Defence (defined as the UK Armed Forces, Reserve Forces and MOD Civil Service) in the future, 2030 and beyond.

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Four areas of your company that can benefit from Gamification

mjvinnovation

To make it happen, it was necessary to create a solution that understood areas such as back office, cash front and assisted sales to support the performance of the professionals responsible for the supply chain, inventory, sales, and even reimbursement. To implement a universal digital solution, approximately nine thousand employees will be trained in all their stores around the country.

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How Design Thinking Saves the World: Design Thinking in Action

InnovationLabs

Free Webinar on Design Thinking – November 12, 2020 In conjunction with York University, on November 12 Langdon Morris will be presenting a free webinar on Design Thinking. He will cover material from the extensive Innovation Mastery course, including fascinating case studies on the use of Design Thinking to create breakthroughs in consumer goods, beverages, […].

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Self-Compassion Will Make You a Better Leader

Harvard Business Review

It’s easy to be paralyzed by doubt and fear during tough times.

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#1,994 – Wired Router

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I love Wired. The magazine. But now there’s another Wired that I may come to love just as much. The shape-shifting Wi-Fi router Wired. As Fast Company puts it, “While the shape is friendly and unique, an additional innovation is in the function of the router itself. The router can morph, revealing a bright color in the interior rib of the knit, to signal that the device is connected or that there’s a weak signal.

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Ethical Frameworks for AI Aren’t Enough

Harvard Business Review

You need to be able translate your principles into metrics your team can use.

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The Myth of Outside the Box Thinking: Why Brainstorming and Other Such Techniques Are Your Worst Enemy

Innovation in Practice

How many brainstorming sessions have you been in? What really came out of it? What was the process like for you? How did you feel about it? . You probably think brainstorming isn’t that bad. But research after research actually shows that brainstorming doesn’t work. Why Brainstorming Doesn’t Work. It’s very unproductive. Five pairs of people can outperform one group of 10 on any task.

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Campaigns that Click: Practical Personalization Strategies to Boost ROI

Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified

Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.

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Understanding the Enduring Consequences of Covid-19

Harvard Business Review

Yale professor Nicholas Christakis maps society’s long-term recovery from the pandemic.

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Execution Matters, But So Do Ideas

helloFUTURE

You’ve probably heard a variation of this quote a thousand times: Ideas don’t matter. Ideas are a dime-a-dozen. Execution matters. This statement, like Schroedinger’s Cat being both dead and alive, is both true and not accurate. Execution matters, but ideas matter too. Of course, you might think this is self-evident. Maybe the only reason why… The post Execution Matters, But So Do Ideas appeared first on hellofuture.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Stress of Creativity

Harvard Business Review

After hiding his Pure OCD for years, advertising executive Aaron Harvey is trying to make workplaces more open to severe mental health issues.

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#1,995 – DNA Based Barcodes

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Joe Biden is going to be the next President of the United States, a fact that some people are finding hard to believe thanks to baseless claims of voter fraud in states like Pennsylvania. Fortunately, we may be able to prevent such claims from ever getting made again in the future by adapting Molecular Data Storage technology that makes use of Synthetic Biology to create a DNA based barcode replacement system that humans wouldn’t be able to detect, yet alone tamper with.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Now Is a Good Time to Take Care of Ourselves

Harvard Business Review

Managing burnout, plus realistic advice on how to prioritize the things and people you care about.

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#1,993 – The Index Biological Age Test

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

We all know how old we are but what is our true biological age? On the inside are we as fit as a fiddle and a few years younger than we really are or are we actually as decrepit as the grumpy old man that we sometimes feel like? Presumably we’ve all aged about fifty years during the Trump Administration but if we really want to find out our true biological age we now have a scientifically proven way to do just that.

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Looking for New Global Markets? Bigger Isn’t Always Better.

Harvard Business Review

Three metrics to guide your company’s international expansion.