Fri.Jun 30, 2017

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The most important HR document in the history of Silicon Valley innovation

Idea to Value

In Silicon Valley, there is a document which has become legendary. It is a document which outlines some of the company and HR policies which have created a company which completely disrupted an industry sector. And much of its value comes from the fact that it contains policies which seem so ridiculous in theory, but end up being so effective in spurring a culture of innovation and the trust which underpins it.

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Digital Disruption and How Businesses Can Best Leverage It

Qmarkets

At some point, digital disruption comes for every organization. While some companies might be flexible and lucky enough to ride a wave of disruption and survive , if you are able to predict and prepare for it accordingly you might be able to use it to thrive. Unless well planned and executed, digital disruption – the inevitable deluge of new tools and processes that is part and parcel of refining digital business processes – can be akin to managing a natural disaster.

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Dr Beau Lotto on how being creative requires the brain to do what it fears most

Idea to Value

In this interesting perspective video (above) from Dr Beau Lotto, we find out why being creative is one of the things which the brain fears most. At a high level, it is all about the fact that the brain is designed to reduce and remove uncertainty from our lives. It was designed to learn and understand all of the things which are not threats and mark those as safe, but remain vigilant about what it is not certain about.

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Open Innovation Call for a New State Flag for Nebraska

IdeaConnection

According to recent listings Nebraska’s state flag is the second worst in the United States. One criticism leveled at it is that the design is hardly memorable. Perhaps that is the reason why nobody noticed it was flying upside down over the state capitol for ten consecutive days. Well, State Sen. Burke Harr of Omaha has had enough and wants to add a bit of pizzazz to the flag.

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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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Internet of Things will make you live longer!

Board of Innovation

The healthcare industry, just like the manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, and many other industries, has not been spared by the IOT revolution. IOT applications could force a shift in healthcare from an illness-centered system to a wellness-centered system. In this scenario, healthcare wouldn’t just cure people but increasingly and preventatively care about people.

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How to Make Your Business More Innovative

InnovationManagement

Are you trying to think of ways to make your business more innovative? Innovation has become a vital part of success for business. Technology has made it easy to expand globally, reach a larger target audience and significantly boost profits, but it’s also brought a lot more competition. This means that to keep up, businesses need to ensure they’re innovative and capable of consistently delivering new and exciting products and services.

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Traction is the One Metric to Rule Them All

Leanstack

What is the one thing that investors and entrepreneurs want? The answer is traction.​​ Walk into any investor’s office with the beginnings of a hockey-stick curve, and you’ll create a Pavlovian response where they’ll sit you down and try to understand your business model. ​Notice I don’t even label the y-axis in the picture above.

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