Thu.Mar 08, 2018

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Ideas by Women

IdeaScale

It’s International Women’s Day and it’s definitely a favorite holiday here at IdeaScale. We are always looking for more ways to close the gender gap (paid family leave, equal pay, and employees at IdeaScale are encouraged to go leave work today and participate in International Women’s Day activities), but we wanted to take a moment and celebrate some wonderful ideas by women – innovations we might take for granted but probably couldn’t live without.

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Building Differentiating Capabilities for Innovation

Innovation Excellence

We so often get caught up in the building of our capabilities. In some ways, I keep attempting to “peel the innovation onion” in explaining the need to focus on building the capabilities in different ways but to be honest, it needs these various approaches to an ever-changing environment. A different intensity of innovation onion.

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Creative Leadership – 1 Question to Ask for Stronger Performance

BrainZooming

Idea Magnets display a creative leadership mindset that incorporates acting in ways that help others become high performers in their own tasks. As you consider the people you interact with, ask what you can do and how you can do things to enable their strong performance in their own activities. Want to learn more about Idea Magnets ? Find out more about how you can better embody a creative leadership style that sets you and your team apart for collaboration, imagination, implementation, and succ

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How to find the IDEAL problem

Innovation Excellence

The 12 steps to biomedical innovation starts with being a problem seeker, not a problem solver. Eventually, to be successful, customer problems and solutions need to meld around a VAST business model i.e. one that is not just profitable, but that demonstrates: 1. Validity Regardless or which elements of your model you choose, they have to be valid. In other.

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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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Arby’s Meat-tastic crowdsourced innovation challenge winners announced

Betterific

Crowdsourcing + food is always a fun combination. Crowdsourcing + food + meat is a whole other ballgame. We launched an innovation challenge last week to discover the next meattastic food concept for arbys. The response was overwhelming and the client’s reactions were priceless. We got to be a fly on the wall throughout the evaluation process and listening to the judges discuss the ideas reminded me how creative and unique the Betterific community is and how good they are at coming up wi

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Establish a culture of innovation – Executive workshop with SACC Chicago

Innovation 360

Innovation Circle in collaboration with SACC Chicago. The Swedish American Chamber of Commerce, Chicago and Innovation360 Group proudly invite Chicago Area executives to attend an exciting workshop focused on innovation with an internationally-renowned thought leader, Magnus Penker, CEO. Following a presentation by Mr. Penker on innovation, attendees will participate in an interactive, facilitated workshop on how to succeed at innovation with global experts in the field.

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I Already Know That.

Michael Roberto

What's one of the most dangerous phrases that you can hear a leader utter? "I already know that." Why is it so worrisome when we hear those words? It suggests that the individual believes that their state of knowledge on that subject is settled and complete. Therefore, they might not be open to learning new things, to questioning what their assumptions, and to considering the fact that they just might be wrong.

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Sound Advice for Public Speakers

Idea Champions

Inspired by Rebecka Forrester. A practical example. 10 keys for giving a great keynote. MitchDitkoff.

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Deconstructing the Problems of Most Modern Day Schools

Idea Champions

Idea Champions

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