Beyond the Obvious
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
On October 4, 1957, Russia launched a beach-ball-sized satellite named Sputnik, which orbited the Earth in just over ninety-six minutes. The previous frontrunner in the space race, the United States, was now the runner up. Our only competitor had trounced us, seemingly out of nowhere. A month later the Russians sent up Laika, a small […].
Innovation Walk
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
The EIT Digital Conference will take place at The Egg in Brussels on September 10th, 2019. It will feature discussion panels, keynotes, and much more. There is a second invite-only event on the 11 th designed for partners and will present several talks and workshops. EIT Digital has come up with their guide for the conference. You can read about it here.
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Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Over 50% of startups fail (and that number goes up to 75% for venture backed startups). The same is true of about three quarters of corporate transformations, which is probably why the average lifespan on the S&P 500 continues to shrink. These statistics tell a humbling story: few significant endeavors ever actually succeed. So it’s.
Cascade Strategy
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Strategic planning in government can be challenging. You need to ensure stakeholder input is taken into account, your strategy is aligned across all city departments, capital projects are linked to multiple plans, and all involved are bought into the strategy. The good news is, it can be done and the process may be easier than you think. The even better news is, we'll be sharing our local government strategic planning process for achieving this here.
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.
Rebel & Reason
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Quick question, Would you ever let a stranger sleep in your bed? It’s a question that’s sure to raise some eyebrows and generate an instant “nope!” or two -- but Airbnb has convinced the owners of over 6 MILLION properties to say yes, making it a standout in the growing “shared economy” and dwarfing even the largest of hotel chains. . But for a company plagued by city housing regulations and a reputation for having (some) hosts who are racially discriminatory in their bookings, getting people to
helloFUTURE
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Many organizations are planning for 2020. Some organizations call this “strategic planning,” however since the plan is only a year out, I’d argue that you might not call it “strategic,” although, in this world of extremely short-term planning, let’s say that planning one year out can be considered strategic. Most companies who are looking at… The post What Will You Do Next Year?
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InnovationTraining.org
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Review what you need to know from the 2019 Innovation Report released by Stanford Professor Bret Waters. Image taken from the 2019 Innovation Trends Report. Creating true innovation within larger, established organizations is notoriously difficult. With the innovation process comes a need for unpredictability, creativity, and rule-breaking, all of which is often difficult for established organizations to take on when instead they can make incremental changes to their existing products or service
mjvinnovation
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Even if you do not realize it, more and more Artificial Intelligence is present in your routine. Smartphones, cars with parking sensors, smart houses, banks, restaurants, call centers. And it doesn’t stop there: increasingly the AI gains complexity to bring many other technological applications. But where does this complexity come from? This area of computing uses computational methods and devices to make the machine “learn” to use the rational capacity of the human being.
Tembosocial
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
James Robertson shares a must read on the temptation among communicators to abandon the rust of their intranets for the promise of social and collaboration tools promised in abundance "out there.". "Without a clear strategy for driving adoption of collaboration tools, comms teams are left with additional channels, rather than a clear replacement for existing intranet news," says Robertson.
IdeaConnection
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
New ways to increase battery performance and other winning ideas at a global open innovation competition.
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.
The Human Factor
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
contributed post –. The middle man is someone who you are going to have become really accustomed to working with, because you will build up so many contacts over even just a few months. These contacts will be people who you’re relying on to do all of the middle work that you can’t do. So you’ve got people who might manage your marketing for you, the people who will manage the delivery of your products if that’s what you’re selling, and those that will manage your finances.
Rmukesh Gupta
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Overview: I bought this book on Audible after listening to the author talk to Roman Mars on his podcast – 99% Invisible ) and listened to the audio book, which the author has read herself. The book is primarily about three things: Design. Data and. Women. The entire book is about how designers have ignored the role that gender plays in designing their products or services and how by not collecting data about how the design interacts with half the world’s population, we are blind-sighted of the h
The Human Factor
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
contributed post –. The internet is a massive part of modern business. Whether your company is based solely online, it has both and on and offline element, or even if it’s completely offline and you haven’t yet ventured into the world of online sales and business, you need an online presence. Put simply: Your online presence is a combination of everything that you are online.
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