Fri.Jan 18, 2019

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What is Idea Generation? – Definition, Techniques and Success Factors

Viima

Ideas are the key to innovation. Without them, there isn't much you can execute. Because execution is the key to learning, new ideas are necessary for making any kind of improvement.

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I Would Recommend Applying the Innovation Value Proposition

Paul Hobcraft

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Untold Stories Of Everyday Innovators Inside Organizations

Innovation Excellence

Lisa was the administrative assistant to the CEO of a global consulting firm. Her innovative approach to her work became the best practices that gave the company a competitive advantage. Kelly is an operations manager for the government. Her forward-thinking ideas have helped her department have a stronger, more valued voice to the internal teams.

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It's past time to reintroduce risk into corporations

Jeffrey Phillips

I was on a conference call recently, discussing an upcoming keynote that I'll deliver to a academic-federal government program meant to accelerate new technologies from basic research into the market. We were talking about the "ecosystem" of contributors that can help move basic research from academia and research labs to market. One participant talked about the role that large corporations could play, and sometimes do play, in commercializing new technologies.

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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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How to create effective problem statements for idea challenges and hackathons

hackerearth

Problem statements are concise descriptions of an issue that help understand the problems better and come up with effective solutions. They are like navigational compasses – the direction north being your desired outcome. Whether you are conducting an idea challenge, an internal hackathon (hackathon for your employees) or a full-fledged innovation campaign, the problem statement is key in determining the success.

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Emergent See Innovation

Gregg Fraley

Innovation Emergencies Happen. Emergent See Innovation from GFi Available February, 2019. I advise pro-active, and continuous, innovation. It’s always easier to work with a challenge when you have time and the leisure to incubate, think, and in general work the clay of research insights, trends, prototypes, paper-based concepts, or a business model canvas.

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How to create effective problem statements for idea challenges and hackathons

hackerearth

Problem statements are concise descriptions of an issue that help understand the problems better and come up with effective solutions. They are like navigational compasses – the direction north being your desired outcome. Whether you are conducting an idea challenge, an internal hackathon (hackathon for your employees) or a full-fledged innovation campaign, the problem statement is key in determining the success.

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Crowdsourced Innovation: How Enterprises Generate Explosive Employee Engagement

Planview

According to Gallup’s 2017 State of the Global Workplace Report , a staggering 85% of employees are disengaged at work. In other words, the vast majority of the employees in Gallup’s research are not emotionally connected with their day-to-day work or company. The result? A whopping $7 trillion in lost productivity, turnover, poor customer experience, absenteeism, and lower profitability.

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How to create effective problem statements for idea challenges and hackathons

hackerearth

Problem statements are concise descriptions of an issue that help understand the problems better and come up with effective solutions. They are like navigational compasses – the direction north being your desired outcome. Whether you are conducting an idea challenge, an internal hackathon (hackathon for your employees) or a full-fledged innovation campaign, the problem statement is key in determining the success.

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How To Create The Best Office Environment For Your Team

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Aah, the office. When you’re a business owner, you may think about all of the hours you’ve spent inside your office, and be unable to even comprehend what they’d actually add up to. It is the same for your team, as they spend over 40 hours a week there, which is a lot of time to spend in an environment that isn’t, well, the best , don’t you think?

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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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How to create effective problem statements for idea challenges and hackathons

hackerearth

Problem statements are concise descriptions of an issue that help understand the problems better and come up with effective solutions. They are like navigational compasses – the direction north being your desired outcome. Whether you are conducting an idea challenge, an internal hackathon (hackathon for your employees) or a full-fledged innovation campaign, the problem statement is key in determining the success.

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#1,450 – Drug Sponge

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Chemotherapy may save lives but it’s also a horrendous brute force hack that often causes significant damage in its own right. In short, it’s pretty awful. Fortunately, there may soon be a way to lessen its impact thanks to a newly designed drug sponge. As Futurism puts it, “most of the drugs used for chemotherapy are poisonous. That allows them to effectively kill cancer cells, but it also wreaks havoc on the rest of a patient’s body, causing side effects ranging from vomiting and diarrhea

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Mindset Is Everything: How To Master Yours

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Many people don’t realize just how important and valuable having the right mindset is. You might be thinking, ‘pfffft, it’s the things you do that matter!’ – and while the things you do certainly do have an impact on results, your thoughts and your attitude are still far more important. Why? Well, when you’re in the right mindset, you tend to believe that you can truly achieve what it is you want to achieve, whether it’s a full push up, or creating a product prototype a

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INTRODUCING: The Wisdom Circles of San Miguel de Allende

Idea Champions

San Miguel de Allende is famous for a lot of things -- its diverse culture, colonial architecture, hot springs, cobblestone streets, affordable living, great restaurants, town square, benevolent people, and Writer's Conference, just to name a few. One thing it is NOT famous for, at least not yet, is its Wisdom Circles. If you have not heard of Wisdom Circles, you are in good company because they are a new phenomenon in San Miguel.

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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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How To Take Control Of Your Career

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Holding yourself accountable for your career is important because career management is a joint effort between you and your employer. This means that if you want something, you need to ask for it and you need to be comfortable and confident enough to do that. The thing that you do for a living is going to have an impact on your entire life at present, as well as your future.

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Creativity is for Everyone

Michael Roberto

I would like to hear from you! What is ONE INSPIRING THING that leaders can do to stimulate the creativity of their team members? Hope to write a LinkedIn article describing some of your favorite methods. Please leave your thoughts as a comment here on the blog. Thanks!

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Marketing Tasks You Shouldn’t Attempt Yourself

The Human Factor

image source. Contributed post –. A lot of marketing tasks can be easily DIYed. You can do your own social media marketing, distribute flyers yourself, attend networking events and even build your own website for free with no coding knowledge. However, there are some marketing strategies that are probably worth drawing the line at and handing over to a professional.

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Making Your Best Hire

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Whether you run a home staging business, manufacture industrial parts or own an advertising agency, you’re a progressive, forward thinking leader and you know the key elements to getting your business working and turning over a profit. But even if you work for yourself, you recognise how important it is to have a great team around you, whether in-house or an agency like prescott web design , who really get who you are and your passions and dreams for watching your business gr

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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.