Wed.Jan 04, 2017

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The CDO Imperative: Understanding your Ecosystem

HYPE Innovation

The Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is not only leading the convergence of operational and information technology, but also driving its transformational impact across the wider ecosystem. In this first post we look at some of those patterns we’re seeing and we explore exactly how they’re already delivering real financial value.

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Election 2016: Do We Need to Change Our Process?

IdeaScale

However you felt about the results of the 2016 election, one thing is clear: our nation is still demonstrating a fierce divide. Only four times before in our nation’s history has our winner reflected an electoral selection but not the popular vote. There’s a lot being written about this phenomenon and I don’t pretend to have enough wisdom to set it all in context, but I do know that there was a smaller, less talked about story that took place on election day that makes me think we might be able

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The Future Of Encryption

Digital Tonto

The new era of quantum encryption is coming sooner than you think. If you want to protect your business, the time to start is now. Related posts: Can Encryption Keep Our Information Safe? The. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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50 Quotes to Spark a Culture of Innovation in 2017

Innovation Excellence

An inspiring quote is a great tool for changing a mindset. I made a personal collection of 50 outstanding quotes on change and innovation. Use them to inspire others to start a culture of change, to think different and to prioritize change and innovation at the start of 2017. 1. Nothing is stronger than habit.

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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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Life Lessons – 30 Things My Dad Taught Me

BrainZooming

Following up yesterday’s update about my dad’s unexpected death (and don’t worry not EVERY post hereafter will be about my father), I wanted to share this list of thirty things #MyDadTaughtMe. The list originated on Twitter in 2011 in response to a hashtag floating around at the time. You will find business wisdom, life lessons, and spaß from Bernie Brown on this list.

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Why Your Corporate Culture Matters

Daniel Burrus

As I travel around the world working with executives from a wide range of businesses, I find it very interesting that some understand the value of, and take great pride in, their corporate cultures, while others don’t give them much thought. I have also noticed that those who value them the most tend to do far better over time. Corporate culture has been the subject of many articles and books for years—and with good reason.

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The Causes and Conditions for Innovation

Mike Shipulski

Everyone wants to do more innovation. But how? To figure out what’s going on with their innovation programs, companies spend a lot of time to put projects into buckets but this generates nothing but arguments about whether projects are disruptive, radical innovation, discontinuous, or not. Such a waste of energy and such a source of conflict. Truth is, labels don’t matter.

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Achieving Your New Year’s Innovation Resolutions

Innovation Excellence

The annual cycle of introspection and planning is upon us. But only 8% of us will actually achieve our New Year resolutions and the organizations we work for will not fare much better. Common reasons for failure include unrealistic goals, not tracking progress and simply neglecting the commitment altogether. Innovation is top of mind for.

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Get a Grip on Innovation — 10 Questions, 20 Minutes

Gregg Fraley

Get a Grip on Innovation — 10 Questions, 20 Minutes. Ten questions for you to focus on assessing the state of your organization’s innovation program. Twenty minutes to learn something and take action steps. If you think your current program is working, non-existent, or just a disaster — you will learn something by taking this quick survey.

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Crisis as Wake-Up Call

InnovationManagement

Embrace Innovations Co-Founder and CEO Jane Marie Chen describes how the sudden loss of a corporate customer threatened to end her organization’s operations and served as a wake-up call that a more sustainable business model was needed, prompting Embrace to adopt one where its humanitarian efforts would be supported by the sale of baby products intended for retail consumers.

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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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Happy New Year from all at 100%Open!

100%Open

2016 hurtled past and gave us plenty of food for thought and inspiration for the new year. If like us you’re in a contemplative mood before rushing to pen suitable New Year’s resolutions, we hope you will enjoy the 100%Open highlights for 2016 and find at least one thing to inspire you. NEW. We’ve moved! In Autumn this year we became residents of Huckletree , a new co-working space nestled neatly in between Old Street and the City.

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PBTO46: High Profit Prospecting with The Sales Hunter – Mark Hunter

Rmukesh Gupta

Who is on the show today: In this episode, we host Mark Hunter, also known as The Sales Hunter. He is an international keynote speaker, author and a sales trainer. He posts sales tips and insights on his blog – www.thesaleshunter.com. This is one of the most widely read sales blog in the world. Why is he on the show: Before embarking on being an independent consultant, he spent 18 years in the sales and marketing divisions of three Fortune 100 companies.

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A Sneak Preview Into the Art and Science of Brainstorming

Idea Champions

Brainstorming, in most companies, is broken. Or, if not broken, breaking. Or, if not breaking, highly impaired. Those of us at Idea Champions are dedicated to changing the game -- and have been doing so for 25 years. Here's a super simple way to see (and hear) where we're coming from. Intrigued? Click here and tell us more about your need. Or click here and let us now how to contact you.

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Are Technical Experts Better Leaders?

Michael Roberto

James K. Stoller, Amanda Goodall, and Agnes Baker have published an intriguing Harvard Business Review article titled, "Why the Best Hospitals are Managed by Doctors." In the piece, they state the following based on their research: Support for the idea that physician-leaders are advantaged in healthcare is consistent with observations from multiple other sectors.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & 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.