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Embracing Agile Methodology to Spur Innovation

IdeaScale

Are you looking for a way to optimize your innovation strategy? The agile manifesto was created in the early 2000s by software developers who wanted to bring their products to the market faster and more efficiently. Hence, agile software was born. Agile methods have since been adopted by a multitude of non-technology industries that are applying its principles and core values to project management initiatives.

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Technological Revolutions and the Governance Gap

Tim Kastelle

The Core Problem of Management Today. Sur-veil-lance Cap-i-tal-ism, n. 1. A new economic order that claims human experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales; 2. A parasitic economic logic in which the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new global architecture of behavioral modification; 3.

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The Flywheel of Growth – A Strategic Innovation Framework

Viima

These days virtually everyone agrees that innovation is strategically important. For example, in an international PwC innovation survey of roughly 250 CEOs, only 3% said that innovation is not a strategic priority for them. Regardless of these results, organizations often struggle in aligning their innovation efforts with their overall strategy. On the other hand, top performing innovators always seem to have a clear focus in their innovation work , which naturally comes from having clear strate

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Technological Revolutions and the Governance Gap

Tim Kastelle

The Core Problem of Management Today. Sur-veil-lance Cap-i-tal-ism, n. 1. A new economic order that claims human experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales; 2. A parasitic economic logic in which the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new global architecture of behavioral modification; 3.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

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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Upskilling to drive growth in the new economy

ImagineNation

Someone asked me recently, how many times I have reinvented myself and my business, throughout my long and stellar career. I found myself hard-pressed to accurately share the actual number. It seems that, for me, reinvention became a really useful and rewarding habit, especially as it forced me to upskill, to successfully and continuously adapt to the constant barrage of changes over my past thirty years in business.

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Technological Revolutions and the Governance Gap

Tim Kastelle

The Core Problem of Management Today. Sur-veil-lance Cap-i-tal-ism, n. 1. A new economic order that claims human experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales; 2. A parasitic economic logic in which the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new global architecture of behavioral modification; 3.

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Technological Revolutions and the Governance Gap

Tim Kastelle

The Core Problem of Management Today. Sur-veil-lance Cap-i-tal-ism, n. 1. A new economic order that claims human experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales; 2. A parasitic economic logic in which the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new global architecture of behavioral modification; 3.

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Overcoming Politics and Internal Resistance: Advice from Your Peers

Innovation Leader

At our Silicon Valley Deep Dive event in February, we asked a group of 30 innovation, emerging technology, and R&D leaders from industries like apparel, financial services, telecom, and manufacturing to discuss the things that can help overcome organizational resistance to innovation — as well as some of the things.

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Is Employee Engagement Software Worth the Effort?

Kainexus

These days, most of us operate on tight budgets with limited bandwidth. Leaders have many competing priorities, and it can be a challenge to take on anything new. But what if one new initiative could make everything else that's happening more effective? Would it be worth investing resources if a new technology could boost productivity and transform the culture ?

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Change Management and Open Innovation: Know the Pillars of Digital Transformation

mjvinnovation

It’s important to have a good Change Management strategy, especially for companies in the process of a digital transformation — which is virtually all of them! In this article, you’ll see how this as well as open innovation are at the base of Digital Transformation. Keep reading and understand how interconnected they areas well as how they facilitate the efforts of modern companies to be more innovative and harness the advantages of digital technology!

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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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Invisible Solutions Launches Today

Stephen Shapiro

I am thrilled to announce that my 6th book, Invisible Solutions, is officially available today. You can get a copy at Amazon.com , Barnes&Noble.com , IndieBound , and other retailers. And if you are outside of the US, it appears that Amazon is selling the book globally. You can also buy it at most independent bookstores. The audiobook version will be available shortly.

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Is Your “Smart” Phone Making You 25% Dumber?

The Human Factor

According to a recent study, the answer is yes. In fact, it’s doing it to all of us – even when we consciously ignore our phones. Today’s smart phones have become such an integral part of our daily lives that most of us feel uncomfortable without them. More than just a portable tool for talking or texting with people, they have morphed into an indispensable hub that connects us to the world, providing instant access to information, entertainment, social stimulation and more.

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Culture is What People Do, Not Just What Policies Say

Collectivecamp

Recently, my company was engaged by a large telecommunications provider to perform an innovation assessment.

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Decluttering Your Office Space

The Human Factor

source. When you run a small business, you often start out in the comfort of your own home. Commercial premises don’t often come cheap and when you’re first launching your products and establishing your brand, the money that would be invested in a professional workspace could be put to better use – perhaps being put into product development, market research, advertising, or marketing campaigns.

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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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Giving Employees The Tools For Productivity

The Human Factor

How do you make your team more productive? It’s a question that has plagued the mind of many business leaders over the past centuries. It’s probably a question we’ve been wrestling with since we first stopped traveling as hunter-gatherers and settled to farm. However, according to one world-view, the answer has always been the same. It’s all about the tools you equip them with.

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The Most Popular Business Models To Consider

The Human Factor

What is a business model? By definition , it is your plan for making profits and the strategy that outlines how your company is going to function and what you will do. When starting a business, you need to consider what business model works best for you. There are plenty out there, so let’s explore the top options around right now: source. Manufacturer.